Very simple question. Which ones are of best value and quality. I already did a search and read that the kinetix have issues. So please someone help me ASAP.

 

SPC, SPL, Cusco, Stillen are just a few.

I believe the SPC and SPL are more adjustable.

 

Any ideas on build quality? I'm scared that these things must go bust. So I wanna do it right the first time.

 

Personally I brought SPC. I would assume most are better quality than stock if that means anything.

 

SPC and Cusco

 

I have been running stillen front and rears for 2 years and they work great, but they are costly.

 

Yeah I'm leaning towards SPC or Cusco. But how are those SPLs? Stillen is definitely quality but you're right about the pricey part.

 

I'm currently running Kinetix front and SPC rear, they doing fine no issues.

 

I had Kinetix for a year and had no issues. Yet, I wanted adjustment at track so I switch to the 350EVO. If I did it over I would ONLY buy the 350EVO A-Arms, they take awhile to get but they are worth the wait!

 

Recently installed SPC

 

350evo are beautiful pieces of work . Well let me give you guys a brief description of myself. I am a poor college student who needs these to save his tires. I also dont track my car. Even though I don't really speed much, I sometimes do spirited runs.

So based on that. Does that change any of your suggestions at all?

 

btw I'm looking for a full setup, front and rear

 

It takes $$ to purchase aftermarket adjustable arms AND to have them properly aligned. IMHO if you're not tracking your car, they're not going to really save you much on tires. I'd stick with the OEM front suspension and save my money...

 

I would keep your Tein's high enough to allow you to keep the car within normal OEM Spec's

 

Hey USN you seem like you know about suspension. So what is the stock height? I bought my suspension used and have been using the height that it came with. Thanks

 

whatever the lowest you can go and still stay within specs is what I would go with.

Search around your area for an experienced alignment shop have them set the coilover height and do the alignment. Expect to pay a few hundred dollars though, but that is still a lot less than front and rear alignment parts.

Ask Julian MRC who he would recommend to do the alignment or search around that area.

 

With coilovers you have just opened up a new can of worms. Not only do you need to get the ride height to what you want, but you need to corner weight them! Otherwise you risk the handling to be worse than stock. To quote GRM Magazine - "If you don't corner weight your coilovers, you might as well leave the stock suspension alone."

 

That is another reason it is going to cost a few hundred dollars for a good alignment.

 

given his mods, and statements, I don't think tracking the car is a tremendous priority, and while cornerweighting pays good dividends for a track car, it's a waste of time and money on a purely street driven vehicle.

Depending on your wheel/tire combo, you might still be out of alignment specs even with the coilovers at their highest setting. Only way to know for sure is to install the coilovers, and have the alignment specs checked by a competant shop, then go from there and decide if additional parts are needed

 

Well I'm sure I can raise my Tein basics to stock height if need be correct? And if not I know Z1 performance will cut me an amazing deal. = )