Best Coilover Closest to Stock Ride Comfort?

[taimysho0]

Originally Posted by UnOvertime

I have a friend with BC racing and he loves them. His FR-S is a daily driver. I was strongly leaning towards BC (BC is local to me) until I saw the intro deal on the tarmac zeros. BC's with the swift upgrade will be decent and fulfill what you are looking for.

where are you seeing the deals for the tarmacs? is there a vendor selling them on here? how much do they go for

[taimysho0]

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

They are built by KW for us...truly custom valved KWs for the BRZ/FRS. We worked with them to dial in the valving and spring rates even more (and have a lifetime warranty). We've been working with them since 2006.


- Andy

sen you a pm for more info on tarmacs

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by taimysho0

where are you seeing the deals for the tarmacs? is there a vendor selling them on here? how much do they go for

you can buy them from us ! (we are on the forums..) =)

Myles

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by taimysho0

sen you a pm for more info on tarmacs

sent.

[ScionFR-J]

Originally Posted by taimysho0

any good references on where to buy those? i didnt see any in the vendors forums or on ebay..thanks

http://www.frs86.com/suspension/rs-r...moto-spec.html

[qoncept]

IMO, if you want stock ride quality you don't want coilovers, period. To get a quality coilover you are spending over $2000. If you want to lower your car, get springs or coilover sleeves on stock struts.

[taimysho0]

alright, after much consideration i think im going with springs on oem shocks. i dont need to buy aftermakret bump stops right? im leaning towards swift springs since they have a 1" drop, anyone can compare these with the rce springs?

[taimysho0]

also, i will be mounting 18x8.75 rims on 225/45/18 fornt and 245/40/18 rear tires, so hopefully the drop will make that look good..

[UnOvertime]

I was between the Swift and RCE's for springs as well. The RCE's come with replacement bump stops whereas the swifts do not. You don't NEED aftermarket bumpstops. Swift will have the 1" drop, RCE has about .8" drop. I was swayed to RCE because of the positive reviews, now there should be more about the swift springs on the site. Both are quality so you cannot go wrong with either set.

[qoncept]

If you're going with a mild drop you shouldn't need to replace the bump stops.

Here are the spring rates (kg/mm). The drop roughly equal.

RCE 4.6K F / 4.6K R
Swift Springs 3K F / 4.5K R
Stock FR-S 2.3K F / 3.7R
Stock BRZ 2.6F, 3.5R

The more ratio of stiffness is rear biased, the more oversteer you'll see. I'm very surprised to see the RCEs are equal. I would recommend Swift over that.

[taimysho0]

thanks for everyones help! i pulled the gun on a set of stance with swift springs. it was for a price i couldnt resist. since i will be planning multiple rim setups in the future i want everything looking flushed so the need to adjust ride height is a must, plus the swift springs should keep things nice and soft

[CSG David]

Originally Posted by qoncept

IMO, if you want stock ride quality you don't want coilovers, period. To get a quality coilover you are spending over $2000. If you want to lower your car, get springs or coilover sleeves on stock struts.

Much more than that if you want very good dampers.

[taimysho0]

im sticking with 6k/7k spring rate with the swifts, since i was informed by the salesman that its the recommended spring rate for stance. im thinking of going 6k/6k since im looking for a softer spring rate but was told at 6k/7k with swift, it should already feel softer than 6k/7k on stance springs since swift is a lighter and higher quality spring

[qoncept]

I would go with the 6/7 just so the car doesn't handle like a pig, but

should already feel softer than 6k/7k on stance springs since swift is a lighter and higher quality spring

is a bunch of sales nonsense. 6k is 6k no matter who makes the spring. You might find some that use steel that fatigue faster or weigh more but whoever said they would be softer is full of shit.