The ultimate loweringsprings guide!
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duno the only ones iv seen for sale are Ksport and daiyama iv heard noting but bad things bout Ksports but im gona take a punt at them as there made where D2's are and they were awsome on my micra.. a well matched spring and shock option would be far better for road driving trust me coilovers are harsh unforgiving things.. you can pull off the low looks that is popular with DA KIDZ these days but its at an expence of comfort..
Raceworx said:
Have to disagree, Everyone 'hears' bad things about the k sports...but never judge a book by it's cover...I've had no problems what so ever with them. Obvisously Tein's maybe better, but for circa £1k I'd expect them to be.
And, I don't know what the roads are like in Sheffield..but round here it's not quite the Australian outback, and if you aren't driving like a complete tool on a dangerous road, I can't see them 'throwing' you off the road.
oyu missread i said im goign to try them as iv had god experiances.. just giving the flip side of the story.. lol the roads in sheffield were on the news as the worst in the county actually 
a well setup set of springs and shocks would perform the same as coilovers but wont look as "cool" thats what im getting acrross.. you carnt say 1 set of suspention is best for everything drag racing id say coilovers wind the fronts soft as low as possible the backs high and ass tiff as possible.. for road/tarmac racing youd want fairly stiff that can be achieved with both springs and shicks or coilovers but anti roll bars are more important IMO and camber adjustment.. rallycroos id bin coilovers available for our cars of the shelf and go with shocks and springs lol this is all my opinion though you could always go out and spend thoudsands on custome coilovers that will be ssweet for all occasions but im talking what i can afford..
im gona be doing some drag and driving to work and back so coilovers for me.. if i was seriously looking at road sprinting or anyhting else i would probly be looking at a decent set of shocks and springs probly AGX shoks and some 40mm stiffer springs.. but with ARB's camber bolt or struttops and id re-work the rear axle to a single panard rod setup to save weight oh and TYRES all this talk of suspention is somewhat floord if you send 700+ on coilovers and stick a set of jimmy spazdick remoulds on there!!
a well setup set of springs and shocks would perform the same as coilovers but wont look as "cool" thats what im getting acrross.. you carnt say 1 set of suspention is best for everything drag racing id say coilovers wind the fronts soft as low as possible the backs high and ass tiff as possible.. for road/tarmac racing youd want fairly stiff that can be achieved with both springs and shicks or coilovers but anti roll bars are more important IMO and camber adjustment.. rallycroos id bin coilovers available for our cars of the shelf and go with shocks and springs lol this is all my opinion though you could always go out and spend thoudsands on custome coilovers that will be ssweet for all occasions but im talking what i can afford.. im gona be doing some drag and driving to work and back so coilovers for me.. if i was seriously looking at road sprinting or anyhting else i would probly be looking at a decent set of shocks and springs probly AGX shoks and some 40mm stiffer springs.. but with ARB's camber bolt or struttops and id re-work the rear axle to a single panard rod setup to save weight
oh and TYRES all this talk of suspention is somewhat floord if you send 700+ on coilovers and stick a set of jimmy spazdick remoulds on there!!
GTi kurt said:
lol I do see where you're coming from :ner: but dont have the monies for coilovers
besides I doubt I'll be doing any track racing in my diesel!! (or in fact get hold of coilovers for an N16?) Springs would be for looks and slightly improved handling.I to have a suspension queiry
Hi Guys There are loads of threads about springs and suspension and I am now getting a bit bogged down with info. I have currently got a 40mm lower with some very cheap spring franky rides like rubbish. I have been told that Eibachs are pretty good however Eibach have now discontinued the spring set the did for N15 GTi. Not good so can anyone recommend another set of springs or I am not ideally thinking about a fully adjustably coilover system may as well go the whole hog. Where can I source for these items please I need rescueing!
Hi Guys There are loads of threads about springs and suspension and I am now getting a bit bogged down with info. I have currently got a 40mm lower with some very cheap spring franky rides like rubbish. I have been told that Eibachs are pretty good however Eibach have now discontinued the spring set the did for N15 GTi. Not good so can anyone recommend another set of springs or I am not ideally thinking about a fully adjustably coilover system may as well go the whole hog. Where can I source for these items please I need rescueing!
I have spax in mine. Seem pretty good. 35mm drop. Ride isn't much if at all stiffer than standard. Just handles much better.
Ivan
Ivan
sold - there the ones for me.
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