Help me decide: Springs vs Coilovers

[Ilya]

@RTrac1

you dont seem like the type that will adjust your ride height very often (if at all) using coilovers, so I would just get springs.

@PFaux

what are your plans for the car?

If you plan on driving it in the winter, don’t bother with the coilovers. I bought coilovers because i wanted to put the car as low as i could in the summer and then higher in the winter. After one winter the only thing i could adjust was the dampener. all the collars were rusted solid. I’m not sure if rust is the propper term as everthing was painted, but you couldn’t budge them other then completely removing the coilover, and putting it in a bench vice and using a pipe wrench.

Personally, I think coilovers are overkill of any car thats not going to see a track anyway. Different designs adjust differently so you might not have as much problem as i did with them freezing up.

I am not very experienced in auto repair/modding and i handled the coilover install and also changed a spring on the stock strut. You might want to consider saving some money and installing yourself if possible.

@Cossey

The only benefit to a street-only car having coilovers is adjustable ride height. I guess you can consider fitting “hellaflush” wheels (most coilover assemblies are thinner than stock shock/spring setups) as well, but that’s not my type of thing. Answer these few things first:

1. Do you plan on adjusting ride height, or do the springs you want satisfy the drop you’d want?
2. What brand coilovers would you be getting? Most cheaper companies will have cheaper dampers, which is what matters most for ride quality. They also usually only offer limited spring options for rate and what not. High end coilovers (well over your $1,400 budget) will ride great on the street and have excellent materials that will be more tolerant of most driving conditions.

Also, price does not reflect quality whatsoever. The springs for the coilover set I’m getting are about $300 new, and are of excellent quality for track purposes.

@Wayne64SS

I put coil overs on VOT VOTs tdi and he had me smear them with boat grease all over the place as well as velco covers. You should ask him how it actually held up.

Are you going to actually adjust the height of the car ever? The coil overs will pay for themselves the first time you have to have the stock springs reinstalled for winter use… initial install’s the same price either way.

Really depends on your needs / wants for the car. Do the coil overs allow adjustment back to stock height? I know most stuff people bring me are like 1-2 inch drop at max height. Fucking stancefag garbage. :rofl :rofl

Here are my only requirements for ANY drop:

1. Look good
2. Ride as OEM as possible
3. Be low maintenance/zero maintenance.

I do not plan to adjust the height. I drove a 2in lowered Maxima in the winter just fine and this car is higher to begin with.

As for installation…I could definitely do it. I’ve done much more work on my car…however…I hate spring compressors with a f’in passion. I’ll just pay Wayne $250 or whatever and have him deal with that crap :crackup.

@IOM G8 GT 888"

Just do springs bro lol

@capitalcrew

This question again? You’re clearly not prepared for adjustable coilovers. Springs breh. Just do it.

I’ll probably just do that. Question never got answered :lol. I was told my choice of future coils (BC Racing) was crap though. :lol