i think it is important to compare the 7/5 or whatever with stock
personally, i think setting up a daily driven student car like it is a track car is F’ing stupidity…
i really dont understand why someone would want 9/7 on a friday evening cruise along the city hotspots…
you’ll look like an idiot with your car rattling over every little pebble on the street… and forget listening to CD’s, skip skip skip…
I’m thinking of just running the coilovers during the summer season
and then putting the stock struts/springs before winter hits.
Would that seem feaslable? I mean aside from the labour (the spring
compressor tools is rentable from CT), any other concern involved?
i think that would be a big pain in the ass. having to uninstall and reinstall twice a year, having to get an alignment done twice a year, having to get used to the switch. on the plus side your car will be better in the winter with stock suspension, and you save your coilovers from rust. i dunno, i think you should look into a winter beater
well the front suspension doesnt need a spring compressor… you simply keep the strut mount bearing on the strut which holds the spring in place.
you only need to compress the rears…
that wouldnt be too much work…
it’s just taking the wheels of and then a handful of bolts
I have a pure newb question, but here it goes neway. What exactly are coilovers? Is it a combination of springs and shocks? I was looking at the group buy section and the price for the d2 coil’s are just slightly more than the tein’s. What is the difference here? Is one more prefered for street or track use?
Coilovers are an adjustable spring (or coil) mounted over the dampener. Using a threaded collar - you can adjust the springs up or down on the strut. Raising or lowering the car, and changing the dampening effect.
This might seem simular to some of you, but if your going full out drifting, try this:
Battle Version adjustable tension rods
Battle Version adjustable rear frontal rods
Battle Version adjustable rear toe links
Battle Version adjustable rear upper control arms
Tanabe sustec rear sway bar
Nismo front strut bar
OBX rear strut bar
Rush coilover/dampners (Ohlins)
Cusco front & rear upper mounts
Flatts SPL lower camber bolts
before you go full out drifting…
the best thign to do would be to learn how to drift…
that is certainly more important than suspension
true, since alot of “fools” do up their car to 250hp, full suspention mods computers and dont know how to drift.
Or you can just upgrade your bushings for fraction of the cost and the
difference compared to those aftermarket rods/arms is only so minimal
compared to upgraded bushings. At least I think so.
OBX rear strut bar? Are you for real? :shock:
ya, but the tention rods and arms are more reliable