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Originally Posted by Touge_Monster
If money wasn't an issue or if I was sponsored. I'd get something like, Penske or Tracktive suspension but I'm not doing it professionally. Just as a hobby and a 2way coilovers would be suitable for me.
I was looking at RCE but how are they? do they rebuild in house? Customer service? Don't mention fortune auto, I ran into shitty experience with them.
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Being sponsored these days means just about nothing other than a 10% or maybe 20% discount in most cases. If you can't afford it, save until you can. You'd need to reach out to RCE to answer those questions, I run MCS. I respect RCE because they actually take time to develop things the right way instead of hustling marketing hype like everyone else.
Spending money on quality suspension has nothing to do with being professional, or even competitive. It's about getting the right tools for the job so you can spend less time tinkering and more time improving. A novice can tell the difference between bad and good, suspension is no different.
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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Reinharte, Stance, Fortune Auto, Feal, Megan, Godspeed, Raceland, and a hundred other brands, parts all manufactured in Asia to their specs by Bor Chuann known stateside as BC.
imho the shit you read online about these kinds of coilovers is from 10+ years ago, adequate quality on a budget is now possible. I'm not implying that $900 racelands are equivalent to $3k Fortune Autos or even the $1.5k Feals, there's a wife variety of quality levels available, picking a company that can support you and stand behind their product and understand what you want is worth it's weight in gold. The one thing I'd be cautious about your buddies positive experience is a companies success with one chassis does not guarantee success with another, especially when it comes to custom work.
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I don't think I'd still call those quality, they are generic shocks that have adapters to fit the chassis. Valving gets you so far, and some of those companies do a little homework there. Largely they are still going to be garbage compared to a real effort from a company that is making something from scratch. Even the B16 or KW v3 is far superior to any of those. Check out the development thread for the Xidas from 949 Racing and you can get a taste of what it actually takes to make a shock or strut the right way.