Coilovers For BRZ

[Bazua15]

Im looking to buy my first pair of coilovers for my BRZ, but not sure which ones would be the most ideal ones?

[finch1750]

Ideal for what?

[Gforce]

And you'll need two pairs, front and rear.

You need to describe what you're trying to achieve.

"Coilovers" imply adjustability. If you are not intending to change ride height for different purposes, lower for track and higher for street, or as is usually the case do not know why you might want to, lowering springs are a much better idea.

Factory springs are technically coilovers, just not ride height adjustable.

Same issue with adjustable shocks/struts. In reality there is a narrow range of actual adjustability for shocks for a given set of springs and roll bars and, once set, most people actually do not adjust their shock rate.

Then there's the expertise you need to have in order to know how to adjust the shock rate correctly.

Basically, select the ride height you want. Find out who sells the lowering springs that give you the spring rates you want. Get shocks/struts from the same people you buy the springs from, that is important. You pick your springs first and any reputable spring supplier will know what shocks will work with those springs. Good coilovers are really just good spring/shock sets. The adjustability is a bonus most people never actually use.

If you think you might want to change roll bars then I advise you try that first. Then buy lowering springs that will work with the roll bars you like. Others will advise the opposite. Thing is, your shocks need to be able to properly damp the combined spring and roll bar rates. Stock shocks can handle modest roll bar rate increases.

Unless you are fixated on lowering your car I'd stick with stock springs and concentrate on getting better shocks and roll bars first.

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by Bazua15

Im looking to buy my first pair of coilovers for my BRZ, but not sure which ones would be the most ideal ones?

Here you go.

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/mm...Code=MOTON-CP2

[Niko-Fab]

PM'd you

[churchx]

You won't be able to afford most ideal ones. Return to compromises within budget.
If money no object, i'd be running custom Penskes. Though wait .. if money no object, i'd be in different car

[MeisterR]

A few questions:

1. What do you use your car for?
Daily Driver? Track Use? Trailered to track race car?
We have to know some specific of what you are using the car for.

2. What is your budget?
You can spend $500 or $10,000
We have to know some specific of the budget we have to work with.

3. Ride height?
Different suspension have different ideal ride height point.
So if you want the slam the car on the ground, a high performance suspension designed for track use may not achieve the ride height you are after.

Let us know a little more first, then we can provide recommendation.

Jerrick

[Tokay444]

fail thread is fail.

[TylerLieberman]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=best+coilovers+for+brz


^See how simple that is? 10 seconds of effort and you'll get hundreds of threads already created talking about the same subject.

[Stang70Fastback]

Originally Posted by Bazua15

Im looking to buy my first pair of coilovers for my BRZ, but not sure which ones would be the most ideal ones?

The reason you're getting a lot of sarcastic replies, is because your question, as worded, is a bit like asking: "I'm looking to buy some music, but not sure which music would be the most ideal?"

It will depend a lot on your personal taste. You need to be way more specific with regards to what you use the car for, and what you value most (ride quality, performance, slamming the car, cost, etc...) before you can get any truly useful replies. If all you care about is spending as little money as possible, there are coilovers designed specifically for that. If you care about literally any other metric other than cost, then those coilovers are NOT what you want. If you are tracking the car, then there are different coilovers for that use case. If you just want the car to be as low as possible, there are coilovers better-suited to that application. If you do occasional track, but live somewhere with bumpy roads, there are coilovers that work well for that use case. It all depends. Tell us more about what you're looking for.

[KnightRyderx2]

I the OP got scared and ran away...

[x808drifter]

Originally Posted by KnightRyderx2

I the OP got scared and ran away...

Or maybe he took the hint and realized he needs to do some reading.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback

The reason you're getting a lot of sarcastic replies, is because your question, as worded, is a bit like asking: "I'm looking to buy some music, but not sure which music would be the most ideal?"

It will depend a lot on your personal taste. You need to be way more specific with regards to what you use the car for, and what you value most (ride quality, performance, slamming the car, cost, etc...) before you can get any truly useful replies. If all you care about is spending as little money as possible, there are coilovers designed specifically for that. If you care about literally any other metric other than cost, then those coilovers are NOT what you want. If you are tracking the car, then there are different coilovers for that use case. If you just want the car to be as low as possible, there are coilovers better-suited to that application. If you do occasional track, but live somewhere with bumpy roads, there are coilovers that work well for that use case. It all depends. Tell us more about what you're looking for.

And even if you do indeed lay out specifically what you want from them you will still get 120 different answers from people based on their preference. There are hundreds of options and if you can find five people that agree that one of them is the "best" then you are way ahead of the curve.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by KnightRyderx2

I the OP got scared and ran away...

Originally Posted by x808drifter

Or maybe he took the hint and realized he needs to do some reading.

Posted thread at 7:53 and logged off at 7:54. Maybe he thought he was typing the question into Google all along!