Suspension Review: Hotchkis Sport Springs - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

BeRZed · 04-11-2013, 03:39 PM

Has any brz owners install these?

Lakers86 · 05-10-2013, 07:14 PM

One question for the Hotchkis rep. What is the warranty on your products?

hapa_kcm · 05-11-2013, 03:53 AM

At the end of their install instructions...

http://www.hotchkis.net/_uploaded_fi...ns5218file.pdf

Dan@AWD · 05-13-2013, 03:08 AM

Just installed these on Saturday. Barely notice a difference in ride quality.

nightfire · 05-27-2013, 06:18 PM

I second wondering how they feel on a BRZ? I'm between these and the Racecomp yellows...

hapa_kcm · 06-02-2013, 04:08 AM

Still a comfy ride on my BRZ. Oh I also cut the bump stop in the front even lower for more travel, but the rears are what is recommended by the instructions. The front OEM shocks still do not bottom out

Panda Grahams · 09-10-2013, 05:47 PM

Any camber adjustments when installing these? Basically, do I need to order camber bolts too?

bfrank1972 · 09-10-2013, 06:46 PM

There's nothing specific about Hotchkis springs, they're like any other spring with a 1" drop. Lots of info/discussion/debate on it in the forum. In a nutshell, yeah get the camber bolts, they're inexpensive and allow you to dial in some negative camber in the front (good for handling). Dial in as much negative camber as the bolts will allow. The lowering springs will give you an ok amount of negative camber in the rear at a 1" drop - you can get by fine with just that.

FYI, factory alignment specs are notoriously 'loose' on these cars, and if you want perfect alignment specs you may need camber adjustability on front and rear. If you want to really do it right, you get a pair of SPC adjustable lower control arms for the rear (add $250-$300) so you can set your rear camber where you want it.

Jfheisenberg · 03-25-2015, 01:49 PM

Im trying to buy the hotchkis lowering spring directly from hotchkis.com.. However when i am at the order page i get the following message:

This Part doesn't fit your 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue

Any reason why this part wouldn't fit my 2015 series blue?

continuecrushing · 03-25-2015, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg

Im trying to buy the hotchkis lowering spring directly from hotchkis.com.. However when i am at the order page i get the following message:

This Part doesn't fit your 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue

Any reason why this part wouldn't fit my 2015 series blue?

no reason it wont! Probably just haven't added it to the "approved fitment" list.

maybe try here...and use the code in my sig...

choiboie · 02-20-2016, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hapa_kcm

Still a comfy ride on my BRZ. Oh I also cut the bump stop in the front even lower for more travel, but the rears are what is recommended by the instructions. The front OEM shocks still do not bottom out

Do u have spacers?

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choiboie · 02-20-2016, 12:05 AM

I just installed my springs this afternoon..
driving with no front sway endlinks as the bolts were seized an had to cut them off..have to order on monday.
Driving home it didn't feel much different. Though it was fairly strsight ride home no twistys. Will see how it rides on my 40 mile hwy commute to work tomorrow. Planning to drive slower and take precautions just in case.has anyone ever run into this problem?

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hapa_kcm · 02-22-2016, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choiboie

Do u have spacers?

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At that time I was running 25mm spacers all around on my stock wheels

choiboie · 02-23-2016, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hapa_kcm

At that time I was running 25mm spacers all around on my stock wheels

Did the front look flush. Not sure if I wanna do 22mm or 25

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06-02-2013, 04:08 AM	#34
hapa_kcm Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: WRB BRZ Limited Location: LA Posts: 84 Thanks: 13 Thanked 25 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Still a comfy ride on my BRZ. Oh I also cut the bump stop in the front even lower for more travel, but the rears are what is recommended by the instructions. The front OEM shocks still do not bottom out Last edited by hapa_kcm; 06-02-2013 at 04:21 AM.

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hapa_kcm Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: WRB BRZ Limited Location: LA Posts: 84 Thanks: 13 Thanked 25 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	At the end of their install instructions... http://www.hotchkis.net/_uploaded_fi...ns5218file.pdf

05-13-2013, 03:08 AM	#32
Dan@AWD Banned Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2013 Argento FR-S Location: Coral Springs Posts: 254 Thanks: 75 Thanked 110 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just installed these on Saturday. Barely notice a difference in ride quality.

05-27-2013, 06:18 PM	#33
nightfire Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2013 SWP BRZ Limited manual Location: North Jersey, USA Posts: 38 Thanks: 29 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I second wondering how they feel on a BRZ? I'm between these and the Racecomp yellows...

09-10-2013, 05:47 PM	#35
Panda Grahams Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Drives: '22 BRZ Location: Colorado Posts: 392 Thanks: 204 Thanked 214 Times in 94 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any camber adjustments when installing these? Basically, do I need to order camber bolts too?

09-10-2013, 06:46 PM	#36
bfrank1972 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S Argento Location: Westport,CT Posts: 1,855 Thanks: 517 Thanked 1,041 Times in 616 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	There's nothing specific about Hotchkis springs, they're like any other spring with a 1" drop. Lots of info/discussion/debate on it in the forum. In a nutshell, yeah get the camber bolts, they're inexpensive and allow you to dial in some negative camber in the front (good for handling). Dial in as much negative camber as the bolts will allow. The lowering springs will give you an ok amount of negative camber in the rear at a 1" drop - you can get by fine with just that. FYI, factory alignment specs are notoriously 'loose' on these cars, and if you want perfect alignment specs you may need camber adjustability on front and rear. If you want to really do it right, you get a pair of SPC adjustable lower control arms for the rear (add $250-$300) so you can set your rear camber where you want it.

03-25-2015, 01:49 PM	#37
Jfheisenberg Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2015 BRZ Series Blue WRB Location: North Jersey Posts: 830 Thanks: 371 Thanked 204 Times in 156 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Im trying to buy the hotchkis lowering spring directly from hotchkis.com.. However when i am at the order page i get the following message: This Part doesn't fit your 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue Any reason why this part wouldn't fit my 2015 series blue?

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