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8k square is fine. 14k square is painful. I mean, you won't have as much bouncy because the springs won't move much at all. That's not really comfortable though.

It's the dampers sucking and/or how low you are.

Also those swift springs seem to be coilover springs.

If ride quality is important to you, as it is with me, have you thought about going back to stock or stock with TRE/STI springs if you want it lowered? You will not get better ride quality than stock dampers and springs. I know that is heresy here, but it is true.

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Originally Posted by Lakitu (Post 3107267)

I own a couple BC Racing Coilovers, got my car nice and low and love it, but the ride quality kinda sucks. When I adjust the dampening settings I've observed the following:

1. Going softer means more bouncy and unpredictable reactive behavior when the car rolls over something rough on the highway, but great with casual slow driving.

2. Harder means way harsher ride uality than stock was.

3. Somewhere in the middle actually makes me nauceaus, its a weird feeling.

Not happy with any of these settings and just using more stiff dampening like 5 rear, 8 front. Someone did warn me about this and I didn't heed their advice, and I guess you get what you pay for.

So, I was talking to a friend and they recommended just replacing the springs with 14K springs and the ride quality will improve drastically. The springs on the BC racing coilovers are 8K. Not a lot of sites show the "K" with the lowering springs and I'm not even sure if you can use lowering springs with coilovers, they seem to have overlapping purposes that might not work well together.

So I'm currently looking at the Swift Springs, which is offered at an upgrade but I didn't go with it and kinda wishing I did, based on reviews.
https://bcracingcoilovers.com/collec...lovers-br-type

Then I'll have to reinstall the damn things.. ugh..

Car rides like shit because you have cheap coils and are super low.
Spring rates are spring rates. Brand of spring in this case has jack shit to do with ride quality.

You wanna be low with a nice ride, there is only 1 option.
AIR.

And in layman's terms since you don't know what google is.....

NO
You cant put lowering springs on "coilovers".

You can put stiffer/softer springs.
You can put taller/shorter springs.

You cant use OTS "lowering springs" that are designed for the stock struts/shocks.

Also TY for this thread. You've made our lolwut post of the day on my discord.

@Lakitu, don’t feel bad for asking for help. The bottom line is that it’s tough to have decent ride quality with a combination of low ride height, relatively stiff coils, and an entry-level coilover. Some suggestions that come to mind are to raise your ride height so that you max out at about a one inch drop to maximize available travel, which is particularly important on our cars because the rear is short on travel to begin with. Stiff springs can be made to ride acceptably, but generally not without a high-quality damper that has precise damping - and you’ll have to pay plenty for that. I have no experience with your BC Racing coilovers, but my guess is you’re oversprung and underdamped as is, and you’d be a lot happier with a 5 or 6K spring. A lot of people run BC Racing coilovers so there has to be a fair amount of information on the board and, contrary to what you saw in this thread, there are good people out there that are willing to help out.