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> Ugrading my stock suspension, any thoughts, Change shocks+springs or go for coilovers
post Dec 8, 2008 - 6:58 PM
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coneyre

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Hey can anyone help me. I'm looking to upgrage my stock suspension and I'm at a bit of a crossroads.

I'm not looking for high performance or it to be dropped really low I'm looking more for a comfortable ride and good handling. The roads are quite bumpy over here and its getting very frustrating. I was thinking of going for new shocks and springs as I here coilovers are a bit harsh.

I was looking at kyb gr2's and tein s-tech springs.

What do you think????
 
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post May 8, 2009 - 1:43 AM
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Hey everybody since i dont want to start another topic im going to continue on this one...

Well at the moment i do not have stock suspension. I am running kyb gr-2 with tanabe df210 with about 6,000 miles on this setup. I have bottomed out front left shock 3 times and bottom right front shock 5 times. This happend to me becuase i drive my car aggressively and the main reason y they bottomed out is because of careless driving and most important no bump stops in the front. When i was installing this setup back in july my front bump stops totally fell apart. when i took apart the front suspension. I didnt know any better and my friend who was helping me, told me i didnt need bump stops. (my mistake for not doing my research).

When i swerving aggresively on the road my front right strut feels very lazy and doesnt respond as fast as when i make right turns( right turns being that all the weight transfers to the left strut, the good strut that still feels normal, like it did when i first installed it).

Dont get me wrong kyb gr-2 are good struts, i just didnt install the new bump stops, so i pretty much threw my money away for the front shocks.

Now i plan on getting koni adjustable but wow they are expensive. $345 shipped to my door, vs getting blisten $200 shipped.

How much stiffer are blisten vs my kyb gr2. I know they are german and dont the germans make ohlins. basically the best suspension in the world???

also when taking out the inserts in the front what kind of oil do you use to keep the inserts from moving. Anybody have any bump stops???


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- coneyre   Ugrading my stock suspension, any thoughts   Dec 8, 2008 - 6:58 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   always try to use the search button in the top rig...   Dec 9, 2008 - 1:38 AM
- - 808celica   just go/buy full coils. unless you get bilstein ...   Dec 9, 2008 - 2:46 AM
- - Nial   If you want comfort then dont buy coilovers...chri...   Dec 9, 2008 - 3:12 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   haha ya i'd listen to Nial. He sure knows what...   Dec 9, 2008 - 3:02 PM
- - coneyre   I found a set of Kyb gr2 on ebay for 250 bucks. Do...   Dec 10, 2008 - 5:59 AM
|- - Nial   QUOTE (coneyre @ Dec 10, 2008 - 5:59...   Dec 10, 2008 - 7:05 AM
- - playr158   QUOTE (Nial @ Dec 9, 2008 - 3:12 AM)...   Dec 10, 2008 - 9:10 AM
- - Tigawoods   yes^ u can soften dampening and raise her up a lil...   Dec 10, 2008 - 10:48 AM
- - jason   sounds to me like he just wants an inexpensive, ye...   Dec 10, 2008 - 1:00 PM
- - GriffGirl   It's my understanding that Eibach Pro or TRD s...   Dec 10, 2008 - 1:53 PM
- - DEATH   Eibach Sportlines are the smoothest lowering sprin...   Dec 10, 2008 - 3:34 PM
- - coneyre   Well as I said the most import thing to me is the ...   Dec 11, 2008 - 6:51 AM
|- - Nial   QUOTE (coneyre @ Dec 11, 2008 - 6:51...   Dec 11, 2008 - 8:27 AM
- - DEATH   Not really - TRD springs are made by Eibach [At le...   Dec 11, 2008 - 10:44 AM
|- - Nial   QUOTE (DEATH @ Dec 11, 2008 - 10:44 ...   Dec 11, 2008 - 11:54 AM
- - playr158   ^yup TRD springs are made by Eibach and many of to...   Dec 11, 2008 - 10:49 AM
- - luka   I have a set of KYB GR2 struts, Eibach sportlines ...   Dec 15, 2008 - 1:39 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   Hey everybody since i dont want to start another t...   May 8, 2009 - 1:43 AM
- - playr158   Hahaha Ohlins are money. But anyways Konis are by...   May 8, 2009 - 6:10 AM
- - Stambo   QUOTE (DEATH @ Dec 10, 2008 - 3:34 P...   May 11, 2009 - 9:45 PM


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