Silk Road Coilovers (Spec-RM/A8) ... Specs/Discussion

[24valvage]

here's the site:http://www.silkroad-jp.com/section/a8.html

I ran it through the babelfish/altavista(japanese -> english) translator and this is what it shat out:

__The high pressure gas charging type mono tube shock absorber of the attenuation quality which stands up smoothly from low speed - it installs attenuation power 8 step adjustment mechanism and corresponds to wide setting.In addition, controlling the occurrence of aeration and cavitation even in extreme use.* Strut type to make inverted system, rigidity and heat dissipation characteristic substantially rise.* Damper, to spring and upper mount assembly conversion.Strut type (inverted system) the pyro ball upper mount, in addition adopting the aluminum rigid mount to the uprighting type shock.* To cover the œÐ dynamic aspect of the damper with the private dust boots, improvement durability.__

so what I take from that is they have an inverted shock, and its 8 way adjustable? (although I dont exactly know what is adjustable:rolleyes)They come with front upper camber plates(pillow ball mounts), and for S13, the spring rates are 8/6, much like flt-a2's and Tein HE.

Another thing is price: 138,000 Yen, about $1250 USD.

So, lets think about this:

Inverted shock, upper front camber plates, an unknown 8 way adjustable part , 8/6 spring rates, and it costs roughly the same as Tein HE's?

Well ****, I think I'd like to give these a try. They sound like they could compete with the flt-a2's and the HE's. Now I gotta find a place to buy them.

Anyone else have an opinion?

[Exar-Kun]

lemme know how it works out..I've never used to heard of them before your post :/

-chetI assume the 8 way means dampening, which the TEIn is 16 way..allows a bit more fine tuning.

[24valvage]

yeah I figured it was dampening, but one never knows :P

I first have to figure out how I'm going to get a set of them. but if I ever do, I'll make sure I post my review.

It's a shame no one around here has tried them.

[chmercer]

??? why go for some obscure part that will take forever to get shipped to your house and that noone has tried and has half the adjustability. just get tein he 1200 shipped.

[chmercer]

also if your really stuck on that brand http://www.raretrick.com could probably get them.

[24valvage]

holy crap! who has tein HE's shipped for $1200 ?!@?!??@#

please tell me!

also, is only having 8 way adjustable really that big of an issue? Does it make a huge difference?

[chmercer]

http://www.turboevo.com its not on the site, email them