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Old 11-09-10, 10:27 AM
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i found a pair of rear coilovers on craiglist but he said that they were on a 94 gs300 do they fit on my gs400 1998 any advice would help the brad of the coilovers are BG COILOVERS
Old 11-09-10, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by daniel6155
i found a pair of rear coilovers on craiglist but he said that they were on a 94 gs300 do they fit on my gs400 1998 any advice would help the brad of the coilovers are BG COILOVERS
NO the rears are different and stay away from BG they suck for our car. Trust me I've had them.
Old 11-09-10, 01:15 PM
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I would never buy used coilovers unless its known to be good. Save up and get new ones. Megan and BC are cheap and our vendors sales them.
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thanks alot he said there but still like u said Save up and get new ones

a what about d2 racing coilovers
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So BG is no good?

What would you guys recommend?
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Depends on what you want at the end of the day. For example do you want any of the following in any sort of combination.

-OEM ride, but still firm
-Firmer ride with adjustable dampening
-electronic dampening
-Just height adjustment

The list goes on as to what you can do. If you narrow down what your looking for it'll help with making a choice. There is a ton of reference material here to do your research on.

I was going to get a the TEIN CS with the EDFC, but realized that it isn't important to me with as I don't need a huge amount of adjustable settings for a daily driver. On my last car that had a race setup needed more adjustments for dampening and what not as ride quality wasn't as important as the ability to adjust handling. As such I have on order from Japan Tanabe Sustec Pro S-0C coils. They offer OEM ride comfort and still firm up the suspension for spirited drives and offer a reduction with body roll. The drop isn't massive, but if you know how to pair up a set of rims you can get the desired effect.
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Where did you order the Tanabe Sustec Pro S-0C coils and how much did you pay?
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I ordered my Tanabe from Howard over at US-AUTOTECH as he is a vender on this forum. They have to be made per order and I won't see it until January. That is fine since it is snowing up on the hills and it'll snow here pretty soon I am hoping. I don't want to deal with setting it up and then lowering again in 4 months.
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