Forged Performance: JRZ RS1 Coilovers **Review** and Press Release

Sharif@Forged

Urvokbm, thank you for the question. The JRZ's are definitely geared towards the individual that does a dozen or more track days each year, but still daily drives the car on the street. JRZ used to only build dampers for professional motorsports applications and even today, all JRZ shocks are still manufactured in a small workshop in the Netherlands where each unit is built and assembled by hand. If you compare the top motorsport brands of dampers you will find that JRZ are priced very competitively.

Unlike a number of the entry level brands, our setup is designed 100% complete with aluminum CNC machined top hats front and rear, and a full true coilover for the rear, rather than an inboard spring with spindle mounted shock. We also include motorsport main springs and helper springs witih divider plates. We purchase the springs separately and the 8 springs (4 main 4 helper) we use are $750 alone. The full coilover setup gives much better spring control and is in direct connection to the spindle.

For those that are looking to lower their car and mostly driving on the street, the JRZ might arguably be overkill. But it's the best shock out there, hands down and I've tried almost every brand out there. The differences between the JRZ's and others is immediately apparent even on street driven car.

With respect to the number of adjustments and number of clicks, the marketing trend these days is more is better. But in the real world, I would prefer 5 clicks and 1 adjustment knob that work REALLY well, vs. 32 clicks, and 4 knobs that don't really make as much of a difference. At the end of the day, the proof is always in the laptime, and with the JRZ's we go faster and faster than all others.

I will see if Bryan@JRZ can chime in with some additional comments. One great things about owning JRZ shocks is the direct access the owners get to JRZ's top engineering staff in the USA. I can't tell you how many times I've called Bryan at 7:00am on a Sunday while on track and he gladly assists with setup and technical questions so we can maximize the performance from our setup.

Thank you ,

SA

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