I will be a guinea pig v.bought some new coilovers

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deuceforty
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...h=018

i saw 4 sets of these on ebay, googled around, their website is http://www.footwerksusa.com

i decided "****, i need some coils, these are cheap as ****, apparently a new brand (or whatever) trying to get their name out"

so i bought them, will keep EVERYONE posted on how it turns out... who knows? this may be just as good if not better than the megans *for cheap as hell


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Good luck with your purchase.

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i dont think i would be a guinea pig when theres ~$600 at steak. but thats just me.

hope they work out for you. hopefully you wont die.

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boriquaS13 wrote:Good luck with your purchase.
if they get here in good shape i will be happy... ive got a few dif. cars i can compare them too, tein flex, and agx with sportlines... all with basically nothing done but coils, so we shall see

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BOOM_STICK wrote:i dont think i would be a guinea pig when theres ~$600 at steak. but thats just me.

hope they work out for you. hopefully you wont die.
i read about the max sport guy and it inspired me to take a risk O_O

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i think the owner or someone that works at adrenalineMOTORWERKS is a memeber on here. i know i just recently saw a post about there RB cam gears by that company

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i just bough some ruca`s from them but havent installed them yet probably this weekend soo once thre on ill let you know how they were

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deuceforty wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...h=018

i saw 4 sets of these on ebay, googled around, their website is http://www.footwerksusa.com

i decided "****, i need some coils, these are cheap as ****, apparently a new brand (or whatever) trying to get their name out"

so i bought them, will keep EVERYONE posted on how it turns out... who knows? this may be just as good if not better than the megans *for cheap as hell
Just letting you know..Footwerks' main and probably ONLY distributor in the states are in GA.I know the owner personally, and those are NOT his products.

Please don't confuse FOOTwerks with MOTORwerks.

Two very different companies.I had footwerks coilovers, they were nothing like the MOTORWERKs you have there.

GL with it.

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already have them.

Overall, they are NOT that good for daily driving.

I havn't had other coilovers before though.

the ride is rough as piss even on the lowest setting. And the rebound on them is bouncy as ****, its like that little low rider icon on here.

For daily driving? I think NOT.

Budget track car? Sure, i love taking sharp turns with these things on the harder settings.

All and all? I guess if you REALLY cant come up with the extra 200 for megans, then go for them.
Modified by S13xCrazy at 9:20 PM 8/22/2007

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Can't beat the price. Give us a review after you have them on.

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BOOM_STICK wrote: ~$600 at steak.
:Homer: Mmmmmm $600 steak *drooooool* :/Homer:


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just stopping in to get my 10 min post done got 4 more to do

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if its FootWerksits good ****i used them on teh S13 to drift after my kei office blewloved emthey werent quite JIC or Cusco

but they got the job done extremely well once i changed the rates to 10/8 and fine tuned dampning

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Hope they work out for you man.thats the cheapest Ive ever seen any coilover run..id be afraid to test em .. but thats just me.

Yokota..your def on their Home page..bout winning something on their coils...

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yerpSecond place at mobara with their ****its good manthem and PBM are the only two cheap *** coils ive ever tested that i likedand ive tested a **** ton

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Yokota, Do these happen to look like them?

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look spray painted =/

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foamcup wrote:look spray painted =/
...how do these look spray painted?there actually very sparkly.

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cent see photobucket

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also, they are NOT footwerks.The ones you bought, are not completely adjustable. The whole setup does not go up and down, you can only adjust where the threads are on the coilovers, so it limits your height. The footwerks ones are COMPLETELY adjustable

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dems is the ones i had

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yokota180sx wrote:dems is the ones i had
thats what i thought, the OP DID NOT buy footwerks.

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yeha i cant see ebay or photobucket. so i duno

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Cheapest **** ever. So stupid.The **** broke people will do for the look of coilovers is insane.

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D*star wrote:Cheapest **** ever. So stupid.The **** broke people will do for the look of coilovers is insane.
yeah, i totally forgot that your cars a ripped out track car!!

yeah DUDE! hypocrite's FTML

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You misunderstood that dumbass.Noone said anything about track cars.I said the **** broke people will do for the look of coilovers. THIS MEANS. People will buy the cheapest **** available to them to be able to say they have coilovers and slam their car. with absolutely no remorse for the quality of the product, how it will affect their car, nor the products reputation.

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And that's how the automotive aftermarket became a 20 billion dollar per year industry.

Good luck with the purchase, hope they work out.

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D*star wrote:Cheapest **** ever. So stupid.The **** broke people will do for the look of coilovers is insane.
whats next .. buying sport max makes you broke too ..?


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Theres a major difference.Buying Sportmaxes, although still weak,i dont frown upon at all.BECAUSE, putting sportmaxes on your car will not affect nor deter from your cars performance or safety. Whatever, itll always be Price before Quality for most of you guys.Only in this country.

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for some reason, theres something that just looks wrong with this picture.... cant really put my finger on it, but something just doesnt look right... and its not the lack of pre-load adj (btw, footwerks has pre-load adjustment, these pictured below dont)...


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