ST205 suspension upgrades, few questions about endlinks... Options

[malpaso]

I have tried to search some information about any possible suspension upgrade for ST205. I have found some interesting info but still missing some things... can anyone answer following questions about endlinks?

Front: anyone knows good uprgade for this? I have not found anything yet! BTW what is length of OEM ones?
Rear: found some recommendations on Racing Beat. But just for rear... And again what is the length of OEM ones?

Thank you!

note: if anyone is confused why asking about length and not measuring it my self answer is simple -> my car is 700miles away now

[Nial]

anyone knows good uprgade for this? I have not found anything yet! BTW what is length of OEM ones?

I have a few sets sat outside merrily rusting away...what measurment do you wany?

Shocks wise it depends on what money you want to spend. Avoid cheap ebay rubbish & D2 etc they just dont work on ST205s

cheapish - BC coilovers are getting acceptable reports so far but are still quite new and one or two errors are cropping up which I`m sure will be fixed soon enough (they are working on some wicked upside down shocks )

Mid range - TRD if you can find them second hand or Tein come highly recmmended

expensive - ex TTE or proflex..say good bye to a large % of your wage packet but you wont do better.

[3WayStunna]

anyone knows good uprgade for this? I have not found anything yet! BTW what is length of OEM ones?

I have a few sets sat outside merrily rusting away...what measurment do you wany?

Shocks wise it depends on what money you want to spend. Avoid cheap ebay rubbish & D2 etc they just dont work on ST205s

cheapish - BC coilovers are getting acceptable reports so far but are still quite new and one or two errors are cropping up which I`m sure will be fixed soon enough (they are working on some wicked upside down shocks )

Mid range - TRD if you can find them second hand or Tein come highly recmmended

expensive - ex TTE or proflex..say good bye to a large % of your wage packet but you wont do better.

Good post Nial, but I just have to add one thing, in that one of the bad reports about the BC coilovers is that you cant fully adjust the ride height, but it isnt due to any problem with the coilovers, rather the design of the ST205 suspension in general. Also, if you are looking for a simple solution, you can also go with the TEIN adjustable damnpners. I have them on my car, not by choice, but anywho, i have them to be nice even with the stock springs. Its great for when i want to "act like" im a great rally driver, lol

Hey Tara,

As Gary mentioned it's not BC's fault, the coilovers are full adjustable it's just that for the Superstrut implementations there are limits to the range avaliable due to the size of the hub. If it was a normal strut then the threaded section would extend further down and allow you to lower the car more.

Also don't forget when you fitted lowering springs to your normal dampers you where loosing xxmm of damper travel which in turn increases the chance of hitting the bump stops.

WIth the BC's when you adjust the ride height platform you are not adjust the spring/damper travel so maitain full damper stroke. If you want to go lower and don' mind losing the travel get some custom progressively wound springs which will increase the "sag" and hence allow the car to sit lower.

The down side is that to stop it all constantly hitting the end of travel you'd have to use springs with higher rates which can in turn result in it all becoming "crashy" like with lowering springs which ends up hurting rather than improving handling...

The idea of coilovers is to allow ride height adjustability within an avaliable range, but without affecting settings such as preload, damper travel etc. Not to provide infinite lowering ability.

This post has been edited by 3WayStunna: Sep 18, 2009 - 11:05 AM