im looking at getting a set of cusco zero 2r coilovers for my 2006 wrx. does anyone have this set up? i want to know how the ride quality is on the streets? the car gets track about every two months or so. but my main concern is ride. if its gonna break my back off the track then im not getting them. thanks for the help

 

Call up AHQ i believe they have some cars running them.

 

Stiff for sure, pretty much all Japanese coilovers are going to be very harsh. If you want dual purpose duty, look into KW v3's or the RCE/TiC coilovers. Those 3 are valved for US roads.

 

I second the KW's

 

i vote for race comp t2, i have em on my car and they are comfy on the streets

 

i have the Zero2Rs for my 03 wrx. They are very stiff. You will feel every bump in the road. I can't compare them to other coilovers as this is my first set, but going from stock suspension to the Zero2Rs, I had a headache from the stiff ride the first week. But then I got used to it and it doesn't bother me at all.

But like I said, I can't compare with other coilovers as this is my first set, so my opinion isn't very useful lol

After this set is worn out, I may just end up buying it again though.

 

thanks for all the help.

 

was is still as hell even on the softest settings?

 

Although not who you asked, I'll chime in since I did a ton of research on suspension before settling.

They get more manageable, but they will always be at a disadvantage on bumpy roads/courses. The travel is very important when choosing a spring or coilover setup. The roads around here are quite far from glass smooth, so when you take a turn at a high rate of speed you want your tire to stay in contact with the ground. With a coilover that lacks travel, you'll find yourself 'skipping' around turns, and with enough speed perhaps skipping right off the road.

For a street/track car around here a spring, spring/strut combo is the best option for performance, or one of the coilover options mentioned above. Of course if all you care about is slamming your car and going fast in a straight line, well, any cheap *** coilover setup is enough for that, no need to spend $2k on Cusco.

 

I honestly don't know. I had Kevin at AutoHQ set up the suspension. I told him what I wanted, and he adjusted it to match.

 

You can always check out the DarkOnion coilover spectrum. I rode along in various set-up's and took notes on all of them. I based the spectrum off of ride comfort. You can see all my notes and what not and yeah.

My personal favorite is the KW Comp3's. I would assume that the more street-based KW Variant 3's are equally as nice, even though they don't come with camber plates/pillowball mounts.

 

i know what you mean. i had my share of experiences with diff suspension set ups.
i was just curious about the ride quality SPECIFICALLY on the cusco zero 2Rs, when is it set to fully soft damper setting.

 

my understanding with he cuscos are that they are great for the track and not very good comfort wise off the track. i have a friend that has them on his sti but its a full race sti so ive never rode in it off the track.thats why i asked if anyone had them on a street car, i think if my wrx was a full race set up id get these with out thinking.

 

I like my Tein Flex's with the EDFC set on 16 (softest). Just set that up today, will see how stiff I can go and have it be liveable.

 

not sure if you knew this already but the zero2r is meant for mainly track and the zero2e is more for daily driving and little track. just letting you know. kevin told me that the zero 2 r would need rebuilds alot faster then the zero2e.