I'm sick and tired of dealing with these coilovers. The ride quality sucks and the parts keep failing. When I got these, they were slightly used. But when my shop disassembled one of the front shocks, we found very bad wear on the spacer and center nut:
Then I started getting spring binding. The front springs would get stuck. They would twist in place and make a lot of noise. So I purchased these washers with bearings:
It worked okay for a while, and the binding came back. Then the right rear strut began to fail. It would make a nasty clunking sound at low speed.
I called BC Racing. Each time they told me to check my preload settings, which was not helping. After several conversation, they agreed to send me a new rear strut and new mounts for the front. I dropped $200 on this, and I had my shop install them. The clunking in the rear went away, but was replaced with this annoying ticking sound. The sound in the front disappeared for a day or two, probably because the load was lessened and now it's back.
I miss the stock ride quality and I'm tired of dealing with this crap, and spending so much money.
I'm thinking to go back to stock struts and lowering springs. I am leaning towards Tein lowering springs because of the lower drop, compared to Eibach: http://www.thenismoshop.com/TEIN-STech- ... p_716.html.
I assume I need to a camber kit to keep the camber in check on either Eibach or Tein. Anything else I need to know when making the switch? I know the coilovers put a good deal of stress on the control arms. I know the ride quality won't be 100% the same as it was when I got it.
Has anyone used Tein lowering springs before? How do they compare to Eibach? I remember a thread about an Eibach spring snapping from a forum member. It spooked me.
