Best coils for 1500

I'm looking to buy some coilovers but don't want to spend more than 1500, please don't tell me to save more and get better because this is actually more like a present, I just have to pick which coilovers I want for 1500 or less... MAYBEEEE I could push 1600 but no more.

Ive read some reviews and have came to the conclusion that the china brands seem to die out, and the racing coilovers are just too.. built for racing.

Im a STREET only - hitting VTEC occasionally in a straight line and in a corner. I get tail happy quick. (p.s. My current shocks are quite dead and old, so I either need to buy shocks and springs or a set of coilovers which just seemed like the most logical thing to do).

slightly above your budget

but contact MCA suspension

see how far Murray and the boys are away from releasing a set of MCA blues for the s2k

Chip in extra and get a descent set like KW or Tiens for example.

If they are willing to gift you 1.5k, put in another 500-700 for yourself and get something that's proven already.

I have jewed out on coilovers before. Bought the 1.5k coilover, ended up forking another 2kish later down the track for tiens due the buddyclub ones annoying me. Never again.

If coils are out of budget, nice spring and shock combo, due to likely hood of you becoming full time track junkie sometime soon is not happening.

I'd still recommend spending lil extra now on good coils to save yourself later from saying "Didn't I fk up"

Also suggest looking at getting the less tail happy ap2 setup

if youre street only go bc br. there people getting 1.41 around winton (fast!) on them. they will leave you wanting more for track but if this isnt a priority for you then dont worry

Guys, I went to a few places and asked around everyones telling me for my budget buying a set of shocks and lowered springs is a better. Pedders comfort shocks and sprinsg $700 after bargaining for half an hour. I compared it with coilovers which all hit about 1600-2100.

As for the people who say I should add another 500. Im a student so its kind of hard to just add another 500 lol and not looking to wait.

lol pedders?
Really

Why would you want comfort shocks in a sports car
Im assuming peddders are installing them for you and doing an alignment?
Walk on home boy

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Originally Posted by broidno

Guys, I went to a few places and asked around everyones telling me for my budget buying a set of shocks and lowered springs is a better. Pedders comfort shocks and sprinsg $700 after bargaining for half an hour. I compared it with coilovers which all hit about 1600-2100.

As for the people who say I should add another 500. Im a student so its kind of hard to just add another 500 lol and not looking to wait.

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Life is what you make it. You want it, get up and chase it.

Im a student as well.

Pedders is a rip off. - Decent coilovers cost $2,000+ anything else just becomes hard like a rock.
If you say it's impossible, go get yourself a set of shocks (stock) - Buy some nice springs Eibach (should be 200 or so..) get a local mechanic to put it all in.

Pay max - $180 Installation (to install shocks and springs).
Springs - $400 (probably much less..)
Shocks, I'm not too sure I've never looked at s2k shocks cant give u an estimate.

I will pm u some places.

Just save up till you have a decent budget, why ruin your S2000 with something sub-par to the car and its OEM parts? I was a student too, but with patience and contacts, able to get good stuff onto my car for a modest price, just play it smart rather than oh can't wait then when you fit on the parts, crap I just forked out $XXX and its so crap that I need to fork out another $XXXX. A lot of shops are there to sell you products, they get crap load of profit/commission and not necessarily a good product.

Bilstein PSS9 are my recommendation if you want to make your S2000 even better but that's up to you now.

HSD mono

willing to bet that stock shocks will shit on pedders.

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Originally Posted by curtis265

willing to bet that stock shocks will shit on pedders.

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Stock shocks shit on a fair few aftermarket coils out there I'd bet!

As someone else already said, Bilstein PSS9 are pretty awesome. I've been using them for the past 8 months or so and daily my car and they've been pretty compliant.

You can also often find a set of used Tein Monoflex for around $1.3-1.5k. There are lots of mixed reviews of them though.

http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/1079...monoflex-edfc/

^ $1300 good price with the edfc

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Originally Posted by curtis265

willing to bet that stock shocks will shit on pedders.

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It's all that voodoo that gets put into em
That make em last forever and out handle alot of aftermarket shocks

Go custom order/made:
http://ceikaperformance.com/Type-1M-...r-Kit-p35.html

Pick from different mount type to whether you want it inverted etc etc

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Originally Posted by curtis265

willing to bet that stock shocks will shit on pedders.

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Originally Posted by black8thgen

Stock shocks shit on a fair few aftermarket coils out there I'd bet!

As someone else already said, Bilstein PSS9 are pretty awesome. I've been using them for the past 8 months or so and daily my car and they've been pretty compliant.

You can also often find a set of used Tein Monoflex for around $1.3-1.5k. There are lots of mixed reviews of them though.

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Agree with both of you for obvious reason LOL

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Originally Posted by lilthug

^ $1300 good price with the edfc

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Would be my choice if I wasn't rocking KWv3s.

KW V3 are an awesome coilover. I run them in my cars. Ive had pss9 before and they are great also. However with your budget, these are in the wrong ballpark.

For your budget i would look at bc brs. A lot of track cars run them cause they are great for the price (sub $1300 for a decent coilover).

Teins are great but again above your budget.

We sell a lot of springs to many different car makes and around 6 months later we get a lot of people coming back to buy coilovers saying they wished they got coilovers in the first place.

Have a look at some gab coilovers

Which GAB? JP or MY?...

Gab ss

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Originally Posted by blabla

Gab ss

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My word of advise.

The coils that retail in the $1k range. Few of them are good. Good for track junkie. They do some serious time. Not so good for daily driving, stiff and bumby ride. They have 12 month warranty for a reason.

Coils in the $2k range, good for daily, not so good for track but should deliever enough performance. May require other mod like bushes to get the most out of em. Better built and most likely rebuildable and have way more adjustments.

I havn't had a chance to own 3K+ coils so cannot tell. But have read mostly excellent reviews about em.

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Originally Posted by blabla

Gab ss

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I meant Japan or Malaysia made...

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Originally Posted by amant02

My word of advise.

The coils that retail in the $1k range. Few of them are good. Good for track junkie. They do some serious time. Not so good for daily driving, stiff and bumby ride. They have 12 month warranty for a reason.

Coils in the $2k range, good for daily, not so good for track but should deliever enough performance. May require other mod like bushes to get the most out of em. Better built and most likely rebuildable and have way more adjustments.

I havn't had a chance to own 3K+ coils so cannot tell. But have read mostly excellent reviews about em.

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Yes and no...

The $1K ones only 'good' on smooth roads [tracks] and perform because they're so stupidly stiff they 'eliminate' roll. Give it even mild adverse conditions and watch it react unpredictably [bad surface or conditions].

$2K usually feature much better valving, construction and more ideal spring rates. They're good for daily and the occasional track and with the right setup will outperform the 1K one easily.

gab ss out of malaysia use yellowspeed inserts

if ur getting gab ss, just get yellowspeeds and save yourself the money

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Originally Posted by amant02

My word of advise.
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Price has nothing to do with the feel or behaviour of the coils.

It's about the type and construction.

Most of the south Asian cheapish coils, such as BC BR, Dr, Ksport etc are mono shock coils couples with a stiff spring rate to allow ultra lowering etc. Hence why they tend to be stiff since mono tube shock were once upon a time reserved for track duty suspensions.

Also majority of those cheap coils use a cartridge type shock (tube within a tube) which makes rebuilding dead easy compared to single body shocks where you have to manually replace the oil inside.

If you are after comfort go for a twin tube/valve shock based coil over with a softer spring rate.

Look at the specs and type of build rather than merely the price tag.

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Originally Posted by DreadAngel

I meant Japan or Malaysia made...



Yes and no...

The $1K ones only 'good' on smooth roads [tracks] and perform because they're so stupidly stiff they 'eliminate' roll. Give it even mild adverse conditions and watch it react unpredictably [bad surface or conditions].

$2K usually feature much better valving, construction and more ideal spring rates. They're good for daily and the occasional track and with the right setup will outperform the 1K one easily.

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Originally Posted by Fredoops

Price has nothing to do with the feel or behaviour of the coils.

It's about the type and construction.

Most of the south Asian cheapish coils, such as BC BR, Dr, Ksport etc are mono shock coils couples with a stiff spring rate to allow ultra lowering etc. Hence why they tend to be stiff since mono tube shock were once upon a time reserved for track duty suspensions.

Also majority of those cheap coils use a cartridge type shock (tube within a tube) which makes rebuilding dead easy compared to single body shocks where you have to manually replace the oil inside.

If you are after comfort go for a twin tube/valve shock based coil over with a softer spring rate.

Look at the specs and type of build rather than merely the price tag.

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Agree.

We 3 are still coming to the same conclusion, Want the specs you gota pay.

All the more reasons them coils in the 1k region not the best for DD.

PS: You have to look at the price tag before you look at the specs. noimsayin?

http://storage.sunmedia.ca/v1/suns-p...5_ORIGINAL.jpg

just my 2 cents

my s2k is on TEIN SRC - they are brutal on the street with 16kg springs..
i have run KWv3 tey are amazing on the street. 10/10 ride quality but too expensive.

i have run BC racing coilovers BR series in my old ap1 s2000, 2 sets in 2 seperate accord euros and my mate has a set in his WRX club spec.
for the price you pay and the service AUS wide, they are ideal for someone who wants coils for the street.

can run them soft and cruise - they feel fine, if you wana go nuts, just stiffen them up and off you go. for the price you cant complain. i have never had an issue

cheers

Take a look at Silvers Neomax R coilovers for the S2000. Been running them in my DC5 and they are a real step up from BC BR's in my opinion. They cost a little more than the BC's but they should be in budget at around $1500. OTR Motorsports in Melbourne stock Silvers and BC's and they highly recommend the Silver's Neomax R over BC BR's as they are only marginally more expensive.

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Take a look at Silvers Neomax R coilovers for the S2000. Been running them in my DC5 and they are a real step up from BC BR's in my opinion. They cost a little more than the BC's but they should be in budget at around $1500. OTR Motorsports in Melbourne stock Silvers and BC's and they highly recommend the Silver's Neomax R over BC BR's as they are only marginally more expensive.

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+1

I have experienced the Silvers R and was very surprised how good they were for a taiwan made,and thats coming from a china/taiwanese parts hater hehe

Kw v3

bought my s2k with bc br coil overs and think they are pretty decent for the street, they can go super soft and super hard so the adjustment is there for your needs. i think i have them about half way to deal with the bumpy brisbane roads. I've owned the car for over 3yrs and they still feel the same when i bought the car... i also never feel like "i need better suspension"

I'm sure there is way better out there, but for price they are you don't need to go past them

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Originally Posted by RIHIA

bought my s2k with bc br coil overs and think they are pretty decent for the street, they can go super soft and super hard so the adjustment is there for your needs. i think i have them about half way to deal with the bumpy brisbane roads. I've owned the car for over 3yrs and they still feel the same when i bought the car... i also never feel like "i need better suspension"

I'm sure there is way better out there, but for price they are you don't need to go past them

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but have you tried others? I've driven with stock for a year and don't feel like i need new suspension either

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Kw v3

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zeal super function

inb4todan1

Jdm no good

Look at top level jap tuners,they use euro sussy....

freshly rebuilt amuse s tyre spec coils ;)
picked them up for a steal and honestly they are fine for street driving and handle amazingly at the race track. previous owner got 1.39s at winton on street tyres with them so it shows how capable they are

The Amuse are still Bilsteins though, I guess reinforcing EKVTIR-T's claim above.
Then again I'm still on stock sus, so what would I know :D

yep bilstein shocks that are then shipped to amuse where theyre custom valved and all that and swift springs are added :)