Re3iRtH

This is my review and impressions with my overall experience in buying, installing, and testing these coilovers.

Suspension: ISC N1
Type: Street Sport Setup (ask Andrew on specific spring rates with these)
Retail: $955
Dampening: Initial 16 front/12 rear
Drop: approx. 1.25" in front 1.0" in rear

Purchase:
PM Andrew on here for order placement and questions. I opted for the "Street Sport" setup, which is an intermediate between the street comfort and the race spec. Overall, it was pretty easy to place an order (I used a credit card over the phone), and the coilovers came all the way here to Hawaii in approximately 7 days (props!). ISC is also very pleasant to deal with over the phone.

Install:
My time is pretty limited these days, so I opted to have it installed by a local shop on a Saturday (this past Saturday). Auto Customs here in Honolulu was able to squeeze me in. I told them I would prefer performance over a super low 'hellaflush' look, and wanted the fenders to be about at the level of the top of the tires, my estimation of this was a 1.25" front and 1.0" rear drop. The coilovers came with all the tools needed for dampening and height adjustment. The lower part of the coilover that attaches to the control arms did not come pre-attached to the actual threaded spiral part.. Per the shop manager, some coilovers come preassembled this way. Not a big deal, as this only added $50 more for the install.

(See posts below for before and after pics )

Initial Impressions:
Car is slightly firmer when going over bumps, but the ride felt very solid. It felt similar to my S2000 just cruising around. I had no issues clearing driveways but my drop isn't very much as you can see from above. Overall, I am pleased with the quality at this point.

After ~200 miles:
I purposely took my car to several areas with nice windy roads over here. Specifically, the old Pali Highway as well as the roads leading up to the Maunawili falls hike. A few hairpin-type turns that made you do a 180+ around the turn, I purposely took these turns much harder than most people would dare to do with a sports car, and let me tell you, the car felt SUPER RIGID, I don't think the traction control even came on because no slip was detected from the tires. I gave myself and my passenger a sore neck (not kidding).

Ride comfort (compared with stock): 8/10
Handling (F-sport brace/rear sway only): 7.5/10
Handling (F-sport brace/rear sway plus ISC N1s): 9/10

Overall, I can honestly say, these are VERY solid performing coilovers. Even with my F-sport sways and chassis brace already on, there was a noticable improvement in cornering speed as well as my confidence in this cars' handling. Stay tuned in this thread for some before and after pics of the ride.

Re3iRtH

Some before pics:

Re3iRtH

After pics

redspencer

iTrader: (1)

Glad to hear that you're tuning your suspension more for performance instead of the hellaflush look. The drop looks good!

Re3iRtH

Thanks! New track just opened up here, can't wait to try it out. I am not a huge fan
of how much I have to turn the wheel with this car to go around a turn, though.

It seems like the car has slowly dropped a bit more over the last couple of days. My imagination?

ISC Suspension

Looks great! Thanks again

Smashin

No it's because the spring are settling in... Anyhow looks good BTW

ISC Suspension

How is the car treating you sir?

Boomin

Re3 by any chance, can you find out what kg's your springs are? How has it been, now that it's settled in.