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Coilovers and wheel/tires are the 2 areas where your costs will vary the most. Suspension arms have really only option imo. SPL, all the way. you can save a bit

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Old 06-13-2018, 04:18 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Coilovers and wheel/tires are the 2 areas where your costs will vary the most.
Suspension arms have really only option imo. SPL, all the way. you can save a bit going used or waiting for a sale, but this is the brand with the best design and quality, proven over and over across multiple platforms.

You can shoot for the $1200-$1500 range of Fortune/Powertrix coilovers, or the next step up which will be $2000-$3000 including Aragosta, AST, triple adjustable crap

For wheels/tires, the "ideal" option that's the most expensive is the most pragmatic:
1 set of wheels for street, preferably in the 19 or 20 inch, super aggressive variety for maximum hard parking credits with whatever tires you want to get decent treadwear
1 set of wheels for track, 18 inch with sticky tires for maximum grip.

If you only have one set of wheels you have to compromise something, which is personal preference

lastly - be glad you can save money on brakes that don't need upgrading. the OEM Akebonos have 14 inch rotors and bigass calipers already. Fresh pads/fluids/lines are more than sufficient until you reach the point of pure track car levels of grip and power that require bigger brakes to fight that level of heat
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