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Originally Posted by Moto-P
I've sampled Cusco Street, RS*R Sports-i, and both of them were extremely well behaved and designed for medium grip to high grip tires. Both worked really well at FULL SOFT setting on both ends, even with track radials like the Azenis RT615K. So going stiffer is only needed perhaps, to compensate for wear of the dampers, and also to settle the car at really high speed tracks where stability is in order over quick vector changes.
Both do come at a price of nearly $2000 but with the ability to be 30mm lower, and unlike lowering springs on stock shocks, that allow maybe 20mm max on short rear shocks of the FRS/BRZ, the fully-tapped coilovers can go a full 35mm lower with all of the original stroke range, and has adjustability to actually make the ride more comfortable with more sophisticated valving that is not cost-constrained like the stock shocks.
So if budget is the key, Racecomp's 20mm drop springs are really ideal.
If ride qualities of the stock is a bit harsh for you, you can use either of the more expensive setup to improve that while retaining all the of the nice handling capability with much lower height around 30~35mm drop.
I've also found that 20mm drop is ideal for dynamic alignment (as designed), and 35mm still retaining pretty good alignment as well.
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I'm reviving this thread because I really need some suspension advice and this post seems to hit the nail to the head.
I'm a fairly new 2015 FR-S owner in CA - 1200 miles.
Coming from Greece, I used to drive a 9yo RX-8. Surprisingly, the Greek roads felt a lot smoother w/ the RX-8 than the South Bay CA roads feel w/ my new FR-S.
Now, there are a lot of differences between the two cars, so it's not a fair comparison, but for public road driving in CA I feel the FR-S suspension is a bit too stiff. I'm pretty sure that in a race track with decent asphalt the FR-S will shine, but I haven't been to one yet (was patiently waiting for the 1k mile mark).
Unfortunately on typical public roads around here it feels that the car struggles a lot to stay level - I test drove the car 3 times and didn't notice. The moment I did tho, after buying it, it was like my eyes were opened and I can't stop noticing it anymore. Things get even worse on mountain roads where asphalt quality sucks even more.
Will the more expensive setups help fix this feeling without ruining my future track experience?
Thanks