I wanted to ask the locals about on this..

I was wondering what you all think about Ksport Kontrol Pro Coilovers. Does anyone around here run them? Are they good quality? Worth the buy? anything..

Also, what would all you locals direct me to suspension wise. Let me know what you think about the ones you run and any other info..
thanks a ton guys.

 

ksport = fail

 

I've never heard of Ksport before. What are your goals for your car? Track? Show?

 

A little more info than "fail" would probably be helpful.

 

Fail = not a big name brand to him.

 

Reason being I actually saw their 6 piston brake kit seal busted on g35 before. Its a red g35 on this forum but I can't find the pic anywhere.

 

ksport and all the other offbrand's like megan racing and d2 do not put nearly as much time and money into R&D as race proven products like Tien, JIC, Cusco, Zeal, etc

In addition to them all being unresearched copys of eachother with different labeling and paint schemes they are not truly 32/36 way adjustable like higher end coilovers, often times a setting of 15 and 30 feels the same.

With that being said, not only do you get an inferior product but you don't get the jdm ego!

 

You know, you still haven't told us who you are.

 

read this:

http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets5.html

and this:

http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets6.html

then decide if you should get it or not

 

thank you all for the good info so far.. and yes alvin, even the "fail" helped.
warmmilk, thanks for the links there.. good info.

I'm aiming for a mix of it all in the end.. The car will never see a car show, and I don't really race,, but I'll eventually do both performance and styling to the Z.

 

Forget most coilovers. Koni's and proper spring choice will outperform most highend coilovers. KW's Variant 3's are great as are others, but a lot of adjustments that can confuse a chassis tuner. Pay for a corner weight alignment a couple of times and you know what I mean.

 

hmm, coilovers+adjustable endlinks+corner balance>shocks+spring.

there's a little math for you

 

Only if you can set all the adjustments close to correct. I have helprd very serious auto-X people tune chassis and the best have difficulties sorting that many variables

 

Good read, thanks for posting the links.

I personally have used tien's flex coilovers and the adjustment is noticible between every 3-4 clicks.

 

^but did you dyno them?

 

true, it is a PITA, but you can always bring it down to a shop that knows what they are doing like speedware motorsports in redmond, and they can hook you up. I personally don't like the place, their salesmen treat you like you are a retard, and they are way overpriced, but they are very good at building track cars.

 

^sales man treat me fine, maybe it was just the one

 

If you're in the Seattle/East side area I've heard Stage Performance in Kirkland is very reputable and not overpriced like speedware. It's behind the Subaru dealership and there are sevral other automotive tuning places in the same business park, one preps race porsches.

 

I've gotten my alignment and corner balance done at speedware - they knew what they were doing and cost wasn't too bad (IIRC $100 for alignment, and $150ish for corner balance). The guys in the shop were super cool - If I had lots of $$, I'd have them do it again...but when I have time, I'd rather do what I can on my own (to learn and be cheap)

 

we know who you are.... now GTFO!