BC coilovers for the GT4, yes its for the GT4 Options

[yellowchinaman]

Hi guys and dolls.

BC have recently developed some coilovers for the ST205.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BC-Adjustable-Coilov...A1%7C240%3A1318

Normally eveyrone in the UK only buy Tein an TRD coilovers and tent to avoid every other brands when it comes to coilover.
Recently in GBP isnt doing so well and Tein has also anounced a huge price increase hence putting me into the "definately cant afford" status.

Well the new BC coilovers have adopted the idea of using the origional housing of the stock Super strut shocks and changing the inserts like the D2, k-sport and G4's. In a nutshell it's a crap design but BC's inserts are different as they require you to cut the stock shocks down and allowing you to use the full length of the coilover shocks.

Here are some pictures I've been sent and I've been convinced to be the first to try a set in the UK.










Untill now I've not heard of BC before in the UK but after doing some research, I've found that they're pretty good.
So what's everyones opinion with BC around the world on other cars? Has anyone experienced using them before?

Ray

[yellowchinaman]

i'm still stumped as to how these are installed. you'll need to remove the 'base' of your stock suspension in order to fit these? how are you supposed to do that?

Its teh bottom legs of the superstrut which is costing a lot of money to make. Thats why D2, G Force, K Sport etc all offers coilover which is inserted into the legs like chaning the hydrolics. But this give a very short travel. Only 3 inchs I believe which is rubbish. Only TRD and Tein make a full superstrut coilover.
This one isdifferent because it requires you to cut the legs down to the bottom and they offer a bigger and logercoilover which in inserted in by about 2 inches and welded onto the stock legs.
This allows thefull travel of the full coilover like TRD and Tein but at less then half the cost.
Look at the first page and you'll understand

I think that has to be done only for the super strut suspension, for normal McPherson that's not needed.

Correct.

I had a bit of set back. The used legs donated to me had broken top ball joints so I need to order them first.

[BonzaiCelica]

i'm still stumped as to how these are installed. you'll need to remove the 'base' of your stock suspension in order to fit these? how are you supposed to do that?

Its teh bottom legs of the superstrut which is costing a lot of money to make. Thats why D2, G Force, K Sport etc all offers coilover which is inserted into the legs like chaning the hydrolics. But this give a very short travel. Only 3 inchs I believe which is rubbish. Only TRD and Tein make a full superstrut coilover.
This one isdifferent because it requires you to cut the legs down to the bottom and they offer a bigger and logercoilover which in inserted in by about 2 inches and welded onto the stock legs.
This allows thefull travel of the full coilover like TRD and Tein but at less then half the cost.
Look at the first page and you'll understand

I think that has to be done only for the super strut suspension, for normal McPherson that's not needed.

Correct.

I had a bit of set back. The used legs donated to me had broken top ball joints so I need to order them first.

YO YELLOWCHINAMAN can you elaborate on the other lower end companies that make the inserts for the superstrut coilovers. I saw a member selling ksport coilover inserted into the housing of oem superstrut shocks. I asked him to take pics but he never posted more detailed ones of them. perhaps he'll sne me something over soon

also are trd and tein coilovers lower than your current set up due to the fact that they come as a full coilover vs the BC's you installed