My new toys!

[RyanAwesome]

Well im giving my car a massive suspension overhaul. Coilovers, tensions, ruca's, toe arm, traction arm, nismo power brace, solid subframe bushings. I will be doing this at work in my free time on saturdays. Right now i only have the coilovers and ruca's. I'm waiting for the other parts to come in. But it will allow the coilovers time to settle between the time the new parts come in. The parts are all from a local guy named patrick who had spec'd them out. The coilovers are very well made from first impression. With 8k front and 6k rear it should give a nice balance between track and streetable. dampers have 32 levels of adjustment and come with all hardware.

The ruca's are extremely beefy as you can see and the heim joint is aluminum. Yes there isnt a ton of articulation. But with a camber arm you dont need it. If your suspension needs 4wd like articulation then something is wrong. The adjustment is also very unique from what i have seen. The heim joint threads into the aluminum sleeve which is rotated from the inside of the arm to adjust camber in and out. while the outside lock nut secures your camber adjustment in place, the third lock nut is for the heim joint itself.

I asked patrick to compare his coilovers to a larger brand for refrence But he couldnt pin one specific coilover that he tried to copy because he has taken so many features from different coils. Strut body is 52mm. Mounts are all aluminum which for comparison saves 17 pounds total compared to megans. He classifies these coilovers as a mid-price level coilover. But They are priced less than megans. I asked him about the consistency of damping between sets and he had his set dyno'ed and all were extremely close to eachother as well as every twist of the knob affected the coilover. Unlike some which can need 5 turns to see a big difference.

Feel free to ask any questions or provide any input good or bad!


Modified by RyanAwesome at 4:54 PM 12/12/2007

[RyanAwesome]

I'm not advertising, im just excited about installing them.

[whiterps13]

Interesting, the guy must really know what hes doing if hes producing parts like that.

Does he have a company name or is this just a free-lance type thing?

[frapjap]

Damn, thats a hell of a setup you'll have. I need to drive this thing!

[RyanAwesome]

He had the design made to his liking. They are called pride performance. So new the guy only has email to contact him. Had a site but took it down to put money into his business.

[JerseyDrift]

How much did you spend all said and done?

[RyanAwesome]

330 from spl parts for nismo brace and subframe bushings. And for the rest, between 1200 and 1400 because i got a deal and i dont know what price u will be able to get. 1 year warranty on defects, coils are rebuildable so im happy. He also has some prototype aluminum ruca's for me but too many rough road construction in my area I'm big on trying to save unsprung weight.

[RyanAwesome]

parts seem really overbuilt for drift with road race inspired design.