Best street coilover
 

Hi,

I plan to install a coilover set soon, what is the best coilover i can take for street use? Maybe some futur track days also.

My friend run on BC with a 350z and it feel confortable, what is your suggestions?

I look for Tein maybe : http://www.jscspeed.com/catalog/Scio...cion_FR_S.html

the BEST...in my opinion it is the Ohlins road and track... but at $3500 it aint cheap!

good luck, if i had the money i would get them in a second...

if i was a t a lower budget i would try the AST set

of, even lower budget get the Koni inserts with RCE springs!

he said street
what are you gonna do with ohlins on the street, LOL

Yeah i have already read a lot on the RCE springs but i plan to use my car during winter and maybe with the coilover, i can adjust the height before the winter season begin.

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Stock.

IMO.

Ohlins is overkill, but they seem to have made it for the street...their discription "The focus has been clearn from the very beginning - superior road handling without sacrificing comfort in your day-to-day transports."

If you want higher spring rates but OEM ride quality then high end dampers are the answer. I've been in very highly sprung cars running high end Showa dampers, Penske, etc that feel as comfortable as stock, just more controlled.

Try that with BC dampers and you'll get that "It's a performance suspension" ride...

GC makes a affordable height adjustable perch option that may be for you and still ride better than a cheapy set of coilovers

http://www.ground-control-store.com/...ion.php?II=923

.look into it.

How low do you seriously plan on going?

Have you ever actually taken a car with properly setup BC Racing coilovers for a ride?

I've been in 3 or 4 cars with BC coilovers. I can't say whether or not they've been properly setup (I didn't mess with them at all).

Have you ever been in a 1,200lb spring rate car on high end dampers that rides like stock?

I honestly can't say Ive been in a car with 20-22k spring rates, The most I have ridden in was 16k front and 14k rear which translates to 899lbs front and 787lbs rear.

I am sure that was very impressive and at the same time very expensive. I run 564lb springs front and rear in my personal car and thats plenty comfortable for myself personally and performs well from the little testing I have been able to do.

I do have to say however that if a guy doesn't set their suspension up properly no matter what kit they have, it'll ride horribly. It seems to me that a lot of the people that buy BC's usually throw them on and adjust them incorrectly then post negative reviews on the forums.

I'd agree with that across the board.. not just BCs..

Although I haven't seen that many negative reviews. The high end damper guys don't respect the whole 'anodize it another color and put a different sticker on it' sales methodology, that's most of the negative comments I see about them.

In the end, they simply can't compete with 2, 3, 4 way dampers, regressive valving, etc when it comes to controlling higher spring rates over varied shock velocities.

Having said that, if the street was my only concern, I'd still say stock lol

Hellaflush maybe if this is not to low for a DD.

I want a pretty look.

Do you know if this is a good product?

I definately agree with that.

The full race guys will always want to higher end stuff which is perfectly fine because they put it to good use.

The FRS's have ER setups now from BC so they have 2 way adjustability now too =] Digressive valving is coming soon too I hear.

We all have our preferences and different experiences. I definately admire the guys that have a ton of suspension knowledge through actual seat time. Can't ever quantify or beat that.

If you just want stock or a drop, then stock or lowering springs would be best.

If you want the height adjustability and the ability to corner weight in the future I'd go with the buddy club RSD for people on a decent budget.

I'm a customer of Ground Controls who really likes what they do for my car our on the race track so my answer is biased- I wholly recommend you call Adam at ground control and discuss this thread and your options before you pull the trigger. I'm sure you'll gather all the info you need if you take your time just tell him up front what budget you have or they can give great results as you spend more and more money

I'm going for a set of HSD, decent price and perfect for the street and dd on softest setting :D

It's Koni's with custom strut bodies up front, threaded sleeves and Eibach ERS springs. They work very well. You can also mess around with different strut insert options and can get Koni's revalved very easily and run Eibach ERS, HyperCo, Swift, etc coils making them an extremely capable and flexible solution. :thumbup: