[cdrazic93]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Some food for thought: here's an analogy.

Your typical new car nowadays has 7 airbags in it. At $1200/airbag, that's $8400 in airbags. An entry level car can be had, new, at sticker price, for around $18,500. SO that means, if you take the airbags out, the rest of the car is roughly $10,000.

But, if you increase your budget by 10k, then you can get a $28.5k car, which still has $8400 in airbags. Now you have 20k for the rest of the car.

That, is the difference, between a Chevy Cruze, and a loaded BRZ. big difference, isn't it?


Now, how much do you think the materials for a damper costs?

I love this analogy. I'm still curious as to know what the replacement cost of the stock suspension would be. That should be a good minimum budget starter for anyone looking into coilovers. Anything beyond that price level would (hopefully) be an imporvement over stock in terms of adjustability or preset damping.