Buying Coilovers
05-17-06, 01:25 PM
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Eternity3, Thats weird because the only difference on the stock set-up is the lenght of the struts and maybe the damping, do to the 1st gen is a little heavier.................Well I am planning to get the new ones when Carson gets the in stock and the controller........anybody in Socal with stock spring and strut from a 1st gen off the car can lend me I will do a compare when I switch over .
05-17-06, 03:11 PM
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They are the same mount points but the fronts are way shorter on the 10 than 20's.
The MAX height of my JIC's up front are about 2 inches shorter than stock ,just to give you an idea of the difference.
The MAX height of my JIC's up front are about 2 inches shorter than stock ,just to give you an idea of the difference.
05-19-06, 11:59 AM
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How about you look into used sets of coilovers.
You can look into products from:
Algernon
LockSmice
Insurance Group
To name a few.
But since you are looking for the "CHEAPEST" set, used the only way to go.
You can look into products from:
Algernon
LockSmice
Insurance Group
To name a few.
But since you are looking for the "CHEAPEST" set, used the only way to go.
05-20-06, 10:09 PM
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There's only one guy who can get you deals like that and shipping from him is fast.
{-.-} ask him nicely.
And they are only the SF1's..for a little under 1500 you can probably get the VIP FLT's.
{-.-} ask him nicely.
And they are only the SF1's..for a little under 1500 you can probably get the VIP FLT's.
05-21-06, 02:17 AM
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What is the difference between the SF1's and FLT A2's besides adjustability? Do they have similar handling characteristics? I guess this is a general question about coilovers, but I've been hearing different things. Some people say they are easy to install and you can do them yourself, while others say that corner weighting is important and you should get that done by someone else if you don't have experience with it. Pagong, can you give some more feedback about the ride on the SF1's?
05-21-06, 10:23 AM
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Honestly I think the FLT's would be a better choice just because of its dampening adjustability.
The SF1's are on the stiffer side compared to STOCK, but I think BR1AN would be a better person to ask as he switched from a SF1 to the FLT's.
Installing the coilovers only took me about 5 hours with regular hand tools I had in my garage. The hardest part was getting the ball joint to separate upfront, but with the bal joint separator tool it was a breeze.
You do need to take out your rear seats and rear deck to access the top nuts on the rear suspension, so if you havent taken out your rear seats its a bit hard.
The handling difference between STOCK and the SF1's is night and day, I lowered it a bit and I can really feel the car hug the road better and the floaty feeling on the freeway at speeds is now gone.
Good Luck guys.
The SF1's are on the stiffer side compared to STOCK, but I think BR1AN would be a better person to ask as he switched from a SF1 to the FLT's.
Installing the coilovers only took me about 5 hours with regular hand tools I had in my garage. The hardest part was getting the ball joint to separate upfront, but with the bal joint separator tool it was a breeze.
You do need to take out your rear seats and rear deck to access the top nuts on the rear suspension, so if you havent taken out your rear seats its a bit hard.
The handling difference between STOCK and the SF1's is night and day, I lowered it a bit and I can really feel the car hug the road better and the floaty feeling on the freeway at speeds is now gone.
Good Luck guys.
05-21-06, 11:38 AM
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That sounds good. Yeah I've taken my back seat out countless times now for my audio setup installation. Especially with such worn struts I'm sure that the handling difference will be amazing. With my car I notice that I never have consistent steering feel. Sometimes the wheel and the car feel firm and solid and sometimes when I turn the car on the wheel feels a lot lighter and loose. Is this simply over boosted steering, or could this be an issue with my suspension? Do you think switching to coilovers will solve this problem?
