Review: Pro Street Coilovers from Speed By Design

[whitefrs]

Originally Posted by spdbydesignchris

Come will pillow ball mounts.


They are $1199/set and I have 2-3 sets left instock.


Chris

how low do they go?

[spdbydesignchris]

Lower than your fender liners would support, haha.

You can bottom them out, I would estimate 2+ inch drop.

[ericmpena]

I'm still messing around with the damping on these and just wanted to say how it feels so far.
I tried out Max Soft all around and the car feels very floaty/cloudy. Highway driving felt really smooth and driving around town was great as well. It almost tricks your mind because I'm expecting to hit a bump or go over train tracks and feel the impact but the car just cruises right over.
I'm not sure if I prefer the floaty/cloudy feeling, but it's good to know that if I want my car to ride very softly then the option is there.

[spdbydesignchris]

Yeah, with the dampening adjustment.....as you've seen from the shock dyno's I posted, you have a wide range of adjustment. (The beauty of coilovers!)


So, it will take playing with them and finding the settings you prefer.

[jvincent]

What is the smallest drop on these?

[FRS-HHH]

anyone else have any reviews/experience with these? ? kind of interested just want to see what other think about these

[toysub]

Originally Posted by ericmpena

I'm still messing around with the damping on these and just wanted to say how it feels so far.
I tried out Max Soft all around and the car feels very floaty/cloudy. Highway driving felt really smooth and driving around town was great as well. It almost tricks your mind because I'm expecting to hit a bump or go over train tracks and feel the impact but the car just cruises right over.
I'm not sure if I prefer the floaty/cloudy feeling, but it's good to know that if I want my car to ride very softly then the option is there.

Thanks for your review. When you were in your "15" setting, how did it affect the handling? I'm still stock and want to keep the cornering capacity that we've all come to love. Did you feel any compromise with the softer settings in relation to daily driving handling?

[cdrazic93]

What is the coating on these? Stainless steel or...? And the warranty?

[ericmpena]

Originally Posted by toysub

Thanks for your review. When you were in your "15" setting, how did it affect the handling? I'm still stock and want to keep the cornering capacity that we've all come to love. Did you feel any compromise with the softer settings in relation to daily driving handling?

It's hard to say exactly. I've been driving around on 12 clicks from Max Hard and that seems to feel like the best balance of softness and control. The softer you go then you lose that feeling of control/cornering. 15 from Max Hard felt really nice when my priority was more comfort, but then I went to 12 clicks from Max Hard to get a little more feeling of control. 9 clicks from Max Hard was a tad bit too bumpy. I'm thinking my ideal setting is between 9-12 clicks from Max Hard, but that'll likely be different from person to person. Really just depends on how you feel your car should drive like in your head, and then finding the correct damping.

[jarednoel]

Would these still work well with occasional canyon runs?

[ericmpena]

Originally Posted by jarednoel

Would these still work well with occasional canyon runs?

I don't see why not. I still feel like I have great control over my car with these coilovers, but in addition I also have a superb ride quality. In fact, I've been driving a Volvo S60 for the past 3 weeks which has a great ride quality. Finally got my car back and wanted to attempt to match the ride quality of the Volvo. I turned the damping to 18 clicks away from max hard and you can definitely feel that it makes the BRZ drive much more like a family car than a low sports car. It's great to be able to make adjustments like this whenever I want.

[Xovit]

Very interested in these! I like the idea and the design, my car is 99% daily driver with some spirited activities.. my only concern/question would be.. On the lower settings (ride height) how likely is it to rub on harsher streets? If you firm it up or max it out at highest firm settings is it still possible to rub? I know this isn't a black and white yes or no but I like the fact you can go very low.. would harder springs be in order for a slammed setup?

Example (Well aware this is a members ride, very sweet one at that): https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...31988933_n.jpg

[evan]

These are exactly what I'm looking for since I'm more of a drag racing focused dude.

..waiting for the "You bought the wrong car troll" comments..

[ericmpena]

Originally Posted by Xovit

Very interested in these! I like the idea and the design, my car is 99% daily driver with some spirited activities.. my only concern/question would be.. On the lower settings (ride height) how likely is it to rub on harsher streets? If you firm it up or max it out at highest firm settings is it still possible to rub? I know this isn't a black and white yes or no but I like the fact you can go very low.. would harder springs be in order for a slammed setup?

Example (Well aware this is a members ride, very sweet one at that): https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...31988933_n.jpg

I had rubbing issues because my wheels poked out about 5mm. With my wheels still poked out and the damping on Max firm it fixed the rubbing, but the ride quality was pretty stiff. I ended up removing my wheel spacer to make the wheels stand within the fender just slightly. Car stance still looks great and I have much more clearance. No rubbing issues after that, even on Max soft.