Looking for new coilovers for auto x. I came across two sets of coilovers that I seem to favor and hear of great reviews for the price. Now I am stuck in between the two. Would like to hear your opinions and your current review on them.

 

stance GR+

 

Look into KW variant 3.

 

BC Ftw!

 

I have GR+, the best thing ever.

 

I haven't autox'd on my GR+ Pros yet but soon

BloMyS14 has been autox'ing with the GR+ for a while and he's usually one of the fastest times of the day.

 

GR+ Pro's are bad ***. I don't personally have them but I've ridden in Blasian's car and dat chit is tight!

 

Well one HPDE on my BC's so far and i'm doing an autocross this weekend.

 

Stance

 

Look like I won't be getting coilovers anytime soon until I max out my current suspension on the track. Thanks guys, sound like the Stance has high reviews on this board.

~Robert

 

Awesome choice to wait and hone your skills. Once you are ready also look into Koni shocks. Will be cheaper than your options above and yield similar results (IMHO). Also, you can convert your Konis to coilovers if you desire height adjustability. If you still want to burn that 3k in your pocket you can step up to Koni Truechoice shocks, which give you the advantage of being race proven, flexible spring choices and awesome warranty and support network.

 

Actually I am running Konis right now. Question, are you running Koni? and do you know how to adjust the rear? I never did it once when installing it but never adjust it again ever since.

~Robert

 

Oh, awesome! Yeah I run Konis also and I think they are great. To adjust the rear shocks you need to jack up the back end (I use a floor jack on the diff pumpkin) until you can get your arm and the long end of a small allen wrench in near the top of the shock. Technically you could use anything small enough to fit into the adjuster hole in the slot at the top of the shocks and that will give you enough leverage to rotate the adjuster. Once you have the long end of the wrench in the hole, turn it clockwise to decreaserebound damping, counterclockwise to increase(you will only be able to do it in increments as the slot is about 90 degrees in overall width - IIRC). You should probably set it to full soft and then increase in increments from there, using each full ~90 deg stroke as one increment.

Here is a link to adjustability FAQ on the Koni-NA website.

http://www.koni-na.com/adjustment.cfm

"Rebound - Insert a pin into the slotted adjuster located at the top eye (figure 1). Moving the pin from left to right (counterclockwise) will cause the forces to increase. From the minimum or factory positions, there are 12 possible sweeps of adjustment ( 1 sweep equals 1/4 turn)."

 

In your opinion was it difficult to adjust? I don't see a lot of room to move around thats why I never bother with it. I am assuming you removed your wheels right? unless you have skinny arms

~Robert

 

It is very easy. There is plenty of room, so no worries there. The first time you will probably have to play around a bit to get a feel for the area and adj process, but after that it's a 15 minute affair from end-to-end.

 

Thanks, I will play around with it when I get the chance.

~Robert