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Old 08-22-12, 06:29 PM
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Penske, Ohlins, Aragosta are kinda decent

Revalved Bilstein and Koni's will get you there as well for less.

Gixxer_drew is really the only setup you will ever need on these cars.
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Agreed with above. 90% of the stuff out there is gimmicky crap. K sport, stance, megan racing - alot of people buy this stuff. I think it is all crap.
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Thank you for your thoughts. I really appreciate them
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I think KW's should b on that list too
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Originally Posted by Sleepyboi
I think KW's should b on that list too
The only ones I would honesty consider close to that list are clubsports. The other progressive sprung V1-3's are great street setups but they just are not in the same league.
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Gimmicky crap? Smh.

BC and Powered By Max are the two brands I would recommend.
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what do you plan on doing with your car and what is your budget?
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Hmmm personal thoughts. I have Megan EZ Streets ($682 shipped to my door within 2 days, so not a bad price plus I was in a pickle, crashed my car needed to replace suspension ASAP, and these were my best option at the time) and they ride like stock. IMO they are entry level coilovers for the average enthusiast trying to lower their car without wanting to sacrifice ride quality, and not planning on doing anything performance driving with their car.

Now onto the review, like I said great entry level coilover for the price you definately can't beat them. Good quality stuff, look cool & ride nice, and they lower the car pretty well. Fully adjustable & 15 way settings. I personally think they ride a bit to soft (I'm on the stiffest setting) Do I like them, Yes. Am I going to keep them, probably not. Why you ask, I plan on doing some drifting, & time attack, so I want something a bit stiffer, possibly PBM (remember I'm still on a budget). Would I reccomend them, well that depends what you're looking to do, if you want to lower your car just to lower it, then yes absoultely, they will accomplish that.
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^^^^^^^same experience with the megan ez street, I found 'em for a little cheaper ($600) at 1xracing, took a few weeks to get them though. They are pretty soft, but it's an inexpensive way to drop a car that's not going to see much track time.
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i like pbm coilovers
stiff really tightens the car up
but still rides great
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i have bc racing but i wish i had the teins
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Really depends on what you want, budget and overall goals/uses for the car.

Your question is a bit to broad and will garner all these different recommendations haha.

We do a lot of suspension stuff here, if you want some help feel free to hit us up.
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I went with k-sports. but i had just got rims and needed it lowered. i had never used megan before, and cutting my springs was out of the question.
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Well. I'll be using the car as a daily since it's auto. if it were 5speed then it would be a different story. I just want a nice stance you know. My budget would be around the 500-700. Maybe later on get something better.

Maybe like this. Pretty sexy sc imo.


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