Penske Coilovers.

[miwialex]

Hey, just in case anyone was interested in if Penske is making anything for the car, i just emailed them and this is how they responded.

Thank you for your interest in PENSKE Racing Shocks and ANZE Suspension, the best racing struts and shocks in the world!

We are currently developing a new package for the FR-S/BRZ twins, CAD modeling is underway now.
First to be released will be a double adjustable remote reservoir coilover package based on PENSKE Racing Shocks 8300 series.
We expect these to be available late this year or very early next year, followed by a triple adjustable package based on PENSKE 8760.

Preliminary pricing is attached as well as more information about ANZE Suspension and ANZE Racing Struts.

Also attached is a customer data form. Please fill it out to the best of your knowledge and that will help us create a package customized just for you and your car.
Please call us or email us with any questions. We are out of the office this week for the SCCA run-offs but we will respond to email as promptly as we can.

We look forward to the opportunity to help you make your car faster!


I was hoping for them to make something more like the 7500 series for the car so that it would be cheaper but it doesn't sound like they are working on that at all at the moment. In the sheet they sent me, the base price just for the shocks is 5,600 and the complete kit with springs and all the mounting hardware for the remote reservoirs came out to 6,845. Not exactly cheap, but I know some people will be interested in these.

[mla163]

Pimp $hock$

I bet they smell like vanilla and make you lose 10 lbs.

[Memphis]

Originally Posted by miwialex

Hey, just in case anyone was interested in if Penske is making anything for the car, i just emailed them and this is how they responded.

Thank you for your interest in PENSKE Racing Shocks and ANZE Suspension, the best racing struts and shocks in the world!

We are currently developing a new package for the FR-S/BRZ twins, CAD modeling is underway now.
First to be released will be a double adjustable remote reservoir coilover package based on PENSKE Racing Shocks 8300 series.
We expect these to be available late this year or very early next year, followed by a triple adjustable package based on PENSKE 8760.

Preliminary pricing is attached as well as more information about ANZE Suspension and ANZE Racing Struts.

Also attached is a customer data form. Please fill it out to the best of your knowledge and that will help us create a package customized just for you and your car.
Please call us or email us with any questions. We are out of the office this week for the SCCA run-offs but we will respond to email as promptly as we can.

We look forward to the opportunity to help you make your car faster!


I was hoping for them to make something more like the 7500 series for the car so that it would be cheaper but it doesn't sound like they are working on that at all at the moment. In the sheet they sent me, the base price just for the shocks is 5,600 and the complete kit with springs and all the mounting hardware for the remote reservoirs came out to 6,845. Not exactly cheap, but I know some people will be interested in these.

They do realize that this car does not exactly cater to rich people right?That is crazy expensive

[jix87]

Originally Posted by Memphis

They do realize that this car does not exactly cater to rich people right?That is crazy expensive

It does cater to track/autox junkies, and the serious ones will shell out big $$ for shocks. That is pretty much the going rate for the high end shocks (Moton, Ohlins, Penske, JRZ, AST, Motion Control), regardless of what car they're for.

[AJUSA.com]

Penske is a racing shock manufacturer and does not cater to the general public. If you want cheap coilovers, there is a mindblowing number of options out there.

When you realize these are no holds barred racing shocks, and compare prices to other racing outfits, they are reasonably priced.

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by Memphis

They do realize that this car does not exactly cater to rich people right?That is crazy expensive

People spend massive amounts on 20 year old cars like the Miata, civics etc

[SkullWorks]

this IS the business,

there is hardly a coilover currently on the market that i would ALLOW to be installed on my car, there's lots of stuff out there for the hard parkers and rim tuckers, fan boi's and posuers but not much that is of caliber to be placed on a car this balanced from the factory

BUT...PENSKE, turns out those guys have it, the stuff works

short list: Penske, Moton, Koni, Bilstein, JRZ, Sachs, Ohlins...I'm missing somebody...

KW is somewhere in the bad lands between good and mediocre...

[xwd]

I'm actually the one working with Anze on the suspension. I sent them a complete FR-S stock setup and also sent them a complete set of BRZ springs.

Obviously Penske shocks are not cheap. However they are fairly easily user revalvable, rebuildable, work well on the street, and the adjustments actually make a difference.

The issue with our cars is the front struts. Anze is not just using an off the shelf 8300 for the front they are building a completely custom strut using Penske internals... which requires modeling everything, building a new strut housing, etc. When it's all said and done they will have a setup which is Stock autox compliant and can also be used as a standard coilover since the bodies are threaded. There may be some ways to make them a bit cheaper in the long run, but you can't get away from the cost of the shocks/parts themselves.

[genometuning]

Originally Posted by SkullWorks

this IS the business,

there is hardly a coilover currently on the market that i would ALLOW to be installed on my car, there's lots of stuff out there for the hard parkers and rim tuckers, fan boi's and posuers but not much that is of caliber to be placed on a car this balanced from the factory

BUT...PENSKE, turns out those guys have it, the stuff works

short list: Penske, Moton, Koni, Bilstein, JRZ, Sachs, Ohlins...I'm missing somebody...

KW is somewhere in the bad lands between good and mediocre...

Cusco has some really nice/affordable coilovers and so does Tein if you don't go for the base models

[ASSALBERT]

Originally Posted by genometuning

Cusco has some really nice/affordable coilovers and so does Tein if you don't go for the base models

lol i think the guy was saying he wouldnt run anything but a high end shock. Granted Cusco and Tein does have their high end stuff, they still dont compare to the likes of some of the companies he listed.

Anze makes top notch stuff, cant wait to see the outcome!

[xwd]

I went the route of "high end" JDM coilovers some time ago, and will never do that again because I ended up spending more money buying something else later on when it turned out to suck.

[chulooz]

Originally Posted by dwx

I went the route of "high end" JDM coilovers some time ago, and will never do that again because I ended up spending more money buying something else later on when it turned out to suck.

Which 'high end' system did you get?

Penske quality and the like would put most 'tuner' options to shame on a dyno.

[MKIV]

Originally Posted by genometuning

Cusco has some really nice/affordable coilovers and so does Tein if you don't go for the base models

Just go for the e-bay stuff. You'll at least save a few bucks over the Cusco and Tein both of which are... well....

[MKIV]

Originally Posted by dwx

I went the route of "high end" JDM coilovers some time ago, and will never do that again because I ended up spending more money buying something else later on when it turned out to suck.

When you go to this level of tuning, it's not just a bolt on and go. You need to address the entire suspension system. They are designed to be fine tuned so just adding the high dollar coil overs will not necessarily get you a good set-up. Bushings, sway bars, links, tires etc will all play a major role.