What Suspension To Go With!!

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Jun 29, 2004 | 12:22 AM

dis_local_guy

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What Suspension To Go With!!

I Want To Drop My Sti. Trying To Decide On The Type Of Suspension To Go With. Tein Ss, Tein Flex, Jic Flt-a2, ????, Any Suggestions!!!

Jun 29, 2004 | 04:55 PM

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do you really think coilovers are the best option for you? what are you doing with the car? auto X track days? or is it a daily Driver?

alot of people are happy with the STI pink springs matched to the stock
STI Struts. since this set up would be alot cheaper than coilovers you could invest in other suspension bits such as the harder STI group N strut tops to match the new springs or something like that.

just a thought, good luck.
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Edited becuase WRX ish is right.

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Jun 29, 2004 | 05:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by s.g.d

do you really think coilovers are the best option for you?

not to sound like a jerk off, but if you need to ask which ones to buy, i think a set up as complex as coilovers isn't your best option. espeically if it's just for the street.

alot of people are happy with the STI pink springs and with the money your going to save you could invest in other suspension bits such as the harder STI group N strut tops or something like that.

just a thought, good luck.
~SGD

i think the question you should have asked first is what does he want out of the suspension? is this going to be mainly for the street? what kind of driving do you do. each suspension setup (various coilovers and spring/strut combos) have their positives and negatives. the idea is to figure out what best fits what you are wanting out of the car and fits your budget.

so lets see what dis_local_guy is looking for then try and best direct him towards what fits best.

Jun 29, 2004 | 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wrx ish

i agree...

my bad.

i retract my previous comment untill further notice :P

~SGD

Jun 29, 2004 | 09:40 PM

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-i Live In Hawaii And My Car Is An Daily Drivin Vehicle
-i Do Go To The Tracks But Not As Often As Most Since We Only Can Usethe Tracks On Sat. & Sundays
-hawaii Has A Mountain That Everyone Practices There Grip, & Drifting Driving On, But I Do Not Go There Often
-i Am Looking For Suspension That Is Not Too Hard, But Can Handle My Daily Driving, I Know That There Are No Suspension That Is Ment For All Around Driving, But I Looking Of Better Handling..!

Jun 30, 2004 | 07:56 AM

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Coilovers require considerable set up to work right (installing them is the easy part). They are not "plug and play". Many need regular rebuilding. I'm not trying to be discouraging, but if you do not want to spend time (and $) setting up your suspension and then fool with it regularly (it will need to be changed for track, drifiting, and driving over speed bumps at the mall), it probably will not work as well as the stock suspension. You will likely need access to scales to corner wiegh your car. You may also need access to an alignment system because as you change specs, you may need to re-adjust the alignment for best performance.