skydragoness wrote:For the love of god don't buy those. DO SOME RESEARCH and don't be tempted by low prices. Megan's would be a bazillion times better than those and that's not saying a whole lot. If you can't afford entry level coilovers from the major brands: Tein, Tanabe, Cusco, JIC, etc etc then buy some agx's and some springs and call it a day.

driftz240 wrote:OK this is a start to my new review of Godspeeds coilovers. i just got back from indy where i picked a set of s13 240sx coilovers up from emotor. we opened the box and they explained a few pre install things and were very helpful." "thanks jorge and vince from drift indy". Since these coilovers "you guessed it" are made in china "like most things these days" they did not come with any instructions for pre install, install and adjustment. I have owned and made enuff sets to know how to install them but i will call there tech department tommarow.Also I will be dropping 1 front and 1 rear coilover off disassembled to bilstein in fairfield, where a friend of mine will them in a shock dyno, to see exactly how the dampening works, and how much spring rate you can throw at them safely, as well as check to see how close the spring rates are to there labeled rate, "6k front and 8 k rear" witch i plan on reversing to 8k front and 6k rear when i re-assemble them.AT FIRST CHECK1. FIT AND FINISH "first thing you see, looks like anodysed red coating, or some sort of candy paint, compared to a k-sport or megan id say its on the same level. we'll call it mystery coating. but it does look cool. 2. ASSEMBLY QUALITY, since you have to pretty much take them appart to change springs they are shipped loose, the top nut is installed hand tight, and the camber plate underside screws are loose. this is made known by the supplier when i picked them up. but the quality of the camber plates, freedom of movement "where there should be" weld quality all look to be on the level, I dont think the welds will be the problem even if you slam into a curb.3. damper valving, adjustment, spring rate correctness:there are many types of adjustable dampers out there, some adjust compression, some rebound some both in different increments with one knob some double adjustable. we will find out more about this when i get a dyno graph, they go from medium to very very hard. they seem to have enuff adjustment for drifting. 4. fit in the car, installation: ill find out more about this sometime this week, ill do a install write up. on here later...GODSPEED WILL ONLY WARANTEE THESE IF YOU HAVE A SHOP INSTALL THEM.I can completely understand this, ive had some kids bring me f-ed up cars where they just installed new suspension and now it rides like poop, bounces and pops, only to find it was improperly installed. So i know where they are coming from.

MY THOUGHTS ON THESE COILOVERSI think alot of people have a mindset that inexpencive = garbage, and hi priced = excellent quality. I have seen of people on line post up questions about these coilovers, asking for reviews, and 40 people post up behind them that they wouldent buy them, having never seen them in person or asked a drifter who has driven on them. having heard from a few people that godspeeds are made in the same factory as cusco and megan in china,"not sure if its true"..but the point being after a friend of mine Bill Cook "excellent drifter, 15 years drifting" bought a set he said he liked them, and i saw how well he was doing at the new camden track on them i thought it was worth a shot..GREAT MOTORSPORTS PARTS ARE BUILT ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, I plan on writing a full review, of the godspeed coilovers, step by step professional install by "yours truely" and a drivers impression review after each event. I am a very budget minded drifter,and i know alot of others out there are also...from what i saw today i am very impressed with my godspeedsNOW LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU THROW THEM INTO THE FIRE WITH SOME SERIOUS DRIFT ACTION.DERRICK ALLENOUTBRAKE MOTORSPORTSUSDRIFT MIDWEST

driftz240 wrote:got the coilovers on, there were a few minor problems with the install, i went threw then and put lock tight on all the screws under the camber plates and checked them over, there not bad as for manufacturing quality, ie. parts, and performance. the build quality ..ie .. factory in china could use a course on how to assemble them properly. but with 5 minutes of work they can all be torqued to spec and lock tited. so everything is cool there. the only problem on install i had was the rear upper hat bolts are toed in a bit and they dont fit in the holes well, ive noted a few things, and taken pics of pre install and install.... they will be up soon.

i drove around on them abit, and they are quiet, no pops or unusual noise, and the car feels well balanced and ready for action. they feel as good as the better coilovers at this point, only time will tell how they hold up in the long run...but really if you drift as much as some of us on here do, a set of coilovers "any brand" will only last a few good years till they get doughey.

so far im very happpy.

driftz240 wrote:ok, first event in the new s13 with the godspeed coilovers, they feel really good, very predictable, no noises, they seem to have noticable adjustments for every 3 clicks.. i havent aligned the car yet, still stock alignment and only about 1.5 camber up front. but the car was awesome. i cant tell the difference between them and mean or stance in performance. time will tell what happens , but very happy.

smocan (on ZILVIA) wrote:I still havnt had a chance to drive on them yet, but even then all i have to compare them to are kts which i had previously installed on the car, so i really dont think an actual "review" from me is going to be super helpful.

smocan wrote:Its funny because I could probably sell him a set of blown shocks and he'd be like, "they were awesome," I felt the road better, they feel rough like "racing" shocks. (thinking the weird feeling is the aftermarket shocks... he doesn't know any better)

NismoDriver240 wrote:
so why should we trust you now? since you have nothing to really compare them to.

and you're over here bashing me in my eBay thread...

like you're hot shyt. get back on your high NICO horse, cuz on zilviz YOU'RE the guinea pig, not me

smocan wrote:They are ****. Get a review from someone who has owned better coilovers, in this case, any coilover will do, these are one of the worst. This has nothing to do with price... so don't start all this bull... Even megan is a drastic upgrade from these.

Look at the welds... theres nothing left to opinion, this is fact. Real safe

But what would i know... no one wants to listen, too ignorant, cool, its your life.

Modified by smocan at 10:22 PM 5/30/2008

jdmwill wrote:well guys were trying them out at the shop on all of the daily drifty cars. and so far they're holding up. not bad for the price specially for the budget drfiter.

now smocan you know our rep and what we are known for "DRIFT NASTY". and for us to trust these coilovers take's alot. i'm swapping out my new d2's for these. now dont get us twisted we still use bc on the event cars.

at the end of the day all that matters how deep your pockets are.

NismoDriver240 wrote:
so why should we trust you now? since you have nothing to really compare them to.

and you're over here bashing me in my eBay thread...

like you're hot shyt. get back on your high NICO horse, cuz on zilviz YOU'RE the guinea pig, not me

smocan wrote:
Woah, I'm not trying to start something but I just noticed it right now, I can't believe i never noticed it... Nismo retard acted like he quoted me on stuff from zilvia, and I never said anything remotely close. Can someone really be that stupid??? How pathetic.

NismoDriver240 wrote:
http://zilvia.net/f/1912044-post242.html

Looks to be the same exact pic you posted. Either a) You hotlinked the pic you posted earlier from zilvia, or b) this is you, and you just got owned.

You seriously opened a can of worms from 6 months ago. Who is the pathetic one?

Scoutz wrote:this thread may be old. but i finally purchase a set of godspeed coilovers. they seem to be decent, better than Kyb Agx considering that its 16 way dampering and the height can be adjusted. the coilovers themselves are great sturdy components, but there is a slight problem i noticed. there is a bump/knock on my rear strut tower area. which becomes annoying especially when you live by LA area with tons of bumps and bad roads. overall. good product ^__^ hope this helps people, and one more thing, you turn this tiny knob on the top to adjust the dampening, very easy to use.

mchkc240 wrote:I will add another 300 and go with megan. Godspeed?! hell no

smocan wrote:
Umm yea, I never said i bought these things (its common sense if you read any of my posts) plus the username isn't even close on zilvia so it might be your choice A). "Owned" by you, seriously? I understand your still a teenager and get off to thinking you a big deal on the internet by lying about things but seriously... yea, your still pathetic. I'm sorry I had to clear my name because you don't understand the difference between facts and lies you make up. The only thing you have to back up what you say are things you make up... its sad seriously.

"ebay extrodinaire"??? you might want to learn how to spell extraordinaire. And I don't think buying a couple parts off ebay make you one.

mchkc240 wrote:Man.. just get megan... Suspension parts are not jokes.

mchkc240 wrote:I will slap those people who are riding on these coilovers. I dont care who he is!

StandardProspect wrote:


just buy good stuff from the start, no godspeed, no megan

it might seem like a good idea at the time, but in the longrun you are gonna wish you bought real suspention components.

I cheaped out and i now regret it. save up a few hundred extra bucks and buy some pbm or spl parts.