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Old Jan 23, 2005 | 10:07 PM
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man i need help finding a good company for coilovers cause i dont trust those crappy ones for ebay but i cant find a site thats sells a good company coilover for my car and springs suck especially dropzone and eibach they have terrible handling and dont lower what they say and dont lower evenly on all four struts, i still havn't tries skunk2 but im temted cause i cant find good coilovers help me out
 
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Old Jan 23, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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How low are you looking to go? I used the Eibach pro kit, and it lowered it so that the fender sit just above the tire (no more big gap, specially the rear) and handeling is the same or a little better.. Of course Mopar make awesome coil overs, but the price is not pretty! If you wanna look at upper end coilover goto: www.modernperformance.com

www.cardomain.com/id/ryan2589 (eibach pro, 1.5")

 
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Old Jan 23, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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I have the eibach pro on mine. Probably dropped it 2 inches all around. Handling improved greatly for me. Get sway bars and the handling on the car can just flat out corner crazy fast. I'm speaking from experience.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 01:59 AM
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ya but i dont want to go springs i wasn't satisfied with springs from dropzone or eibach they didn't make my car feel stiffer and didn't improve my handlind well and i wasn't satisfied with the drop i got from them. So i need good companys for coilovers so i can adjust when i want to and i get a alot of good reviews from other car enthusiast who have coilovers with chamber corrections and they really handle well but i dont have a honda cause i want to a honda theyre over rated like 240sx are becoming thats why i went dodge cause they are better gm and ford they suck
 
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 02:02 AM
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i got groundcontrol coilovers. there 400 brand new. i think. i bought them used for 300 off an srt 4. i droped the back like 3 inches and the front maybe 1 inch. very stiff.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 02:17 AM
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Don't necessarily equate stiff for better handling. I have a friend that tuned his ~1990 Dodge Datona Turbo back in the day and it still gaudy fast. And that is without the turbo. Follow him around a corner I dare you. He actually soffened the springs up went to unven spring rates and replaced the rear axle with one off a caravan to get the bigger rear drum brakes. Not many conversions to Disc back then. You need the softer springs to soak up the eneven streets and potholes ect. ect. ect. Then proper struts and springs allow for it to stiffen up upon major jounce. Sway bars are also efective up to a point but if you bind the suspension up the car will just hop on any imperfection and lose traction.

So moral of the story is you need compliance on the street to go faster. You go too hard you get a drift car!!!
 
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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they are expensive, but what about the Mopar coilovers designed for our cars, they have the stage 2 and stage 3.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2005 | 08:13 PM
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i kno coulovers are less stiff and adjustable and my struts are fine they are tokiko's i just need a better price range cause 400 is too pricey and i dont need a full kit like the mopar coilover system im not a professional just a street driver thats y i dont want springs cause they suck on messed up roads and u can feel the bumbs more
i need coilovers to lower the car the way i want to and have soft feeling when i drive
 
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Old Jan 25, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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not true about ebay coilovers I got some for my 96 and slammed her and they were cool until my 96 broke down. still in the repair shop . Im gettin dropzones from a friend for 30 dollars never used for my sxt.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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i checked out some sites and find bomz racing coilovers and they are 150 r these reliable
 
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