| 01tibby |
10-26-2006 11:15 AM |
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ajay @ Oct 25 2006, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>couldnt have said it better myself nightshark..... coilovers FTW!!</div>
double ditto. most all around complete mod i have done. course, it was the most expensive too.
SOCKS, check out the first page. it says they have 3-way adjustable damping. mine are 36-way adjustable, but in all honesty, 3 is all you really need. mine are set for full soft and i love them there. havent even experimented with any other settings.
HKC, the main difference is that coilovers are EXTREMELY adjustable in relation to just spring/struts. the only adjustment you might get with spring/struts is adjustable damping, and that is only on the high end and highly priced struts...billstein, kyb agx and such. nearly all coilovers are damping adjustable to some degree, offer preload adjusting by raising/lowering the spring perch, offer heigh adjustment again by the spring perch and also *in most* adjustable lower mounts. if you can get pillowball mounts then you have camber adjustment as well, and not the slight and crude amount you can get by opening up the lower mount bolt holes a little with a dremel. not to mention since a coilovers strut body is mainly universal between all car and just the external parts change, you can get different spring rates for coilovers on any type of car. its not like eibach springs for us which will only come in one spring rate. coilovers are generally a rougher ride yet grippier whereas springs/struts are VERY near to stock comfort, but do give up a little handling. also if you mix and match springs and struts chances are they are not always designed for each other whereas coilovers always are. and most of the time coilovers are more easily rebuildable which all goes back to the fact that they are geared more towards a race part. |
