Choosing Coilovers for my daily car

[impresv]

Hello Ozhonda forumers,

I would like to grab some opinions on which coilovers to get for a street daily car. I have a Dc2r and also my mate has a Delsol b18 we're both looking for coilovers. We need some opinions on which brand to get . Choices are buddyclub, bc, tein, gabz if any other ones name them thanks !
Budget of $1.4k !

Thanks Peter.

[Cr0wbar]

I've got Tein on my DC2 daily. Being coilovers, they're obviously going to be pretty hard but I wouldn't exchange them for anything else. I won't be exchanging them for anything else!

[DCZ 18C]

I've got Tein on my DC2 daily. Being coilovers, they're obviously going to be pretty hard but I wouldn't exchange them for anything else. I won't be exchanging them for anything else!

what ones..??

[Lukey]

i got bc racing br type and im happy with them (being my first set of coilovers)

[stndrd]

For your price range of $1400, BC coilovers are a very hard option to go past bang for buck wise. If you are wanting to spend around $2k+, then start thinking of Tein, KW Sport, Koni etc etc. Spring rate wise, if the car is only ever going to see street, don't go overkill. for your EK1, something like 10kg2/mm front & 6kg2/mm & for the DC2 something like 10kg2/mm front & 8kg2/mm rear would be ideal. If you are going to be doing serious track work and don't mind your car being rock hard on the street, obviously go higher spring rates, but I would start with the above mentioned rates & go from there. I am running Tein Monoflex 10kg2/mm front & 6kg2/mm rear in my EG with front & rear swaybars and since I fitted the swaybars this combo holds up fairly well on the track (before I fitted the swaybars it did lean a little bit too much)

[Oxer]

+1 BC coilovers

[marquee]

+1 BC coilovers

Yup me too

[EKVTIR-T]

Why would you spend that much on taiwanese junk when JdmConcept has Tanabe GF for $1420...really boggles my mind



http://www.jdmconcept.com.au/index.p...e&mid=2&cid=34

[aozora]

Why would you spend that much on taiwanese junk when JdmConcept has Tanabe GF for $1420...really boggles my mind



http://www.jdmconcept.com.au/index.p...e&mid=2&cid=34

You'd be surprised where certain "Japanese" manufacturers outsource their production lines...
But anyway the only difference I can see is that BC have damper adjustability where the Tanabe's do not. However how damper adjustability is implemented into low end coil-overs is fairly gimicky. That said, quite a few friends have run BC coilovers without any complaints...

Ultimately if you're only going to be running the coilovers on the street, there's no point getting rock hard spring rates. You'll probably handle worse as your suspension isn't absorbing the bumps very well - instead transfering it into the chassis and unsettling the car. So it depends on whether you see yourself doing any track time in the future?

[hazza78]

i got bc racing br type and im happy with them (being my first set of coilovers)

Where did you buy them from, how much, and for what car?

I have a sport FD2 and want the same set. They have soft 7kg springs, other have 10-12kg. Thanks for the info.

[Lukey]

i got them from felixd off these forums in melb for $1250. for my dc4 integra

[exquisit]

to the people using bc's... have they tried any other suspension??
i found the bc's way too bouncy... where as even bc rsd with higher spring rates are more driveable...