Coilover/Spring recommendation?

[rmr]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Mild drops won't blow the stock shocks at all. Lowering springs got a bad reputation for one of two reasons:

1) Horrible spring rate to damper matching, too high of rates will definitely kill shocks in a hurry.
2) People putting lowering springs on tired shocks with 100k + miles on them. Most shock manufacturers specify a life of about 50k miles (80k kms) for shocks, so it's not surprising that putting a higher rate spring on a shock with 200k kms on it caused it to fail faster.


I replaced my stock shocks at about 155k kms with KW V3's, they were tired, but not blown. They'd also spent most of their life with Swift Sport springs on them (installed around 50k kms), and lots of hard driving and bad roads.

This^

Unless you're getting springs with a big drop and high spring rate you'll be fine.

I'll throw my hat in for Eibach Pro Kit like some of the others, if youre just trying to lower the car a bit and get a bit stiffer springs they are a great option, mild enough to daily drive, a tasteful drop.

If you daily drive in the winter Id avoid coils all together. Cheap coils will be a step backwards in terms of performance compared to stock dampers and a good lowering spring +/- top hats. And coils plus the winter salt is just asking for things to seize.

[Knicks]

I used to run springs on my FRS but changed to coilovers 3-4 months after. I like my car really low since it's not a daily but it really depends on what your doing with the car. In my opinion, coilovers ride much better than most spirngs

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by Knicks

I used to run springs on my FRS but changed to coilovers 3-4 months after. I like my car really low since it's not a daily but it really depends on what your doing with the car. In my opinion, coilovers ride much better than most spirngs

Have you tried "most" springs?

What coils do you have?

[Knicks]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Have you tried "most" springs?

What coils do you have?

I used to run Tein S Tech springs that have around a 1.5 inch drop. I wasn't happy with the ride height and I didn't love the ride with them. I run Tein coilovers on the car now and love them. Like most said on here, it really depends on what your doing with the car.