Coilovers for around 1k

Jeffblue

thanks for your input. i guess you are right, i am in it for the looks and i'm kind of just trying to think of it from a money perspective too. i'd rather spend the money for installation of a set of coilovers (which will cost me like 300 at least) than spend that on springs, and then have to deal with it all again in a year and a half when my dampers go. i've just noticed this cycle with lot of people. they get springs, they have them installed, run them for a while, don't like the ride or the height etc, then they go and end up getting coilovers. You are definitely right, coilovers, for what they are, are defiinitely overkill for my purposes. But i'm a very 'in for a dime, in for a dollar' type of person. and i could follow that same logic and say 'screw it i need the best coilovers there are' but i wouldn't derrive any additional benefit from that, which is why i've settled on getting an entry level coilover. and based on what i have been reading, the biggest advantage of higher end coilovers is their adjustability. separate compression/rebound settings etc, and you are right, i don't have any idea what i'm doing with suspension, but i just like the idea of being able to dial in my ride height and damper settings (even if i have to pay someone to make hte adjustments) then be stuck with however the springs i turn out. plus, i like the idea that the spring i am using is designed for the damper i am using.

it may be a bit of a stretch, but its kind of like paying to have your car repainted 'blue' but you don't get to pick the shade, and by the time you see what shade of blue it is, you've already paid for the paint job. If you paid a shop to paint your car 'bluie' and you were picturing the 'daytona blue' from the 350z, and you wound up with 'monterey blue' from the 370z, you'd probably be a little frustrated.

sorry for the long post, but in short: i'd rather have to make a bunch of adjustments to my coilovers to get what i want, then be stuck with however the springs wind up turning out. i'm sure that most people that get springs are happy with them, but i see too many threads with people unhappy with the height or the ride quality. If i am unhappy with the ride quality, i want to be able to change it (which i can do with coils), not juts have to convince myself its better than stock and deal with it.

you seem to have a lot of insight in this, so do you have any opinions on coilovers in the price range i'm looking at?