Brand List - Coil over suspension

[Guest]

Can we generate a list of brands for those who don't know what to compare? *ahem, not me*

List your favourites, your most hated, your value for monies, ones you want but only in your dreams.

Try listing with reasoning... But main goal is a brand list to investigate at the end of the day.

Bilstein - Fantastic because when we...

KYB - Good, my car...

Tein - Crap, as we could just not...

JapXYZ - I wish, just so expensive...

ETC.

[nt_a_foz]

You think tein = crap??

[funkytown]

 nt_a_foz said:

You think tein = crap??

he was giving an example chap

i think you need to get down to Tien superfancygold things model detail.. as often within brands some are better than others

[Guest]

Zerosports Winning R Coilovers - got them in my leggy, absolutly mint, but the price from 41.com is NZ$4920 + Shipping, so not cheap

-smurff

[DPI]

D2's (with pillowball mounts and camber plates all round) were fine in the GT wagon.

Used for street only and did many, many km's on them with no problems.

Stiffish, easy 3 wheel.

Cost $1499(new) in 2006, around $1200 now?

Tein Type HA (non height adjustable, but with pillowball and camberplates on front.

Were fitted second hand to a '97 WRX wagon and were VERY hard, even on softest setting. Probably better suited to track.

Cost $600 (second hand) in 2005 Around $2500 to $3500 now, depending on model.

Buddy Club Racing Spec Dampers (Pillow ball mounts and camber plates front only, height adjustable).

Fitted to Spec C and were excellent on road and gravel.

Softest setting slightly firmer than new STI suspension, each click up was considerably firmer (never wound up to full as i think 3 was the most I tried, pretty firm at 3. Went to 16 i think).

Cost ($1400 new, but that was cost) Around $2800 new now.

[zarnah]

I dont know exactly what model mine are (I could tell you if my damn car was here, not STILL at the workshop in town) but they are cusco with pillowball mounts, adjustable camber, damper, ride height etc and they are frickn awesome, can have them set up quite soft and near factory feeling, right out to as hard and low as hell and does 3 wheelers over every tiny bump you come across, cost me 1200 ex japan, 2nd hand, all checked and supplied with a warranty

[dubbedup]

Ohlins, adjustable everything - great

NPG (i think) fully adjustable - but not low enough other than that they fine.

[zarnah]

also just bought a full set of apexi ws coilovers, havnt had a chance to try them out yet, anyone had experience with them?

[Stoffa]

I've got Tein HR's, Height adjustable only, 5kg front springs and 4kg rears, rather hard dampening in them but they can be rebuilt in Auckland and the dampening rate can be adjusted. You can even get them rebuilt with adjustable dampening.

They handle awesome I'm using factory rubber strut tops with them so they dont ride as hard as others would.

Rears are adjusted as low as they can with 315mm rear wheel centre to guard clearance, fronts at 325mm with more adjustment to go.

[Solja]

ive got JIC magic adjustables in my legacy, can be a hard ride at times but with 200+kw atw on the factory suspension i was bouncing around to much now the bd5 holds to the road, there 15way adustable damper 8kg front 5kg rear

[B4 2000]

I've got zeal fully adjustable suspensions and they great; never tried any other suspensions.

[2themoon]

Daiyama adjustable suspension I forget what model I had but I can say from my experience these are awesome, pillow ball mounted, soft to hard adjustment, 30cm adjustment up or down ride height and ride quality was awesome had them very low and they did not bottom out when you ran over a pot hole or feel like you were in a boat when you hit a rise in the road at speed. I have driven on few other brands Tein koni D2 and BC and have found that daiyama were awesome for (road use) these were purchased from SAS ;D Oh and I paid just over $1400 3 years ago