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Old 11-05-13, 08:03 PM
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Hi, guys. My friend just bought a set of megan race coilover few months ago because his oem strut had some problems. now someone wants to buy his car and he asked me if i want to swap my oem strut with his coilover. Im not sure if its worth to do it. I live in NYC where roads are really bad here. Should I swap ? please give me some suggestions. Thanks!
Old 11-05-13, 08:31 PM
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he wants to straight trade you coilovers for your stock suspension? what is there to think about? lol
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First make sure if his car is awd and the megan is for 2is awd as well.(since your car is an awd) If everything is a go... go for it!
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I would totally do the swap. You can set the coilovers to a softer setting for the rough road. Personally, i have never sat in a car where the coilovers made a car unbearable.
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Originally Posted by mong
First make sure if his car is awd and the megan is for 2is awd as well.(since your car is an awd) If everything is a go... go for it!
he has 07 is250 awd. and he has like 2k miles on his coilover while my stock suspensio has 45k miles now
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Seems like a no brainer to me. I had Megan's (sold the car). You'll have a new setup and the beauty is its adjustable to the ride quality and height YOU want it at.
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swap with no money involved? HELL YEAH.

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Easy decision.
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Do it if its compatable. You cant go wrong with adjustable suspension. You could actually get it to ride softer than the OEM settings and have a more comfortable ride.
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If you dont want to do it then tell your friend to hit me UP, I want to do it.. Im in NYC too lol I have AWD as well
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Thank you guys for ur input, I will swap or maybe get a new set of rims after that.
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