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Kyogre · 05-09-2015, 05:25 PM

@sosick, If u don't plan on tracking or slamming your frs, then get the st coilovers. Best coilovers for under $900. They're having a $100 rebate promotion that ends at the end of this month

redlined600 · 05-10-2015, 09:24 AM

There is a set of kw coilovers in the members classifieds right now for $1300. Snap those up.

wootwoot · 05-10-2015, 11:45 AM

I'll agree a spring and strut will be better. Get that and be happy. I bought coilovers and wish I would have went the other way.

I bought used coilovers one time. The seller didn't package them well and they were destroyed on arrival. He left the adjustment knobs in the top of the shocks and they broke off inside. Just a fair warning.

wootwoot · 05-10-2015, 12:02 PM

NVM.

simpleisbest · 05-12-2015, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Kyogre

From what I've researched, BC Racing coilovers are made by Megan racing, which is a horrible brand. They're only good for slamming cars. It seems like the fortune autos and the ST Coilovers are the only good quality low low budget coilovers

Actualy Megan has recently hired some pretty good suspension engineers, (think from Tein) to revamp their product line. As a direct result, I've heard that their valving for the Spec-RS series is actually pretty good. If so, that would make their kit for our cars one of the best bang for the buck kits on the market. True double adjustment with remotes for under $1500 is pretty much unheard of. YMMV. Worth checking out though.

http://www.meganracing.com/product_d...=1830&catid=33

churchx · 05-12-2015, 11:38 AM

How about Tein Flex Z for budget choice?

cdrazic93 · 05-12-2015, 11:38 AM

Now you have to ask yourself, WWMD? What would @CSG Mike Do? Lol

CSG Mike · 05-12-2015, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpleisbest

Actualy Megan has recently hired some pretty good suspension engineers, (think from Tein) to revamp their product line. As a direct result, I've heard that their valving for the Spec-RS series is actually pretty good. If so, that would make their kit for our cars one of the best bang for the buck kits on the market. True double adjustment with remotes for under $1500 is pretty much unheard of. YMMV. Worth checking out though.

http://www.meganracing.com/product_d...=1830&catid=33

They hired a Tein engineer's assistant

CSG Mike · 05-12-2015, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdrazic93

Now you have to ask yourself, WWMD? What would @CSG Mike Do? Lol

Funny, this has happened on some other platforms too...

simpleisbest · 05-12-2015, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

They hired a Tein engineer's assistant

So...you saying the guy they hired knows his stuff or you saying he was "just an assistant", thus doesn't know crap? It's a common reality that an American working at a Japanese company may be stuck as an "assistant" for years, decades....regardless of how wonderfully competent he/she is...

swarb · 05-12-2015, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpleisbest

So...you saying the guy they hired knows his stuff or you saying he was "just an assistant", thus doesn't know crap? It's a common reality that an American working at a Japanese company may be stuck as an "assistant" for years, decades....regardless of how wonderfully competent he/she is...

Assistant is as much speculation as you saying they hired an engineer from tein. Maybe he got fired? Maybe he engineers breakfast burritos?

Racecomp Engineering · 05-12-2015, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpleisbest

Actualy Megan has recently hired some pretty good suspension engineers, (think from Tein) to revamp their product line. As a direct result, I've heard that their valving for the Spec-RS series is actually pretty good. If so, that would make their kit for our cars one of the best bang for the buck kits on the market. True double adjustment with remotes for under $1500 is pretty much unheard of. YMMV. Worth checking out though.

http://www.meganracing.com/product_d...=1830&catid=33

I would like to see a shock dyno plot and a spring rate test of their springs. (just to start)

I don't really care who they hired from where....

- Andy

simpleisbest · 05-12-2015, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

I would like to see a shock dyno plot and a spring rate test of their springs. (just to start)

I don't really care who they hired from where....

- Andy

A set was dyno'd at ProParts USA...supposedly. Rumor is that dynos were pretty good. No idea of quality of rest of construction...

Springs are cheap enough to swap out for quality ones like Swift or Hyperco...I would be more interested in the shocks...

Racecomp Engineering · 05-12-2015, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpleisbest

A set was dyno'd at ProParts USA...supposedly. Rumor is that dynos were pretty good. No idea of quality of rest of construction...

Rumors don't really do it for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpleisbest

Springs are cheap enough to swap out for quality ones like Swift or Hyperco...I would be more interested in the shocks...

Yes but add Swifts and now your $1500 coilovers are 1800-1900 bucks.

- Andy

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05-09-2015, 05:25 PM	#15
Kyogre Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2013 Ultramarine Scion Frs Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	@sosick, If u don't plan on tracking or slamming your frs, then get the st coilovers. Best coilovers for under $900. They're having a $100 rebate promotion that ends at the end of this month

05-10-2015, 09:24 AM	#16
redlined600 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: Fr-s Location: MN Posts: 774 Thanks: 139 Thanked 555 Times in 288 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s)	There is a set of kw coilovers in the members classifieds right now for $1300. Snap those up.

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wootwoot Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: FRS Location: Cali Posts: 1,558 Thanks: 188 Thanked 462 Times in 264 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s)	I'll agree a spring and strut will be better. Get that and be happy. I bought coilovers and wish I would have went the other way. I bought used coilovers one time. The seller didn't package them well and they were destroyed on arrival. He left the adjustment knobs in the top of the shocks and they broke off inside. Just a fair warning.

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