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Old 10-28-2014, 12:17 AM   #1
NoobTron
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suspension advice

So I don’t yet have the driving vocabulary to precisely describe what I “think” I am experiencing, but this is my best shot. Daily driving around town, even a bit spirited, no problems. When I really push the car I get this sensation that the body and suspension are somewhat disconnected. I also have the impression that I can feel the weight of the car shift a bit too dramatically before I feel the springs go to work. I am looking for something to “tighten” all of that up without breaking my back or smashing the little Noobtron’s eggs coming home from the grocery store. I also have smallish ambitions of doing some autocross in the not so distant future, in a land not so far away.


Here’s my deal: I am fairly certain that I want new springs, shocks and likely sways. I don’t have the time, tools, or experience to pud wack around with coilovers. I am good with a set it and forget it suspension situation. My current short list is Bilstein B6 or B8s and either TRD springs and sways or RCE Yellows or Tarmacs


I have read here a good deal about the TRD springs, but most of the posts seem to be focused on reducing the wheel gap – don’t directly care about that. Is anyone out there running autocross with the TRD spring setup? What’s the real applicable difference between the TRD springs and the RCE Yellows? Will the Tarmac springs be too aggressive for daily? With any of these spring options are the B8s a better choice over the B6?



Help a brother out, please.
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