Just crusing through howell's site and noticed the 2 coilover sleeve kits that they sell for the 1st gens, anyone have a set or ever rode in a 1st gen with them? I would really like to be able to slam my car for the summer and get it back up for winter.

I was looking at the Dropzone regular and level 1 coilovers and the Skunk2 set.

Any thoughts / ideas would be good.


Note: just went to skunk2's web page and they don't list coilovers for the 1st generation neons and that the 2000+ are disscontinued....

 

the mopar coilovers are the best, but they are not cheap.

 

I haven't seen them, are they a sleeve setup or a full coilover strut?

I've already got pro-kits and If the sleeve setups work I'd do that but I don't want to spend a grand just so I can get another inch or so lower.

 

Its a full coilover

 

I don't know if I'd call Mopar's units the best. No adjustment for rebound/compression, and you have to buy the adjustable camber plates to use them. Even at discount dealers, you're looking at $3000 for all four strut/coilover units and camber plates. For that price, you could have a fully adjustable set of Leda's including in-car adjustment...

If all you're going for is the lowered look, don't care too much about ride quality, and aren't going to compete, then any of the full coilover setups will work fine for you. The basic DZ's at $650 or so is a decent price for what you get. Probably less than it would cost for a good set of struts, decent coilover sleeves, and whatever a shop would charge to cut off the spring perches and thread the strut bodies for the coilovers. On top of that, the struts are valved properly for the spring rates, so you won't blow them out very fast.

I know several people that have used them and their only complaints are a slightly stiffer ride and the need to either slot the struts or use crash bolts to bring camber back into spec.

Best of luck!