Lots of good brands mentioned here. While I'm sure megans won't randomly explode there really is no reason not to go with a more respected brand. I've been hearing nothing but good things about the Teins. But honestly if you aren't going to track ir need variable height adjustment I'd just get springs. It'll save you like 800$ and will give you a drop. Also, you need some camber. From the factory they already have life -1 up front

tein flex z, great coilover for dd
same price as st, but includes camber plates

You'll only get about .5-.6 degs of camber adjustment out of a camber bolt in the rear. It works, it just has a limited range.

ST is probably the best adjustable coilover setup for our cars that cost under 1k.

entry-level Tein coilovers were useless back in the day other than for people that just wanted to put a tein sticker on their car so they feel better about themselves than buying some janky ebay part. their high-end coilovers were pretty solid though which is probably how they maintained their legitimacy as a suspension company over the past years. recently theyve gotten smart and stepped up their entry-level game though with the new flex z. cheap price point while tested and manufactured and QC'd in japan.

good luck.

I've had Megans on my other car before and I will tell you that you might as well just weld in solid steel rods in for your suspension. They are so overly stiff its ridiculous. Also the paint/coating chipped off of all of the springs and they just rusted away.

Swapped them for KW V1's and it is 1000x better. So for your budget (as everyone else has said) ST is the way to go.

Youll be surprised at what youll learn when you actually learn whats inside of the suspension. Youll see why some are better than others, why some people reccomend that company over this one because of the R&D they put into these systems.

holy cow this forum is TOXIC with bad advice. who moderates this?

The moderators listed at the bottom of the subforum main page?

Maybe it would be more helpful if you showed what you believe to be incorrect and provide insight of your own to further the conversation instead of just vaguely blast whats been said

What I "believe" is irrelevant because there are a TON of regular posters on this forum with more experience and data that could chime in., so my 2 cents is not the most helpful.

Therefore .. the best thing I could say to the OP is "WHOA. Halt. Take most of these posts with a grain of salt and search for people or posts with good data or actual experience"

Just one idiot with a poor install, bad alignment, or no frame of reference for how "good" suspension feels can completely ruin another person's opinion of a product by sharing their story.

THIS. This thread isn't toxic at all and all advice has been reasonable

Captain Snooze is pulling all the weight in here. The rest is just :bonk:

Why cuz he suggested Teins? He wasn't even the first one to do it and he didn't say anything different than half the other posters. Plenty of good info here with good reasons to back them up

Can't argue. That was the best post of the thread

Moderators don't control technical advice, like every other forum I've ever been on (whether it's video games, painting, trench digging, spaceship design, or home repair) popular opinion reigns supreme and the user must sort through the bull. Wouldn't mind being on a forum where moderators shut down bad info with their qualifications such as degrees in Mechanical Engineering and X+ years of suspension design, engine building, driving, and wrenching.

This is one of the least toxic "1G tell me wut 2 buy" threads I've ever seen.

Real independent data is still few and far between both because the platform is new and because the people who actually are going to go through the effort of acquiring data will likely happily spend the extra $1k-$4k to get into the higher quality stuff (at least on spring/damper combos) so budget stuff will almost always be judged based on user reviews (with limited experience and bias to defend the money they spent) and vendor reviews.