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Originally Posted by Tristor
Looks like you’ve already got some accurate responses. Find my huge post in the FB group for details, but long story short, the cheapest and best way to drop an inch is to get the RCE combo kit and find someone’s used PP Sachs dampers. None of the “budget” coilovers are good, they’re universally absolute trash. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t know wtf they are talking about. You’re looking at a minimum entry price of $1500 for acceptable coil overs on this platform and good ones start above $2k.
Lowering a street car can be done comfortably with good dampers and springs. Our factory suspension is technically already a coilover, it’s just non-adjustable. If you don’t know what you’re going to use adjustments for and have no plan there, having adjustments just introduces another variable to mess up. If you want something better than the PP dampers, get Bilstein B8s and the matching Eibach springs, you can buy them together as the Bilstein B12 Pro-kit for $1100.
Cheap suspension rides like shit and doesn’t perform either. If you’re going to slam it to the ground it doesn’t matter because you’re ruining the car anyway, but if you care about quality at all don’t buy garbage parts for your car. Save to do the right thing the first time.
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I actually already have the sachs dampers. Is the combo kit the ~$400 one that comes with the springs, camber bolts, etc? I thought that lowering springs were looked down upon, but I guess its different with the upgraded pp shocks.
Also, I've seen multiple people recommend the Tein Flex Zs as the best budget coilovers, and they run around $850. Do you think it would still be better to run the rce kit instead?
I'm pretty new to suspension stuff, so I'm not really aware of the cost, but I do care about ride quality and I'll spend more if I have to. Thanks for the help