Quote Originally Posted by cheebye
yup agreed... for a car which is MAINLY driven on the raod colovers are harsh and can fark up lots of stuff due to harsh rebounding and potholes... matched shock and spring MUCH better... i have spoon set up on my dc2R and ride is excellent.. tighter and lower and its definitely not just for looks...
I disagree. when I was working @ jetspd, we installed tein coilovers in the jetspd wrx and took it for a good spin around the area. the ride was excellent.. firm, but not bone-jarring, stiff, or whatever u call it. One of the best rides I have been in. Most other jap ones like A'PEXi/HKS/Trust are mainly for track and yes, those are STIFF.

as others have said, if all u want is looks, go for springs. stay away from kings, they sag after a while and are generally shit. For those who want a good spring/shock combo but dun wanna fork out that much for coilovers, get something like tein (progressive rate) springs and koni shockers, which would perform much better than just springs, and be almost perfect for road conditions.

But as they say, u get what u pay for.. and I know I'll be saving up for tein coilover's as they can adjust the ride height as well


Ok granted there are many types of coilovers within the coilover family and some generalisations were made for clarity and simplicity... but i think the person who asked the question needs to ride in a car with coilovers to see what he is getting... i personally love the trade off... the stiffer the better just for the few times you can really push the car... but others don't (back to that old bag)

if i could fork out the extra 1K at the time and paid for coilovers i would have and that's the simple truth but i justified my lower spend on not tracking my car at all which means in my mind i would make use of the coilover less...

i still love my spring/shock combo... and for a dc2R i have no problem keeping up with another dc2R with coilovers around twisties PLUS i don't want the hassle of constantly adjusting the settings...