follow ft86club on our blog, twitter or facebook.
FT86CLUB
Ft86Club
Speed By Design
Register Garage Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community - FT86CLUB > Technical Topics > Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing

Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing Relating to suspension, chassis, and brakes. Sponsored by 949 Racing.


User Tag List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 07-23-2015, 09:29 AM   #1
ZHoward
Senior Member
 
ZHoward's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Drives: 2013 brz limited
Location: LA 626 area
Posts: 266
Thanks: 59
Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Anyone heard about aragosta suspension?

I heard this suspension is top line of Japan suspension


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
ZHoward is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-23-2015, 11:13 AM   #2
Shankenstein
Frosty Carrot
 
Shankenstein's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Drives: The Atomic Carrot
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 513
Thanks: 272
Thanked 428 Times in 199 Posts
Mentioned: 19 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHoward View Post
I heard this suspension is top line of Japan suspension


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Seems alot like the Japanese version of Fortune Auto (maybe slightly better quality). Decent tech and a local team of people who are happy to rebuild or do custom work for a modest price. For the price, I'd still rather have Ohlins... but this is JDM yo!

There are 2 options for the 86 (pillowball and rubber mounts). Both come equipped with 7 (F) / 5 (R) kg/mm springs and ~1" drop. Cost is $2,500 in Japan. With shipping, you're in the price range of some very high quality coilovers.
__________________
If you think you're nerd enough, join in the discussions about Suspension and Aerodynamic modelling!
Wall of Fame - JDL Auto Design, Raceseng, Vishnu Tuning, Penske Shocks, Nameless, Perrin, RaceComp Engineering, Essex/AP Racing, Verus, RacerX
Wall of Shame - aFe Takeda, Wilwood, FA20Club
Shankenstein is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-23-2015, 11:22 AM   #3
ZHoward
Senior Member
 
ZHoward's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Drives: 2013 brz limited
Location: LA 626 area
Posts: 266
Thanks: 59
Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shankenstein View Post
Seems alot like the Japanese version of Fortune Auto (maybe slightly better quality). Decent tech and a local team of people who are happy to rebuild or do custom work for a modest price. For the price, I'd still rather have Ohlins... but this is JDM yo!

There are 2 options for the 86 (pillowball and rubber mounts). Both come equipped with 7 (F) / 5 (R) kg/mm springs and ~1" drop. Cost is $2,500 in Japan. With shipping, you're in the price range of some very high quality coilovers.

So for that price u prefer ohlins, right?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
ZHoward is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-23-2015, 11:25 AM   #4
7thgear
i'm sorry, what?
 
7thgear's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Drives: Canada
Location: I rock a beat harder than you can beat it with rocks
Posts: 4,399
Thanks: 357
Thanked 2,506 Times in 1,268 Posts
Mentioned: 40 Post(s)
Tagged: 3 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHoward View Post
So for that price u prefer ohlins, right?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk


when buying decent coilovers you always have to be thinking of support down the line


if your Japanese leak or need a scheduled rebuild, you're gonna pay a pretty penny shipping them to Japan and back, plus process time.
__________________
don't you think if I was wrong, I'd know it?
7thgear is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to 7thgear For This Useful Post:
NyC Zn6 (07-23-2015)
Old 07-23-2015, 12:08 PM   #5
mav1178
Senior Member
 
mav1178's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Drives: 2005 Toyota Camry
Location: 91745
Posts: 6,562
Thanks: 493
Thanked 6,092 Times in 3,029 Posts
Mentioned: 95 Post(s)
Tagged: 3 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHoward View Post
I heard this suspension is top line of Japan suspension
Aragosta is great... in Japan. That's all you need to know about them.

-alex
mav1178 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-23-2015, 12:28 PM   #6
OkieSnuffBox
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Drives: '23 BRZ Limited
Location: OKC, OK
Posts: 1,984
Thanks: 659
Thanked 1,228 Times in 701 Posts
Mentioned: 9 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
For that price I'd be all over the RCE Tarmac 2s.
OkieSnuffBox is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-20-2015, 07:53 PM   #7
BPAuto
 
BPAuto's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Drives: GT-R, S2000, Evo VIII-X, BRZ, FRS+
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,226
Thanks: 529
Thanked 508 Times in 285 Posts
Mentioned: 17 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZHoward View Post
I heard this suspension is top line of Japan suspension


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hi Guys,

A little late to the party here, but we actually work directly with Aragosta and use their systems on a number of our demo cars and recommend them for use on customer cars.

Aragosta coilovers are actually manufactured by AST who makes high-end race dampers including Moton which is used on a number of FIA GT, and Touring cars.

Quote:
Originally Posted by 7thgear View Post
when buying decent coilovers you always have to be thinking of support down the line


if your Japanese leak or need a scheduled rebuild, you're gonna pay a pretty penny shipping them to Japan and back, plus process time.
In answer to your statement, if you did require a rebuild the Aragosta coilovers could be rebuilt by AST Suspension who are located over here in California.
BPAuto is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to BPAuto For This Useful Post:
Dave-ROR (10-20-2015), Shankenstein (10-20-2015)
Old 10-20-2015, 08:17 PM   #8
Dave-ROR
Site Moderator
 
Dave-ROR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Drives: Stuff
Location: Florida
Posts: 10,317
Thanks: 955
Thanked 5,965 Times in 2,689 Posts
Mentioned: 262 Post(s)
Tagged: 8 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by BPAuto View Post
Hi Guys,

A little late to the party here, but we actually work directly with Aragosta and use their systems on a number of our demo cars and recommend them for use on customer cars.

Aragosta coilovers are actually manufactured by AST who makes high-end race dampers including Moton which is used on a number of FIA GT, and Touring cars.


In answer to your statement, if you did require a rebuild the Aragosta coilovers could be rebuilt by AST Suspension who are located over here in California.
I thought they were actually made by Aragosta in Japan, but with AST parts/internals?


Either way, AST will rebuild them. They are one of the decent MR2 setups out there.
__________________
-Dave
Track cars: 2013 Scion FRS, 1998 Acura Integra Type-R, 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback
DD: 2005 Acura TSX
Tow: 2022 F-450
Toys: 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
Parts: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited, 2005 Acura TSX
Projects: 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited track car build
FS: 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 LT CCSB 8.1/Allison with 99k miles
Dave-ROR is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
I know we have all heard it before, but once more? BBDGriptonia BRZ First-Gen (2012+) -- General Topics 102 05-22-2015 05:30 PM
Anyone heard about this? Simplicity Southern California 8 02-26-2015 05:13 PM
So I heard you like FRS's Bach415 Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum 8 04-11-2013 08:36 PM
Anyone heard of these coilovers? wWaldo Suspension | Chassis | Brakes -- Sponsored by 949 Racing 2 02-18-2013 12:38 PM
Anyone heard from Subaru? BigM AUSTRALIA 14 06-07-2012 08:12 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:21 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging v3.3.0 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.