Question on suspension.

[skavengers412]

thanks guys for the help.


Keep
Forgetting to check this
Hate for you guys to help me
And me not keep
Up with it a<3

[lukey86]

Just a nice set of swaybars and you're set! Standard ones are crap, bind too easily..

And if you're going all out some new rear sub-frame bushings go a long way, standard versions of those are pretty crap too lol

[swarb]

need for what? what are you trying to do?

[skavengers412]

Originally Posted by swarb

need for what? what are you trying to do?

Nothing honestly just a daily but I wanted to try and upgrade most of the stock components as I can.

[swarb]

Originally Posted by skavengers412

Nothing honestly just a daily but I wanted to try and upgrade most of the stock components as I can.

It's not necessarily an upgrade. Ride might get really harsh and noisy with all those metal bushings. You don't need toe arms or trailing arms, it's pretty pointless. But you already have them. I would suggest a nice set of wheels and tires and then sway bars. I would also suggest to get something better than BC's, why? because you seem to be throwing money at the car, so why not get something "good" rather than something "good enough".

[skavengers412]

Originally Posted by swarb

It's not necessarily an upgrade. Ride might get really harsh and noisy with all those metal bushings. You don't need toe arms or trailing arms, it's pretty pointless. But you already have them. I would suggest a nice set of wheels and tires and then sway bars. I would also suggest to get something better than BC's, why? because you seem to be throwing money at the car, so why not get something "good" rather than something "good enough".

I can respect that lol.
not gonna lie kinda rushed into buying all this only for it to sit all winter

[swarb]

@skavengers412 you are pretty set. I would say you get some good wheels and tires eventually. Install all those parts and get a good alignment and possibly corner balance. But it is a daily driver so corner balance is not really needed. Learn how the car drives and then work towards a direction(like oversteer/understeer), don't throw random parts at the car only to make it harder to drive. And also suggestion to buy other parts like appearance/interior and power mods. I hope you are ready for the bc's. What spring rates did you get?

[skavengers412]

I got 8k spring rates
Still have lots of time to change things if need to be

I have intake,exhaust,pullys basic stuff nothing crazy yet

[go_a_way1]

If I were you I would sell everything you got while it is new so you dont take much of a loss on it and buy 1 nice set of coilovers (if that what you really want, Springs and shocks is an option) and a set of rear LCA's. That is more then enough for a DD. But hey like you said you want to upgrade as many stock parts as you can so your doing good in that department I cant wait to see how many things you change out over the next few years. The mod bug is a addicting one.

[skavengers412]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

If I were you I would sell everything you got while it is new so you dont take much of a loss on it and buy 1 nice set of coilovers (if that what you really want, Springs and shocks is an option) and a set of rear LCA's. That is more then enough for a DD. But hey like you said you want to upgrade as many stock parts as you can so your doing good in that department I cant wait to see how many things you change out over the next few years. The mod bug is a addicting one.

Thanks for the input
I think I'm going to hang onto it see how it all holds up
Worked like a slave to buy this stuff rather punch myself in the balls then to take a hit on it

[go_a_way1]

Originally Posted by skavengers412

Thanks for the input
I think I'm going to hang onto it see how it all holds up
Worked like a slave to buy this stuff rather punch myself in the balls then to take a hit on it

HAHAHA I hear you on that!! At the very least get swift springs for your BC's they might be able to save your ride quality a little bit?

[Cole]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

HAHAHA I hear you on that!! At the very least get swift springs for your BC's they might be able to save your ride quality a little bit?

Springs aren't going to make BC's better.

And of course, nothing wrong with buying cheap parts, but when you say you "worked like a slave" to buy bargain bin parts, maybe that money could have been better spent?

[Shark_Bait88]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

If I were you I would sell everything you got while it is new so you dont take much of a loss on it and buy 1 nice set of coilovers (if that what you really want, Springs and shocks is an option) and a set of rear LCA's. That is more then enough for a DD. But hey like you said you want to upgrade as many stock parts as you can so your doing good in that department I cant wait to see how many things you change out over the next few years. The mod bug is a addicting one.

This 100%.

In terms of suspension for daily driving, stock is almost always best. It will function better than 98% of the mods/combination of mods out there, especially those on the lower end, for daily driving duties. I'm not trying to bash what you've done, just hoping to educate a little.

Most of the parts you (OP) bought are replaced to allow more track focused alignments and have greater durability during performance driving. I can pretty much promise that you won't really notice any difference with most of those parts you bought. The coilovers and LCAs are the only things that will really make a noticeable difference, and perhaps not for the best. As others have said, you're going to have a pretty harsh ride on the BCs. If you just want a lowered car, I'd say that springs and dampers are a much better bet or a set of higher quality coilovers. You don't need to break the bank, but you shouldn't skimp on a major safety related component like suspension.

I get that you saved hard and want to modify your car and make it your own. That's great! I will never dissuade anyone from becoming more interested in their car. (Well... maybe if they're trying to add 100 degrees of negative camber lol) But I would recommend seeing if you can get a ride in someone's car that has similar mods to the ones you purchased. You may find that the ride is too harsh for what you want in a daily driver, in which case I'd recommend selling the parts to minimize your loses like @go_a_way1 said. At the very least, save ALL of the stock parts you take off of your car so that you can easily revert back if you need to.

[churchx]

Also selling parts now, when they are not installed, might net more $$.
If one goes for cheap end of coilovers, imho tein flex Z or flex A is better choice for DD then BC. Or koni-s + RCE yellows.