I think I am regretting my spring selection

cossie1600

I got everything installed. I paid $150 to get the two fronts installed. I am planning to take it into a speedshop to have it cornerweight and realign this Friday. Since I had to rush home after I pick up the car, I was only able to put 6 miles on the suspension. With the front being at 1/3 soft and the back at 2/3 soft, I found the ride to be very comparable to stock. If you rate the stock ride being a 3, this only made it a 2.5 or maybe a 2. The difference is very small. As far as how it drives, I honestly don't have enough miles or hard drives to know what the true difference is. Based on what I could feel, I can tell you to save your $2000 and just invest in a sway bar instead as the car still rolls. The new coilover did make the better in transition, but it didn't really make the car lean much less nor did it dramatically increase its responsiveness. I am going to go back out later tonight to see what I can find, but it's been disappointing so far given the money spent on it. My original goal was to go two seconds faster than my last track day, but I just don't see it happening with the way the car is.

chops

this isnt very scientific, but how much did you lower yourself? for ME, when i went a solid inch lower than stock nismo heights, i felt body roll was reduced a good amount. probably helps that nismo's have stock upgraded sways though

cossie1600

Okay back with another update. I took it out for another 6 miles going in circles. I can definitely say that the ride is very good given what it is. I even turned it up to 2/3 in the front, the car didn't ride much worse than stock to be honest.

I did bust out my datalogger and empty the car so I can turn the car a little bit harder than usual. Prior to the coilover, I was carrying an average of .8-.9g through this turn I take everyday. With the coilover, the number jumped to .9-1g at about 45mph. The car still leans, but I would say it leans about 40% less than before. This was done with the fronts at 1/3 from soft, I then did it at 2/3 and my average Gs increased another .5 higher.

I only lower .5 inches

speedfreek

Definitely the sway bars eliminate the majority of the lean. That was the most night and day difference suspension wise thus far on my car. With the coilovers working in tandem the car will remain relatively flat. However, I don't have a datalogger to give a percentage. I am hoping to get a track day in early of next year to be able to test the difference with the upgrade to the suspension at Barber.

It's good to hear the increase in performance with these coilovers. Since these get lumped into the all show no go category by some it would be an interesting comparison to see how these performed against say the kw v3's.

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GSS138

Hey Cossie what did you use as rear rates? Are they true coils or are they shock/spring OEM mounting?

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synolimit

My front set to full stiff did zero!

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speedfreek

That is quite unfortunate.

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synolimit

For me, springs and shocks have always been the difference in body roll.

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