I've been on tein basics for 5 years now and have been thinking of upgrading to feal 441's. I don't dislike the tein basics, but I'm wondering how much better the car would handle bumpy back roads with the feal coilovers? anyone make a switch from a similar setup and notice much difference?

I had Tein Flex & switched to the DG Koni setup. Never knew how much better my car would ride until the switch, way, way better on handling the bumps. And the Teins are actual not really bad but they don't compare.

Anyone experienced with air ride? I like coilovers for simplicity but, hate going into steep driveways, speed bumps, etc.

Phudu2004 said:

Anyone experienced with air ride? I like coilovers for simplicity but, hate going into steep driveways, speed bumps, etc.

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Fortune Auto has a new air lift system for coilovers. Unfortunately it's unlikely to flow down to our application.

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AdR said:

Fortune Auto has a new air lift system for coilovers. Unfortunately it's unlikely to flow down to our application.

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Think the air ride they offer is not car specific! From the video i watched at sema they said it can be installed to any system they sell, so it may just work ok for us, room is our issue though

I'm looking at koni yellows myself..

$.02

Geeb said:

I'm looking at koni yellows myself..

$.02

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I had Koni DA's on a WS6 I previously owned and they were great for the price. I have ridden in vehicle with cheap coilovers and I would rather have stock springs and SA Koni's over those anytime.

Chaotic Deconstruct said:

I had Koni DA's on a WS6 I previously owned and they were great for the price. I have ridden in vehicle with cheap coilovers and I would rather have stock springs and SA Koni's over those anytime.

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Actually tomorrow I'm getting a set of agx's with front eibach sportlines, and rear cheap ebay springs..

I'm currently looking at swift springs for the rear I just need to figure out what size and spring rate etc that I have to get since they have like 10 did sizes and like 15 dif options per size.

If anyone could help me with that I would really appreciate it, otherwise I'll just measure what's on the car and hope for the best..

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/brakes_suspension/dsm_suspension_page1.htm

Down at the bottom are all the choices on that link.

Geeb said:

Actually tomorrow I'm getting a set of agx's with front eibach sportlines, and rear cheap ebay springs..

I'm currently looking at swift springs for the rear I just need to figure out what size and spring rate etc that I have to get since they have like 10 did sizes and like 15 dif options per size.

If anyone could help me with that I would really appreciate it, otherwise I'll just measure what's on the car and hope for the best..

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/brakes_suspension/dsm_suspension_page1.htm

Down at the bottom are all the choices on that link.

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I wish I could help but I've never had a setup like that unfortunately. Hopefully you enjoy it and it works out for you!

Chaotic Deconstruct said:

I wish I could help but I've never had a setup like that unfortunately. Hopefully you enjoy it and it works out for you!

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I'm sure I will. My first and only other dsm was basically a stock one with an awesome tune and a buscher 20g... Little other stuff like pte1000s, fmic, 2600/street disc... But other then basic stuff stock

Now my mods list looks like this and even now I'm leaving stuff out..

block..
Manley h beams, manley platinum 86mm pistons (skirts recoated in techlines DFL-1, tops coated in techlines CBX), eagle 4340 std crank, new king bearings main and rods, oem balance shaft delete, arp mains, kiggly girdle machining: decked, oil passage cast flash removed/smoothed, bored .040, honed, heat tanked

..head..
kiggly hla, kiggly springs w/titaniums, supertech nitride ss valves, revised 3g lifters, o ringed, ported, I'm removing the cast marks from the chambers not a total polish, and spraying it with techline cbx, 2g rockers, HKS 272 or BC280, unorthodox cam gears with arp's.. Just got a set of arp L19s, (have 2 other good sets of std arp head studs). Polished arp SS ex manifold studs, polished arp SS 12pt int manifold bolts,

Still deciding what HG to run probably an oem mls.. since I'm o-ringed. If not I might get a fel pro permatorque mls.. With the o rings and l19s I could probably just run a composite and be fine tho

..Intake..
old school JMF Drag intake manifold, q45 TB, remote IAC for idle, 3" short route UICP with GM IAT bung, old school TIAL bv50, 8-900hp garrett ic with back door end tanks for 1g, 2.5" ic hot pipe, mishimoto couplers, HPS constant tension spring t bolts

..exhaust..
KO turbonetics/treadstone cast manifold, 3" 2 piece turbo back v band exhaust to no name muffler (maybe will change I'll see how it sounds and stuff), 3" test pipe, 38mm 2 bolt tial, diy dump,

..fuel..
Walbro 450 HP, 8an fuel feed tank to rail with fuelab 717 - SS e85 element, SARD evo 3 fuel rail, FIC 2150cc injectors, 6an return to aeromotive afpr, to gm e85 sensor back to tank

..turbo..
Pte gen1 6165 .70ar comp housing, gt35r comp wheel, garrett large frame bearing cage, gt37r turbine shaft/wheel, .63ar turbine housing, .30 restrictor, an6 water lines

..electronics..
Ecmlink v3, also have another ecu with ecmlink v2, SD kit (GM iat, omni GM 4 bar map, ecm link easy harness w/ gm e85 pigtail) oem 1990 o2 sensor (last one extreme psi ever would have ) aem wideband, autometer boost gauge, autometer oil pressure gauge,

..drivetrain..
Dogbox racing double synchro trans welded center, act 2600, unsprung 4 puck, act chromoly streetlite, 4 bolt lsd rear,

Btw I have hks272 and bc280s , that's why I said or.. I'm not sure which I'm running and which I'm selling yet.. Hah

G'day. If you have the money this business in Qld Australia
https://mcasuspension.com/
is one of the best. AU$400.00 to AU$650.00/corner. Tell them the corner weights of the car and your general driving requirements, you will be happy.
Cheers
Ross

Mello said:

I had Tein Flex & switched to the DG Koni setup. Never knew how much better my car would ride until the switch, way, way better on handling the bumps. And the Teins are actual not really bad but they don't compare.

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What spring rate did you go with?

thirsty said:

G'day. If you have the money this business in Qld Australia
https://mcasuspension.com/
is one of the best. AU$400.00 to AU$650.00/corner. Tell them the corner weights of the car and your general driving requirements, you will be happy.
Cheers
Ross

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Hola mate. Damnn I was excited for a sec when you said 400-650$......... And then I saw per corner Loll. Outta my range at the moment..

coupe_nasty said:

I've been on tein basics for 5 years now and have been thinking of upgrading to feal 441's. I don't dislike the tein basics, but I'm wondering how much better the car would handle bumpy back roads with the feal coilovers? anyone make a switch from a similar setup and notice much difference?

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I been in a feal suspension'd car and wow they're great. Never drove tho but if you're concerned with how the passenger FEELS you should get some... FEALS!




...eh?eh? See what I did there? Lol.


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thirsty said:

G'day. If you have the money this business in Qld Australia
https://mcasuspension.com/
is one of the best. AU$400.00 to AU$650.00/corner. Tell them the corner weights of the car and your general driving requirements, you will be happy.
Cheers
Ross

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Never heard of them before, but their products do look top notch. Thanks for sharing!!!

G'day. You are very welcome. MCA runs a SR20DET engined Silvia with some outrageous ground effect in Time Attack in Sydney NSW, I think they have won the last two years. https://www.facebook.com/WorldTimeAttack/

Cheers
Ross

I run ez street Megan coilovers. I want to upgrade. Just got sure what's the move? I tried the feal link above and for nothing. Not being too familiar I just going to go with the teins

I ended up getting koni yellows with tein springs. Crossing fingers

@ec17pse Hey man saw you post about quantum coilovers. They look interesting at first glance. What lead you to considering these as an option?

95eclipser said:

@ec17pse Hey man saw you post about quantum coilovers. They look interesting at first glance. What lead you to considering these as an option?

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Well firstly they are custom made and to my specs and every detail can be done to requirements, plus they are so knowledgeable they will literally work out perfectly what you need based on the details you give them! Plus they have already helped me in the past with questions aswel and thats helped alot! The chap used to do F1 setup and other major racing so he is very much in the know! But a little out of my price range at present

Good to know! I always like finding new company's that offer products for our chassis.

95eclipser said:

Good to know! I always like finding new company's that offer products for our chassis.

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Oh they dont offer anything for us! Thats why its custom as its made from scratch! They said they would take the project on but the cost was alot! Like £3500 pounds which is about $4500 dollars ish. But that is full racing 4way adjustable! So its not that bad i guess if you look at it that way

I run the FEALS currently, and could not be happier..

I run the Feals on my 1g with polyurethane bushings all around. I put them on full soft and have no complaints at all on harshness. I haven't even bothered turning up the stiffness yet.