'12 WRX hatch. Want to lower and was considering BC coil overs. Never ran coil overs before and was wondering how they hold up in Buffalo winters. Looking for some input here fellas. Also looking for a few reliable parts sites. Thanks
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i would get firestone life time alignment, and swap back to stock before winter and realign, and then vis versa in spring. they will get screwed up. or you can try a shock sock like what they use on atvs
I ran coilovers year round on my passat. Before installing them I covered the threads in heavy duty grease then put the collars on. Then before winter I completely covered everything in more heavy duty bearing grease. It was messy but it worked, come every spring they still were adjustable.
How low are you looking to go? RCE lowering springs are very popular, look nice, keep some comfort, and wont require a swap come winter. This is a DD at the end of the day.
Buy quality, grease before winter and you’ll be fine.
Probably not looking to cough up the extra $500 for the KW V1s. Any issues with BC?
In my experiences it will be worth the extra $500 for the full stainless KW
I’m thinking that the grease wouldn’t hold if I washed at Delta weekly. Might look into lowering springs instead.
No coilovers should see winter . go with a Bilstein shock/strut setup. I run Bilstein HD’s on Swift Spec-R springs and it’s very similar to coilover handling but a lot smoother, less noisy and won’t turn to shit from winters. Oh yea and it handles AMAZING.
I highly doubt your spring strut combo is comparable to a coilover setup. Even GC/konis aren’t close. Spring rates are too soft
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Though I didn’t do a weekly delta wash, cause it was too low. I did wash it atleast once a week at work or at the buggy wash. Everything was still good for the 3 winters I had them. And I LOADED everything with grease, like everything covered in a nice layer of bearing grease
You’d be surprised. I’ve driven HKS Hypermax’s, KW3’s and Tein Flex’s and I chose the Bilstein/Spec-R setup. Very neutral handling, smooth as butter, stiff as hell for turns but it still soaks up bumps very well. My evo won’t see another winter and I still went with this setup over coilovers.
If your serious and really think you “NEED” coilovers, I recommend looking into H&R. But there really is no need for coilovers unless it’s a dedicated track car that won’t see streets. Streets+winters+coilovers=foolish IMO. Bilstein ftw.
Fwiw I love the H&R coils on my R32. They aren’t super low because I don’t want to ruin handling and they are great. However, Mine are seized due to the previous owner not taking care of them, thankfully They are at the height I wanted.
Nice car. I like the early R32’s a lot. H&R’s are very comparable to KW’s but quite a bit less expensive but still not necessary for dd use IMO. I’ve heard of people using tape over the threads to keep them clean but it’s still not guaranteed.
If it going to see winters, avoid coil overs. Get a set of rce yellows as stuie suggested.