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Sat Mar 01, 2003 10:39 pm
Ok, Here's the real question. It's sort of a economic decision. How much more money are you willing to spend, regarding the suspension setup that you think you need? Assume that what you think you need is what you actually need, so if you are using the car for track only, u are not concerned with roughness on the street, and vice versa. And of course for those who says "I want BOTH", you will have to realize that there will be a compromise in either the street or track direction. Most of the spring/shock combinations such as AGX KYB/Sportlines (or ST or another spring) will be around 400 for all shocks, and 200 for springs(600 total). This is a setup that will lower the car, make the ride somewhat harsher, but still be streetable enough for your daily commute, and give you some track capabilities, and is good especially when you're not the kind of professional who would actually notice/make use of shock/spring vs. coilover suspension. For a lot mroe money, you could get Tein Flex, and enjoy inside-of-car adjustability of height and softness, but do you really want to pay the extra 600(if lucky)-900(if stupid) dollars for that adjustability thing, which will give similar performance on the track as the aforementioned shock/spring combo? Then for the money you think you can get Flex for, you can also get your choice of similarly priced HE's/HA's and RE's (those are a little more expensive) or the JIC's equivalents. So look where you stand: Approx. 600 bucks for low ride, and some weak to ok track capability, or 1200+ for same thing(Flex), or 1200+ for pure track (very rough on streets) Tein/JIC coilovers which will ONLY be useful to you if you KNOW HOW TO DRIVE WELL (i.e.: You have participated in numerous track events, and will know exactly which coilover will give you the best results). The Tein vs. JIC battle has had both negatives and positives in this forum, so it will be a personal preference call, but if you consider them about even, then this is the financial choice you'll have to commit to.
My advice is to always start at the cheaper end, when you don't know what may happen in the future. Learn how to drive with stiffer springs, see how the car reacts. It takes a while to figure out where your cars' limits lie, and you don't want to find it out by kissing the sidewall with your 1400+ dollars coilovers, should something go wrong. Start slow, start low. You can always sell the used shocks/springs and get coilovers.
sil80