Uh oh... here we go with the fake coilovers...

[DarrenDriven]

$179.95 shipped on eBay... waiting to hear the first victim's opinion.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190706553637

[empower-auto]

no worse than Raceland/Rokkor junk lol

[mattles]

not a bad price for some threaded sleeves and lock rings/tools. Im sure the springs are junk, but with the right tophats/bumpstops/springs/seats you could make the OEM dampers height-adjustable properly, in a semi-affordable manner.

Miata guys know what Im talking about, we love some adjustable suspension on the cheap for autocross weekends.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

$179.95 shipped on eBay... waiting to hear the first victim's opinion.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190706553637

Wow, anyone who throws these on a brand new 25-30K car deserves whatever happens...c'mon coilovers for LESS than the price of real springs alone!

*There's a reason they're shown in plastic wrap, haha!

[jamal]

Possibly useful if you swap the springs out, but at that point you would be spending as much as a ground control kit.

But there are already a dozen threads in here about fake coilovers.

[fatoni]

those sleeves combined with some used springs and a revlalved bilstein are going to be a cheaper and imo better option than many of these cheap outsourced coilovers we are seeing pop up left and right

[Miniata]

How are those fake? Cheap? Yes. Universal and probably ill-fitting? Yes. I certainly wouldn't put those on a BRZ, but I have used some parts of those universal kits in the past.

[Touge Factory]

This is only a sleeve kit.

With good set of dampers - might not be too bad of a setup.
They do not specify the spring rates, so that would be a good question to ask.
Also would be a good idea to see what material and process they use to wind the springs.

We've had customers come in complaining about raceland coilover.... now those are cheap!
I swear - they're empty inside or maybe put some water in there? I think I'd get motion sickness from the bouncing.

[seannyice81]

I agree. I Can't wait to see stories of perch threads being stripped/sheared off and suspension collapse.

[Element Tuning]

I had a sleeve kit like this, specific to my application, but from a very reputable company and a set of Konis. The coils kept binding and blowing the perch off the konis. You've been warned

Oh this was years ago, not on the BRZ. We all have to learn the hard way one time or another.

[jamal]

If the coils were binding the shock load that goes into the perch is huge. I'd blame that on poor spring selection and not the parts.

I used a set of these cheap ebay versions pretty successfully on a lemons car. I suppose if you wanted to slam an old civic they would work pretty well too. On a BRZ not so much.

[ExoticAir]

Originally Posted by empower-auto

no worse than Raceland/Rokkor junk lol

OMG, Racelands are a joke!!!

[Element Tuning]

Originally Posted by jamal

If the coils were binding the shock load that goes into the perch is huge. I'd blame that on poor spring selection and not the parts.

I used a set of these cheap ebay versions pretty successfully on a lemons car. I suppose if you wanted to slam an old civic they would work pretty well too. On a BRZ not so much.

Of course it was, thats my point. LOL! You think that cheap kit tells you when the coils bind, no. Its a universal kit and you may or may not get lucky.

If its engineered for a specific application like what Ground Control does there's absolutely nothing wrong with the concept.