Coilovers on a budget?

FuszNissan

I would second Powertirx for coils on a budget. And they are race proven.

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wstar

I've been researching my coilover options on and off for a while, for my mixed-use car. IMHO, the "obvious" high-quality options at various price points are BC's BR and ER series, Tien's Monoflex, and maybe KW V3. Love to hear about other good, quality price/perf tradeoff options though.

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Ron

I am looking to get V3s myself

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Shamu

Why go coilover for street car? Stick with traditional shock and spring setup. Much better suited for street driving.

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wstar

Our stock setup is already a coilover in the front and a separate spring in the rear. Most of our aftermarket options do the same even if they're called a "coilover", they're not true coilovers in the rear, but obviously they are in the front.

There are a couple options out there that actually do convert the rear to true coilover. TBH I'm not sure on the tradeoffs, I'm not an expert (or even an amateur) at designing suspension geometry and loading, but I don't think it's without tradeoffs to do that. My default position is not to do that unless I get some solid info that everything will be ok with the conversion

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chrislee

Yeah I have considered the springs and shocks route, too.

But after researching lowering springs and getting shocks along with that, they add up to be about 1,000 right?

Some people recommended me getting swift springs + koni yellows.

total they added up to be more than BC coilovers?

Please correct me if i am wrong.

that's why I am leaning towards just getting a set of BC coils.

thank you!

Romulus1

In the rears most people require the camber kit if you eliminate wheel gaps. It's how this car settles. He's talkin coils and my original post was about coils. I never did camber kit on my G37X lowered on Eibach springs and that kit eliminated wheel gap too. It tends to be a coil over thing for some reason

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Jjaden

I've got a set of Stance GR+ Coils for sale for $900 shipped in the for sale section.

Great coilover, nearly mint, fire me a PM if you're interested....

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Telephone

You're right about the cost of BC BR coilovers vs Swift/Koni. I have the Swift/Koni combo, but initially wanted the BC BR. I was told that BC BR coilovers still require you to cut holes in the rear plastic panels of the interior.

OMGWTFBBQ

I think you only have to cut holes in the rear plastic panels of the interior if you plan on adjusting the rebound/compression of the coilovers often. If you're the type to set and forget then you'd only have to do it when you first install them. No holes necessary. I might be wrong though.

Romulus1

You are correct, I have the extensions but I opted not to drill the holes and I just removed the plastic to do some fine tuning after a week to where I wanted it. Its all back together now and haven't touched it in months.

From the way it looks though you can disassemble the entensions attach them to the coils, put the plastic back on and re attach the knob to the cable sticking through the plastic so that just the knob is above the plastic for a clean look. Never really looked too far into it though.

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chrislee

thanks for all your feedback/educating me

My co-worker was telling in his honest opinion, buying used suspension parts are kinda risky because you really dont know how much wear/tear the part has, right? he told me that in the past a member on a supra forum bought some coils from another member and a week later the car got totaled because one of the coils blew up or something?

what is your take on buying use suspension parts?

hmm...so if i go BC coils or getting the stance gr+ from jjaden I dont have to cut holes in interior if im not going to adjust too much after installing it right?

and I dont have to get camber kit for the rears if i dont drop it TOO low right? per say 1~1.25 inches @ max.

sorry for noob questions!

thank you!

Glokwork

I'm sure you would still need camber arms with a drop of 1"-1.5". That's the drop I have on swifts and after maxing the factory camber out I'm still -2.5 all the way around.

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carboy281

Don't buy the Stance Gr-pro coilovers. There crap, had them on my 350Z. I recommend getting the Megans Rs coilovers. There the best bang for the buck hands down.