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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 01:19 PM
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I've never heard of these and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them? they look nice but cant find any reviews.

http://www.bcracing-na.com/index.html

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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by vbspunger
I've never heard of these and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them? they look nice but cant find any reviews.

http://www.bcracing-na.com/index.html

Never heard of them,besides they don't make them for our car
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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they do make them for our cars!

http://www.eracingzone.com/BC-Racing...g-p-44304.html

http://www.erzperformance.com/product_p/r-06.htm
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 08:05 AM
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BC Racing has been making coilovers for over a decade re-labeled for other resellers. I have personally met the owner on BC Racing and they are very COMMITTED to producing the highest quality product. They assured me that regardless of how low the coilover is set, they will not run out of shock travel. Reducing possible failure. Plus if u contact them directly, they will build the coilovers for your specific needs at no additional cost!
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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They do look like their built well. the only concern i had was the issue of reliability and comfort. They are priced pretty low and i have been concidering getting either Megan or Tanabe coilovers and wanted to know how these match up for the price. And im guessing they do custom spring rates as you did say they will build them as you want.
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 09:17 AM
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Well, I've looked at the MEGANS and BC Racing Coilovers side by side. The BC Racing definitely look sturdier. Plus I've hear of a few Megan failures. My close friend has the BC racing coilovers on his G35 and spends plenty of time participating in Time Attack events and 1/4 mile drags. No failure within the last 2 years!
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 01:16 PM
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My bad i was looking in the link from the first post, they do look well built..besides if i'm not mistaken neither the teins or tanabe offer adjustable camber camber plates.

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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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bc sell a lot of coilovers to subby and evo owners. 350z/g35 owners are starting to pick these up as well. they are really good for their price. the only concern is drop height, on some cars, they don't go as low as you would want. but good news, they have different spring rates you can get 'em with.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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i had BC's on my 350z and loved them 120% better than tein and the k sports. made very well never had a problem.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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wow nice price especially if they are full tap 2 way adjustable.

do you guys know if they are just re badged Ksport - D2 - megans ?

also the year range says 00-07, hopefully they meant 01-07 and not for the ucf20.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemareen
do you guys know if they are just re badged Ksport - D2 - megans ?
I was looking into getting a set but decided not to for other reasons
but from what info i got on them is they're "rebadged" ksport,hks & megans.


P.S.the reason i put the word rebadged in quotations is because all of the companies mentioned have their product manufactured by the same company.
therefore making people draw the conclusion that they're the same coilovers,is it true? but some people seem to think so.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 06:32 AM
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Well i Have have been doing a lot of reseach on these since i originally posted this thread. I've been visiting a lot of 350 and g35 forums where they love the form, function, and comfort of these coilovers and I havent found any info on any failers. It seems that these are NOT relabeled coilovers. As Rising_Sun had mentioned having the two side by side and the BC's looking much sturdier. I also called BC Racing and talked to one of the guys and he was really helpful. He sad that they are manufactured in the same warehouse as many other companies in Tiawan but each company has their product built to there own specs. He said that the regular spring rates are 10k front and 8k rear, but you can order custom rates. he also assured me that they go lowwww. I definately think i am going to go with them, and i will post a review when i do.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 06:49 AM
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One of the CL vendors is having a sale on these in the Vendor Marketplace.
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