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Old 01-09-2014, 05:23 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Mikepage View Post
How do you know the Adjustability is crappy Andy?

For example, I will take my friend who run a 1000$ set ok coilover on a track and the car seems to be performant, I say seems...but he do a good laps time... Maybe it's just because he never try a real set of coilover? and we just don't know what is a real set of coilover... Maybe also he coule be perform the same track time with the stock suspension.

It's difficult for a user, not an expert, to know what is a good damper and how the Véhicules is supposed to run with it.

I know the real question is not about getting a better track time but around what is the best choice to have a good handling and to be resistance to the winter...and keeping or not destroying the already good felling of the car at the beginning.

Sorry am curious and i always want to learn more about suspension, this is why am asking this.
It's just experience...we've tested a lot of coilovers over the years and found adjusters on lower end coilovers don't always do what you want. Sometimes each corner is different, sometimes 1 click does a lot more than it should, or it does nothing.

Like Suberman said, there's a sweet spot, and sometimes that sweet spot on the lower end coilovers still isn't that great.

I'd take better base valving over adjustable valving that isn't great anywhere every time.

- Andy
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