Boosted 350z

Hey guys, I'm in the market for some coilovers and was wondering which are the best coilovers 1,300 and under. Just wanted to hear some reviews and opinions.

03threefiftyz

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Do you just want to slam your car or use them for some sort of motorsport? If it's the latter....you will need to increase your price range.

Boosted 350z

Well i would like to slam the car and have it handle good, not a full blown out track set up but...

03threefiftyz

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If you slam the car to the ground it won't handle well....especially on 1300 coil-overs. Most of the slammed/hellaflush crowd seem to gravitate towards the stance coil-overs.

terrasmak

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You can only have one and for $1300 if you want it to handle better get some shocks and springs. You should have money left over for some Swaybars or camber arms.

jdm_Z33

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if you want slammage I'd say go stance or bc racing. if you want track Id say tein or cusco

03threefiftyz

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I wouldn't.

kacz07

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Get Bilstein Pss10s. Very good out of the box and very customizable. You can revalve for custom spring rates for cheap. They're also easy to rebuild. Got mine used for a couple hundred under your budget.

03threefiftyz

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You can't slam the car on PSS10's.....that seems to be his main objective here.

ITOzann

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slammed + handle good + under $1.3K =

Z_flip

my best isn't your best =]

terrasmak

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Tein is junk, Cusco is OK, but there are much better for the price.

kacz07

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Fair enough. They are pretty versatile, though.

OP, gl with finding the right setup.

Junkster

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If you ask me, 99% of people that dish out high end coilovers arent even at the skill to trully utilize their full potential anyways...and to be honest alot of people will never get that good haha. Takes a lot of track time and a lot of overall practice.

I ended up copping megan street coilovers for my car for ridiculously cheap, so I couldn’t pass them up. I was planning on being very disappointed but I really actually like them. Overall I was very impressed, specially considering that everyone talks madd garbage about the megans…

Im not saying get Megans! I only got them cause the price was so good and I needed to lower my car after I got my RPF1s in a rush. But I wouldn’t go so far as to make any claims that you HAVE to spend 2k dollars if you want to have your car handle good AND be “low”. IMO not very many people on here would even be able to tell the difference unless they had A LOT of track time and driving experience.

On that note:

I was pretty stuck on purchasing the Fortune Auto coils with the swift spring upgrade, I have heard nothing but great things about them on this forum as well as on other S chassis forums. I don’t know if they offer the adjustment extensions for the rear struts yet, but I would ask first. Regardless I personally think 1300 bucks is a perfect amount to spend for the average Joe trying to lower and improve handling a bit.

RandyK1

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What about Tanabe Sustec Pro S-OC Coilovers? I have them on my Z and I think they are way better then stock. I dont use them for autox or racing but for more fun in a DD I like them alot. Also for the price you might have enough left over for some new sway bars

Boosted 350z

Yea I mainly want a dd, might autox it a few times a year but not a whole lot. Mainly street driving, I plan on getting some sways and and under body brace aswell.

terrasmak

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I would just do a D Spec shock and spring combo, you get a nice drop, way better dampers than any $1300 coilover will give you, and have money left over for sways.

dikspiel

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Stance will go lower then BC's but to be honest the ride will be jarring regardless of what coilover setup u get for less 1300. I am happy with my Zeal coilovers but I doubt they will go as low as stance but then again, I don't care about how low my car can go.

ian99rt

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Exactly the route I'm going

SE5spd

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Like everyone else has said, just get stance.