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Captain Snooze 08-12-2014 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Turdinator (Post 1894851)
I wish we had vendors here in Australia

Fixed.

Maverickgear 08-25-2014 02:47 AM

Was on a cheap set of coilovers and I must say I was not satisfied with the handling dynamics. It clearly made the handling worse than stock even with much alignment tuning.

So now I have decided to go the Swift/RCE Yellows + Bilstein route due to my budget. I'd just like to urge everyone who is deciding to get cheap coilovers in hope to improve handling, don't. Just don't.

Calum 08-25-2014 11:43 AM

How does the damping of the RCE T0's compare to the Bilstein or Koni damping?

Griever423 08-25-2014 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Firestorm_86 (Post 1894504)
~$1650
1. Swift Sport or Spec-R springs. ~$300
2. Camber bolts ~$35
3. Bilstein B8 struts ~$910
4. LCA's ~$375
5. Be done with my budget affordable one step at a time setup.


Listen to this man. More suspension that most will ever need.

CSG David 08-25-2014 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Griever423 (Post 1916272)
Listen to this man. More suspension that most will ever need.

@Firestorm_86 went this route:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72836

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Firestorm_86 08-25-2014 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maverickgear (Post 1915312)
So now I have decided to go the Swift/RCE Yellows + Bilstein route due to my budget. I'd just like to urge everyone who is deciding to get cheap coilovers in hope to improve handling, don't. Just don't.


Quote:

Originally Posted by CSG David (Post 1916317)
@Firestorm_86 went this route:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72836

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

My writeup is above.

ajc209 09-02-2014 12:53 PM

How does the damping of the RCE T0's compare to the Bilstein or Koni damping?

I am at a cross roads between the RCE Tarmac 0 coilovers or the Bilstein B8/RCE tarmac springs.......

Racecomp Engineering 09-02-2014 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajc209 (Post 1927741)
How does the damping of the RCE T0's compare to the Bilstein or Koni damping?

I am at a cross roads between the RCE Tarmac 0 coilovers or the Bilstein B8/RCE tarmac springs.......

2 very different feeling dampers.

The Bilsteins have a lot of low speed bump and run a lot of gas pressure.

The T zeros have less low speed but are still responsive and yet more high speed damping. Autocrossers tend to prefer the Bilsteins for this reason.

I will try to find the Bilstein development dyno plots to do a comparison.

Both are very capable and either way would be a big improvement over stock.

Myles

Racecomp Engineering 09-02-2014 03:06 PM

^ also an advantage to the T0 is you'll have more bump travel (unless you run them super low).

- Andy

Marcoscrdo 09-03-2014 01:03 PM

What about HSD Coilovers? I have them and for a DD it feels very comfortable.

Jetbill 11-14-2014 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering (Post 1927896)

I will try to find the Bilstein development dyno plots to do a comparison.

Both are very capable and either way would be a big improvement over stock.

Myles

Please post the dyno plot for the Tarmac Zero.


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