whats a good spring rate for street coilovers?

[sideways-24-7]

any ideas?

[adrianfromthecastle]

8/6 for an s13

[onosqv]

8/6 standard for most ppl. You get used to it. Learn to love it.

If you realllly want it soft, get a quality spring, like Swift - those are lighter and damper way better than most coils in the budget coilovers (which I'm guessing you'll be getting since you are more concerned w/ "street coilovers").

You can go low like 6/5 spring rate, should make for a nice smooth ride.

[zenkii]

I wouldn't recommend 8k/6k set up, if you live in places where there are lots of pot holes and broken roads. I use to have megan streets on my s14, living in san francisco(land of broken roads), and it was a painful ride. Anyways 8k/6k setup is just too stiff for city streets so i got some tein flex which are 6k/5k. I would say performance wise, 8k/6k performs better than 6k/5k but the teins are much more comfortable...hope this helps...

[adrianfromthecastle]

I think I can honestly say that my 8/6 hks hypermax is 10x more comfortable than my cousin's 8/6 megan streets... megans are bouncy in the rears.

[nismofly]

yeah rates arent everything, the damping on megans and tein flex and stuff isnt that good

i run kts, which arent the best dampers by any means but are certainly good for the price, and thats around NYC and long island...youd be surprised how much you get used to it

[yokota180sx]

ar eyou a *****, or are you a man?

[nieko]

^^^^^^^^ hahahahha you tell em!

[pat93]

ar eyou a *****, or are you a man?

your bites always make me laugh

[yokota180sx]

it wasnt a biteif hes a man he can handle higher spring rates

if hes worried about comfort, he needs loweri liek a harsher ride, becuase performance > comfort for me

[sip]

it wasnt a biteif hes a man he can handle higher spring rates

if hes worried about comfort, he needs loweri liek a harsher ride, becuase performance > comfort for me

You can't perform well when you can't control the accelerator because you are bouncing around the car. For a deticated track car, stiff is good. For a DD, stiff is not so good.

[yokota180sx]

springrate isnt everything

ive been in an s14 with 13/11 springsand it rode as nice as my Y33 with JIC 8/7s

its all in the dampner the spring is on my friend.

[sideways-24-7]

i heard stance dampers are pretty good. im on a real budget.. im just trying to pays some bills and get done with school. i need a DD and 3-8 days a year track car. i was thinking some stance coilovers for track and an extra set of Swift coilover springs to exchange into for that sweet sweet ride.

although.. stiff ride + bumping roads = bouncy car bouncy car + the ladies' "ladies" = stiff...
Modified by sideways-24-7 at 9:50 PM 10/11/2007

[Darius]

i'm less of a man than yokota because I've ridden in my buddy's S14 with Stance 8/6's and its like having a solid suspension. It rides slicker than hell on the freeway and at speed, but around town, it feels like my colon is going to fall out. I'm a big ***** and obviously not a man, but after two weeks, I still have yet to find fault in my Endura-Tech's (7/5) even with solid subframe bushings. Food for thought at least. Yokota, I don't know how you can run such high spring rates! You must have pro-level dampers or wear a mouth guard when you drive.

[yokota180sx]

nah, they are half *** dampners, but they work great on trak surfaces...so i can deal with it on the road

i have 18/16 on my stagea... bumpy as **** on normal roads, but on the freeway, soaks up bumps like a goldenchild

[AceInhole]

nah, they are half *** dampners, but they work great on trak surfaces...so i can deal with it on the road

i have 18/16 on my stagea... bumpy as **** on normal roads, but on the freeway, soaks up bumps like a goldenchild

Isn't the stagea fully independant (front double wishbone)? The wheel rates are probably half the spring rate :P

I'm going to refrain from regurgitating my normal rants. I'll just say Yokota is correct in saying the dampers (not dampeners!) make all the difference.

[yokota180sx]

yeah front is a double wishbone, rear is normal S chassis multilink

[sideways-24-7]

alrite.. ive been researching this subject for a while now. the question is.. what are decent coilovers with good/great dampers i can get for under $1500?

[yokota180sx]

read the sticky

[nieko]

thread jack/ i got my stance coils and i took off the top nut and put the higher spring rate springs in. on the rear coils the top nut wont tighten, it just keeps spinning and the whole shock inside the dust boot =\ please help! i need to tighten it damnit lol

[adrianfromthecastle]

alrite.. ive been researching this subject for a while now. the question is.. what are decent coilovers with good/great dampers i can get for under $1500?

stance, kbee, and powered by max are pretty decent entry level coilovers for around 1000

thread jack/ i got my stance coils and i took off the top nut and put the higher spring rate springs in. on the rear coils the top nut wont tighten, it just keeps spinning and the whole shock inside the dust boot =\ please help! i need to tighten it damnit lol

i'd help you , but im undermedication and can't visualize what yoru talking about

[nieko]

k hold on. let me get a picture

[nieko]

that nut right there! when i try to tighten it down it just keeps spinning...

[nieko]

that square box also spins with the nut hence the reason i cant tighten it?

[yokota180sx]

rag and vice grips.

[nieko]

hope thatll work, we shall see 2morrow morning lol. thanks yakota

[yokota180sx]

i know it will workbelieve me

if that doesnt workuse vice grips as FAR UP as possible..so itf it scars it it wont do anything

[Darius]

And use an impact wrench so it applies the torque in short bursts so you're not trying to hold the shaft from spinning against a regular wrench.

[nieko]

with the vice grips would i grab the orange part, or at the top? cuz i used vice grips and itghtened them down as much as i could and it still spun... or maybe the nut is just tight enough already?

[sideways-24-7]

im glad you asked that question.. good to know. i think im going with stance coilovers and im probably going to put some swift springs on them. thanks for all the info friends.