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Originally Posted by Mysilverz This is why I went with HKS GT4s. I just wanted a little better handling and to lower the car a bit nothing crazy. The drop

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Old 02-14-2016, 11:41 AM   #6 (permalink)
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This is why I went with HKS GT4s. I just wanted a little better handling and to lower the car a bit nothing crazy. The drop HKS ships there coilovers with is the perfect amount where you can still get the car dialed back into spec without any other suspension parts. I can still easily drive my car around with out scraping on everything and it looks great. I love the handling. Also in 5 mins I can go from a ride quality of a little softer than stock to a firm rigid ride that wants to take corners faster than I want to take them. I highly recommend the HKS setup.
That's great that it has worked out for you, but at the same time everyone will do their suspensions different, so he/she might want it lower and depending on how low; like no fender/wheel gap you'd more then likely need the adjustability of camber arms and toe bolts. I mean even with the swift springs most people need arms/bolts and that's only 1.2"/1" drop, some have gotten away without them, but for me I would still plan on arms/toe bolts if I went with swift springs.

But for the OP's question, he/she should really think and decide what they are trying to accomplish and properly budget from there. If their budget is total $1500 and they spend it all on a set of coilovers and realize they need camber arms/toe bolts they might have wasted time and money. Do they really need coilovers, will a set of swifts or other springs accomplish what they want? If they really want coilovers, what will suffice, if he/she is looking at Fortune or even HKS IV then in reality a set of BC BR with or even without swift springs, might be just fine and they would have extra money for other things. It really comes down to what they are trying accomplish and their true budget. But whichever way they chose, they should plan on arms/toe bolts and not chance the roll of the dice...tires are expensive, last thing i'd want to do is scrub tires, then have to buy new tires as well as camber/toe bolts. Just my .02

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