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Postby rob912 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:14 pm


I had a pair of tanabae's that were double the price but were really for the track and not the daily. I got rid of them and decided to go for something more streetable. Since i havent really seen or heard a decent review on these coils i decided what the hell and bought a pair.

THESE ARE THE NEW GODSPEED COILS FOR 09 so ive herd with minor changes.

When i first looked at the coils they didnt look as bad as everyone usully says. The welds wernt great tubing looks to be bigger than on the previous rs coils and when compared to other brand names the looked
similar to the size of silk road coils. There are only 16 levels of dampening and right now im right in the middle. SO FAR the coils are not bouncy but feel good in the turns and over minor bumps. Took about 3 hours to install and adjust and they are not maxed out yet(about another inch and a half left), i still need to get my fenders rolled.

The tests i hope to be putting the car through are drifting club loose hopefully i can make it out wednesday if i get my diff. Some minor auto xing and of course daily driving. Cant promise a good review over night so ill probably update once a week with pic and info.

COILS: (ill have to update tomorrow because i can find the rest of the pics)

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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby ChampaignSilviaS14 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:32 pm

Probably should be lower.
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby jakob » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:34 pm

how much
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Re: godspeed coils what what (ChampaignSilviaS14)

Postby gandhi240sx » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:36 pm

Rob i swear you stole my car cuz my s13 is the same color and I think we may have the same adr's. Are yours 17s or 18s?
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Re: godspeed coils what what (jakob)

Postby Future_gohan » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:37 pm

Thank god someones finally doing one..Doing some crazy drifting so I can see how these things handle if they're good pricevsperformance.
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Re: godspeed coils what what (Future_gohan)

Postby rob912 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:06 pm

coils were 550 shipped

and my rims are 18's

it doesnt look like i will make it out tomorrow to club loose so i have to wait another month

on the other hand i played around with the dampening and the car feels even better ill post pics up later of the current settings
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby MastaYu » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:33 pm

cool
Shift_up
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby 24j0hn » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:36 pm

im not the only 240 leaking it seems
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby OutToWinPAHC » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:43 pm

jdmwill and some other drift nasty guys drift on these. Will was given a set by godspeed to test.

OMGjackie also rocks a set. Shes slammed down now I believe.
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby E7-S14 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:44 pm

not trying to be mean but i like how people do before and after shots of the OUTSIDE of the car after coilovers...

cuz god forbid its gonna be lower right.
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a friend of mine had these..
i hated them.
bump steer out the A**
he might have just had them setup horrible idk.
but i did not like them..


how are they treating you?
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Re: godspeed coils what what (E7-S14)

Postby FlatBlackIan » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:55 pm

E7-S14 wrote:
a friend of mine had these..
i hated them.
bump steer out the A**
he might have just had them setup horrible idk.
but i did not like them..


how are they treating you?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but coils will have no effect from one set to another on bumpsteer. Thats all in the setup/alignment/other parts.

Keep us updated, I might throw a set of these on my buddies car. He is my guinea pig.

OP, you need to get a freakin alignment. Your caster looks like its way out of whack.
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Re: godspeed coils what what (FlatBlackIan)

Postby AutoShadow » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:59 pm

What website did you get these off of? I'm interested in some affordable coilovers..are they better than Megan Racing? Thanks.

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Re: godspeed coils what what (FlatBlackIan)

Postby E7-S14 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:29 pm

FlatBlackIan wrote:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but coils will have no effect from one set to another on bumpsteer. Thats all in the setup/alignment/other parts.

Keep us updated, I might throw a set of these on my buddies car. He is my guinea pig.

OP, you need to get a freakin alignment. Your caster looks like its way out of whack.
well either way i didnt like the way they felt.
the susp setup.

but like you said. it was prob his car.
and like i said also. i am curious about how he likes them... if you missed that.
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby Gabes13 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:35 pm

but what do the actual coils look like?
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby stone184 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:42 pm

Interested in seeing more pics of the coils themselves. Nice to see somebody actually installing them and letting us know what's up.
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Re: godspeed coils what what

Postby NismoDriver240 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:33 pm

OP, I salute you.
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Re: godspeed coils what what (NismoDriver240)

Postby ZOMG.SR20 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:39 pm



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Postby ILoveMyRHS13 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:00 pm

SWEET. PA 240 owners sucking balls again.

When they blow, I'm going to drive past you, on my coilovers, point, laugh, and scrape frame away.

Be a man.
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infiniti_lineup wrote:He should learn NOT to pick a wheel setup that is going to rub against the wheel well enough to cause actual damage to the car.
nitsujvg wrote:and i love the fitment of 9+35's.
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Postby Clawhammer » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:53 pm

PBM looks so beefy.
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Postby PhillyDaKid-S13 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:08 pm

Those PBMs do look husky as hell....but I am still interested in a proper review of the godspeeds. Philly and surrrounding areas ftw.
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Postby Drewster » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:04 pm

PBM's ftw
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Re: (ILoveMyRHS13)

Postby numbnuts240 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:08 am

ILoveMyRHS13 wrote:SWEET. PA 240 owners sucking balls again.

When they blow, I'm going to drive past you, on my coilovers, point, laugh, and scrape frame away.

Be a man.
http://i82.photobucket.com/alb...8.jpg
he's conducting an experiment, there is no need to s*** on his thread with your shameless plug of another product that you happen to stand by. take some of your own advice, be a man and show some respect.

rob, good luck with your review, maybe you can shut some of the naysayers up. if not, then at least you know that you helped a lot of other 240 owners from buying a sub-par product.
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Postby RedSubdivisions » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:49 am

I've had my Godspeeds on my S13 for 6 months now and I've had no problems with them. I bought the fully adjustable ones. If you take off the helper springs, you can make the car even lower.

OP, lemme know if you experience any problems; so far I haven't had any.
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Postby AutoShadow » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:03 am

Where do you get these coilovers?
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Postby numbnuts240 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:15 am

ebay
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby s14derrick » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:23 am

good luck with them

its good to have some cheap coils out there hopefully they are good enough
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Re: godspeed coils what what (s14derrick)

Postby rob912 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:48 am

thanks for the support and kind words guys well most everyone...

im going to try and answer all you questions but forgive me if i miss any

AutoShadow / RedSubdivisions: Where do you get these coilovers?
I got them from a shop up in quakertown PA that is sponsered by godspeed so they were a little cheaper. I think you can pick these up for about 600-650 shipped off of ebay.

FlatBlackIan:OP, you need to get a freakin alignment. Your caster looks like its way out of whack.
YEA! my s&#t is very "out of whack" im waiting for my godspeed sway bars, tension rods and ruca's, then i will be going to rt tunning for corner balancing and alignment.

pandapants: But what do the actual coils look like?
im glad you ask...
front





Rear





its kinda hard to see but you get the idea ill get more measuerments and specs tomorrow i will also be driving to jersey for club loose tonight "to spectate" ill let you guys know tomorrow how the drive went...
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Re: godspeed coils what what (rob912)

Postby Whitecar. » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:13 am

Thanks a lot OP, I have been waiting for one of these forever.
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Postby PhillyDaKid-S13 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:53 am

solid, solid.
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Postby SirSilvia » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:06 pm

RedSubdivisions wrote:OP, lemme know if you experience any problems; so far I haven't had any.
If they're not too bad I would like some. I'm not going pro, just need something better and lower than blown/bouncy/stock setup.
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