I have driven on my suspension from Irvine to SF a couple of times , it was ok with me not to much with my friends lol. I'm basing this theory of levels off of how comfortable and how many people use them to track/daily on. Generally more people use KW's to daily then Zeal coilovers. Actually come to think about it more people seem to run KW's in general over zeal's.

 

Yeah. I am trying to make a point. I am not calling you out or anything, but there's a lot of this is better than that. Or this is absolutely the best, or this rides well, etc. The thing is... everyone says that their suspension rocks, or rides well, or handles well. Compared to what?? Catch my drift?

I've found that suspension is affected by a gazillion factors... Your ride height, your camber/alignment, your set-up, tire/wheel size, your tire compound, suspension braces, etc. Pretty much everything...

I guess my point is... you can't really say that one set-up is better than the other unless you denote what the difference is. So... maybe in this case, you might say, "I think my Zeal's are better geared toward autosports than the KW's. They seem to be more crisp. The handling is much more responsive. I think that is because of the higher spring rates and the pillowball camber plates, etc."

 

It definitely depends on what other modifications are done to your car etc etc also depends on how it is driven , style of driving etc. If you throw a driver who is use to oversteer in a car that tends to understeer it just wouldn't be the same right?

 

if you are looking at BC, I would get the ER series. Much better than the BR for 400 bucks more

 

if u dun care about dampening adjustment or camber adjustment's i.e with camber plates.. for a straight street set-up i recommend the eibach setup... the valving is very US road friendly and the springs rates are good. my mom even thought the car rode smooth for a lowered car when i had them in my car..and its cheeper then the bc.

 

hey save up and get the kw or even better the RCE tarmac 2s. They are worth every penny. The bcs are decent but for that price I'd just get springs(RCE blacks, yellow, or Swift) and save the rest until i could get a good set of coils. for example I am saving up right now for TIC SSts( revalved AST 4100s).

 

or you can send out your struts to feal suspension and they will rebuild the struts to eliminate the clunk

 

Absolutely. Driver preferences is just as important as any other item.

 

yeah i was looking at the T2's only down side is they do not come with top hats.

How much do they charge? I was quoted $460 including shipping for a shop in SoCal. but for that price I would want to just buy something new. The clunk makes me not want to drive my car lol. Iv'e just been driving my accord recently Ive put like 1,000 miles in 2 months on my STi hahaha



The car will be a DD that is "spirited" driven and plan to track once a year because my neighbors wife drives for Audi and I can get a free track day.
Also thanks for all of the input its all very much appreciated!!!

 

this is my current setup and it rocks. DD is super smooth and does way better around the lake compared to a couple people i know with BC.

 

personally liked the rce T1's
talk to LGT Mark on here about those.

 

Just wondering how about teins???

 

I had Tein Flexes on my '05 STi and they were too stiff for me. It didn't have any body and the handling was pretty good. I just wouldn't get them again for the street.

 

I got bc br coilovers because they were 700$ with less than 10kmiles on them and I've had no problems with reliability with about 40-50k on them now...

around fast, tight corners the inside rear tire can lift and the car kinda skips but otherwise I really like them

I've also got sti lca, whiteline alk and a rear sway bar/endlinks so my car has a weird setup with excellent turn in but powering out isn't as easy...

I probably won't buy them again if that helps, want something that has more rebound but similar body roll characteristics, I hate the floaty feeling

 

^^^ haha makes me not want to get them.

did you get the tarmac for the RCE's when you had them re valved? Do you feel that the $475 is worth it?

For about $200 more you could get a new set of D-specs or something along those lines. Thoughts?