Raceland Coilovers.... $499

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Maverick22

Just a heads up, A couple of weeks ago when I was hanging out at Fortune Auto in Richmond, We got talking about Raceland.
Raceland coilovers are designed around OE quality struts. They are legitimately only for changing your ride height. There is absolutely no handling gain from them.

I tested coilovers for them last year on the 7th Gen celica.
I dropped them all the way and attempted to blow them every chance I got. I never could, but I guess it depends on what particular strut they design to weld onto.
Ride quality is purely dependent on how compressed the spring is and there are no dampening settings.


The guys at Fortune Auto ran into the Raceland guys at a trade show a couple of years ago and Raceland wanted Fortune Auto to source through them, Fortune Auto said no but in turn learned that Raceland literally only spends 45.00 USD in parts to build their coilovers.

Just some information for everyone.
My advice, get you a set of BCs, Fortune Autos or Tiens.
Don't waste your money on the Racelands, not so much because of blowing the strut itself, but being patient for a quality performance oriented coilovers will save you money and a heart ache in the long run.

What exactly are you trying to say? OE stuff is very VERY high quality.

[hmong337]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Broken on the side of the road does nothing for looks...

You need to get off the high horse dude...

There's a place for this product and I will say that they are great for the low and slow crowd. Not everybody wants to be a racecar driver

[Gaiseric]

It seems like there is quite a lot of people that have had good results from Raceland coilovers over on a lot of other forums. I personally would not use them if I wanted to track, drift, autox or anything like that but they should be just fine for someone that just wants to drop it few inches and drives normal.

If you want better handling for cheap get good springs but if u just want a drop get these for 499.

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by hmong337

You need to get off the high horse dude...

There's a place for this product and I will say that they are great for the low and slow crowd. Not everybody wants to be a racecar driver

The fact is these things are crap. An extra $300 and you could get ST coils. An extra $300 and you could get Megan Coils. An extra $500 could get you BC. $1,000 for coils is cheap. I would trust all of those long before race land and I know the BCs and Megan's will go as low as the race lands. Not sure about ST.

I run Stance coils. I'm pretty low, my car still works, put over 6,000 miles and 3 drift events on them. Zero issues. Can still go another 2" lower if I wanted to but there's no reason to.

I'd rather spend the extra on critical components and have a car that works.

That's not a high horse, that's logic.

[Yamajee]

Why won't anyone get the part where everyone else is saying that these coilovers are for the low and slow or hellaflush crowd?

[glorydays]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

The fact is these things are crap. An extra $300 and you could get ST coils. An extra $300 and you could get Megan Coils. An extra $500 could get you BC. $1,000 for coils is cheap. I would trust all of those long before race land and I know the BCs and Megan's will go as low as the race lands. Not sure about ST.

I run Stance coils. I'm pretty low, my car still works, put over 6,000 miles and 3 drift events on them. Zero issues. Can still go another 2" lower if I wanted to but there's no reason to.

I'd rather spend the extra on critical components and have a car that works.

That's not a high horse, that's logic.

crap? how? they havent even been released yet bro. logic?

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by glorydays

crap? how? they havent even been released yet bro. logic?

Raceland coilovers are garbage.

Yes logic. Looking at their coilover systems, it's clear they are seriously low in quality. Coilovers starting at under $400? Please provide me legitimate info and specs of their products that prove otherwise.

[mswhong]

You guys are better of spending your money on some quality springs such as RCE Yellow/Eibach and couple them with camber bolts.. it'll cost you probably around the same as this coilover, which reportedly only costs them around $50 to make..

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Yamajee

Why won't anyone get the part where everyone else is saying that these coilovers are for the low and slow or hellaflush crowd?

Because you can achieve the same for less.

[mswhong]

Originally Posted by glorydays

crap? how? they havent even been released yet bro. logic?

Glorydays, I have never in my life come across a set of coils that cost under $800 (this is in australia).

The trade-off between price and performance/quality is COMPLETLEY INVERSE. I would never buy this product purely based on the fact that it they're selling it for $400... Selling a product that is such a vital component to this car for only $400 really shows the amount of R&D they put into their product.

I would even rate BC coils, which are at the lower end of the coilover scale, better than these.

[Maverick22]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

What exactly are you trying to say? OE stuff is very VERY high quality.

I am not dogging on the OE struts, I agree the quality is great.
I simply stated that lowering your car on OE struts ruins the ride quality and eventually will blow them.
Therefor purchasing a set of racelands is not exactly a wise decision if you plan to track your car.

[bkblitzed]

you might as well cut your oem springs if you want the dropped look.

[hmong337]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

The fact is these things are crap. An extra $300 and you could get ST coils. An extra $300 and you could get Megan Coils. An extra $500 could get you BC. $1,000 for coils is cheap. I would trust all of those long before race land and I know the BCs and Megan's will go as low as the race lands. Not sure about ST.

I run Stance coils. I'm pretty low, my car still works, put over 6,000 miles and 3 drift events on them. Zero issues. Can still go another 2" lower if I wanted to but there's no reason to.

I'd rather spend the extra on critical components and have a car that works.

That's not a high horse, that's logic.

Do you want a cookie?

[xia]

I will buy a set next spring as back up