Help choosing Suspension, Breaks and Swaybars

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Re: Help choosing Suspension, Breaks and Swaybars

Postby Gambit » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:47 pm

This is my plan for suspension long term,

Cusco front and rear Strut brace
Cusco front, centre and rear power braces
Cusco front and rear underbody brace
Whiteline rear sway bar with kartboy endlinks
OEM front sway bar with karboy endlinks
Whiteline Anti lift kit
Whiteline positive shift kit
Whiteline steering rack and pinion mount
Whiteline rear lower control arm kit
Whiteline diff mount cradle kit
Racecomp Engineering Tarmac 3 Coilover kit with 10k and 12k front and rear spring rates respectively custom valved (track setup)
KW V4 coiler kit with 6k and 8k front and rear spring rates respectively custom valved (street setup)
Weddsport TC105N with 235/40/18 Bridgestone RE55S Type TT and WT2 for track and Michelin race slicks 21/65-19
Yokohama AD08 235/40/18 for street
STI Front Helical LSD
Cusco Tarmac 65/35 center differential
Cusco 2 way plated rear LSD
Custom fender braces
Full internal roll cage
Custom seam welded and strengthened chassis specified and developed by Tarzan Yamada
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Re: Help choosing Suspension, Breaks and Swaybars

Postby Mick_QCD » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:14 am

Hi looking to buy a set of BC Coilovers...
im over the ride i have with lower springs with standard shocks, feels like the shock bottoms out at times.
Just wondering if you guys are happy with them ie: handling and comfort?

Is their something else i should be looking at?
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Re: Help choosing Suspension, Breaks and Swaybars

Postby DrivesLikeJehu » Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:11 am

Mike, I have no personal experience with coilovers, so I'm not much help, but if I could afford them, I'd be going that route. If nothing else, good ones seem to give you cheaper easier spring rate changes, and much greater scope for lowering the front without hitting bumpstops all the time. (And front suspension travel seems to be the limiting factor to me.) I went Billies with STI pinks. Slight lowering, but due to the much better matched spring rates, it hits the bumpstops FAR LESS often than with the standard springs. I'd love to go the next step with a set of Eibachs for the better stance. Maybe on my christmas list :) . I can't imagine what KYBs with lowered springs would be like. Awful, I imagine. No spring control, and no suspension travel. But I just noticed you cross-posted in the BC thread. Hopefully you'll get a better response over there.
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