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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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ok its time to do something about the suspension. running on stock shocks and GF210's is kinda week. my car was starting to get a bit bouncy.

I'm not a hardcore road course guy yet but I would like to in the future. I would love to dump 3k on the high end shiznit HKS stuff but I'm about to be very poor once Sharif's sends me my bill.

I know the the Tokico stuff is tested and proven but I've read good stuff about the BC coilovers which are in my price range. I also see that Ksport has fully adjustable coilovers for about the same price.

Any suggestions on any of these products? Any other products out there that I should consider?

Thanks fellas!
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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I haven't really heard much about those, but I have heard the Tanabe Sustec Pros are decent for $900, and the Cusco Zero 1's are great for $1200.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Bc
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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a good spring / shock combo is as good as any good coilover. i'd say go with the D-specs. no need to dump loads of money for no reason really. most of us are street 95% of the time and 5% weekend road race warriors. no point in getting super crazy coilovers.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by r_seng
a good spring / shock combo is as good as any good coilover. i'd say go with the D-specs. no need to dump loads of money for no reason really. most of us are street 95% of the time and 5% weekend road race warriors. no point in getting super crazy coilovers.
i figured as much, the ability to adjust height is really appealing. i need my front to sit a bit higher and my rears to sit a bit lower. customizing the stance to my liking is just to tempting.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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i completely forgot about stance coilovers as well. hrmm.. so many choices.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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+1 on stance. I had the d-specs adn gf210 then switched to stance and im in love with the handling and ability to customize my height just as you would like. My fronts need to be higher and my rears lower
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Old May 11, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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BC coilovers , they are great for the weeekend warrior.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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BC or Stance,
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Old May 11, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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Bc Ftmfw!
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Old May 11, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Nexx
ok its time to do something about the suspension. running on stock shocks and GF210's is kinda week. my car was starting to get a bit bouncy.

I'm not a hardcore road course guy yet but I would like to in the future. I would love to dump 3k on the high end shiznit HKS stuff but I'm about to be very poor once Sharif's sends me my bill.

I know the the Tokico stuff is tested and proven but I've read good stuff about the BC coilovers which are in my price range. I also see that Ksport has fully adjustable coilovers for about the same price.

Any suggestions on any of these products? Any other products out there that I should consider?

Thanks fellas!
You can have HKS for a lot less then $3k, $1620 should get you HKS III shipped. IMO, it would be $620 well spent vs Bc or Stance.

Tokico D-specs are great shocks, but they are a bandaid vs a really meaningfull solution, part of the blame lies in running them with a mildly sprung 1" drop spring that doesn't have very much suspension travel (bump stoke).
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Old May 12, 2008 | 06:52 AM
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BC FTW. These things are monsters!

then with the 620 you save, you can buy some camber arms and tow bolts, and get that rear back in great alignment
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