Need New Coilovers So Whats the Best Bang for Your Buck?

[Tiki2777]

What are the best coilovers, worst coilovers, and the best for the money? Thanks

 

[airmail96]

Most are gonig to ask what are you plannning to use the car for and how much are you willing to spend?

 

[Tiki2777]

i dont want to spend alot (definitely no more than 1k) and i am going to use this mainly for daily driving with the occasional drag strip/road racing.

 

[airmail96]

Most will tell you that the D2s, K-Sports, Megan Racing, and that other one are all pretty much the same they will do what you need to do, but when pushed to their limit they may not be able to handle it. I know 1g guys looking for a decent setup usually look at the Koni shocks and Ground Control perch kit.

 

[SHEARER_TSI]

I really like the jic but they are big bucks. I'm really thinking about going D2

 

[snowborder714]

Anything "off the shelf" sucks. Start with Koni Sport yellow shocks and work your way up with appropriate parts to build your own set.

Check out this thread and focus on posts by jtmcinder and Ludachris.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/423531-coilovers-choose.html

 

[jtmcinder]

There is no "best" for under $1k; there is only a "least bad." Several of the options that are in contention for "worst" have been mentioned above.

But the OP knew all this from his searches. I just saw a bunch of zeros and ones sitting around on the web doing nothing and thought I'd give them some exercise.

 

[Doubleot]

I've had Megan's for two years, Never had an issue. They have seen 2 full Utah winters, a Full summer of daily driving (Construction roads FML) A few Auto-X events, and more then I can count Drag strip trips.


I did get a really, really good deal threw a group buy with locals, but they aren't very expensive normally.

 

[Cornfed4G64]

From everything I have read there not worth the $$$ if your not will to spend over $1400 on a good set. I'd have koni yellows and GCs and there awesome.

 

[Sebba]

BC coilovers has me convinced based on the performance of competition vehicles, and word of drivers.

In the B15 Sentra community I saw K-sport blowouts left and right. Numerous people have had them blow out, numerous rebuilds etc. One particular online (2j-racing) BC vendor said they would replace a failure no problem. Whether that applies also to us I don't know. I'm not trying to advocate for them or anything but they're the only ones that have options for them.

Tiens I hear better things about. They're just a little too expensive for my taste.

Ohlins are awesome, but they make nothing for the DSM community. I bet you could get a set custom though.

 

[snowborder714]

As jtmcinder has said before, one company can make the perfect part for one platform and fail miserably on another platform. Just keep that in mind and do your research before deciding on a product.

 

[knochgoon24]

Best bet for now would be to get Koni Yellows for now. Maybe some good lowering springs, if you must. Then save up and build the rest of a good coilover setup. You'll be rewarded with a setup you know will work for years to come.