Godspeed monomax coilovers
 

https://www.coilovers360.com/product...star-2wd-91-94

Got a guy on craigslist with these. They were only on the car for a few months. They retail for 850$. Should I give 550$ for these? They come with aftermarket end links.

Is there anything else I will need? Is this a good deal?

What are your goals from aftermarket suspension? How do you use your car?
If without specifying anything, just "better then stock 2014", i'd rather get used MY2017 set from member classifieds.

Hey sorry,

My goal is to lower the car with little loss to ride quality.

It’s not for performance.

I also threw up a thread on reddit and have someone saying godspeed’s are bad quality.

How much are you hoping to lower your car? Lowering springs may be a cheaper and effective solution. I had RCE Yellows for a while and really liked them. They gave me about a .75 inch drop, and had a good ride with the stock dampers. There are other springs out there that can give you more of a drop if you want to go lower. I assume others will chime in with info on their springs. @Tcoat for example.

Coil over are great if you want to be able adjust. I have no idea about the quality of those since I have never heard of that brand before. If just going for looks I would also say springs only.

I run the RR Super Down springs for about an 1 1/2" drop. There is a slight change to the ride but nothing dramatic.

http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/rs-r...l#.Wj1ej2inGUk

Godspeed gets a bad rap for some reason. I've only really read rumors and not anything from first person experience. I have Godspeed swaybars, and despite a swaybar being a pretty simple piece of equipment, the predictions for failure were comical. That said, a coilover is a whole 'nother thing...no experience with this product. Good luck.

Previous owner getting rid of them after a coupl months. He obviously did not like them!

Red flag!

You can blow coils in just a few months if they are adjusted incorrectly. I have.




The name is also your first sign. "GODSPEED" REALLY?!
Maybe JesusFast was taken.... Chinese junk IMO.

Because brands like Godspeed, Megan, Manzo, and others are just a name slapped on a box.

They change suppliers every time the price is raised, factory raises MOQ requirement, or they found a cheaper supplier.

Imagine buying a Toyota where it's made in a completely different factory not owned by Toyota, and the QC is all over the place. That's what you get for buying cheaper brands.

The bad rap is valid.

-alex

I heard new corollas transmissions are made in mexico, sealed where you cant rebuild them and just throw away and new required.

QC for genuine OEM suppliers is much higher than aftermarket OEM.

In general, a manufacturer will only source from suppliers that will warranty their product to match the OE warranty offered to the end user. This ensures minimal defects, not really worried.

I am afraid to run springs because they blow the struts apparently.

No they don’t. Coil overs can have just as many problems. I have 105,000 miles on mine and struts are fine. A good set of springs with stock struts can easily outlast cheap coil overs in a street car.

65,000 miles on eibach pro kit springs and stock struts. No problems.

If ride quality is a concern, look elsewhere.

I mean... they aren't wrong. Godspeed is shit. $1,000 coilovers are fairly subpar in most cases... so Imagine something that's even cheaper. Don't be a cheap ass. Save your money for something of good quality and buy once.

Better yet, if don't want to spend much more, go with something like these: http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/st-s...E#.Wj23bCOZN24

They're basically KW V1s with preset damping adjustments. They don't go as low as some of those other manufacturers, but so long as you aren't trying to slam the car, it isn't really an issue.

We are in a global market and where something is made no longer means much. What does matter is who makes it. I have worked in the Tier One automotive parts manufacturing business for 28 years and have seen massive changes over the decades. My employer for several years now has 230 plants and 20 development centers spread across 40 countries. Each and every one of those plants must conform to the exact same safety, quality and production standards whether they are in Mexico, China or the USA. This same thing applies to any of the larger OEM manufactures so location does not mean inferior components or products. The days of lower quality OEM products made in such places as Mexico are long gone.

Now, that said, location still plays a huge part in the cheap knockoff or aftermarket industry. There are still several countries where proprietary design, patents and copywrites mean nothing. These are the places that will produce total junk for very cheap prices and pawn them off as named items. They can not get away with it in the USA, Canada, or much of Western Europe so you generally don't see that type of garbage made in those locations. Many of those places can even be owned and operated by some of the bigger name companies but rest assured just because it bears there name it does not mean that it is the same quality as the rest of their products.

The OEM products are watched very, very, VERY closely by the automotive companies contracting for the parts but there is no such surveillance on the aftermarket. When you consider just how many bad parts can slip through the tight system for the OEMs (there was a little thing with airbags you may have heard of) just imagine what goes through the aftermarket and nobody really know or cares as long as they can get those cheapass parts that are all they can afford.