Coilovers??

nineight · Post by **nineight** » August 07, 2003

ground controls with koni yellow shocks

JDM427 · Post by **JDM427** » February 23, 2004

Why not some Tein Flexs?

phan · Post by **phan** » February 23, 2004

munsterEK wrote:Personally I don't like sleeved coilovers. You take away from the ride quality of the springs when you adjust them to lower the car. Sure low springs will ride rough too, but at least the springs were made to ride at that rate. coilovers you're just smashing the spring.

...if that post made sense? haha.

tein flex owns that statement.

Post by **kotomile** » February 23, 2004

Munster, you're not compressing the spring when you lower the coilover, you're only moving it vertically about the shock, no harm in that.

-lowhatch52- · Post by **-lowhatch52-** » March 01, 2004

kotomile wrote:Munster, you're not compressing the spring when you lower the coilover, you're only moving it vertically about the shock, no harm in that.

no, actually with coil overs..you are compressing the spring because in order for you to get the low height that you want you have to crank it up making the spring smaller and stiffer.

Post by **kotomile** » March 01, 2004

No, to lower it you move the spring DOWN along the body of the shock. The spring compresses the same no matter what ride height you set it to, since when you move the spring the top perch follows, which is connected to the rod, which moves. Get it?

munster · Post by **munster** » March 01, 2004

Koto's right. I thought about the setup and when I installed sleeved coilovers. They do slide on the shock. I just didn't think before I posted.

They are still too damn stiff for my liking, though.

Post by **kotomile** » March 01, 2004

I thought I was the only one who posted w/o thinking?

I'm like the king of saying some dumb shit over at CHB.

munster · Post by **munster** » March 01, 2004

haha. I always do shit without thinking. That's why I have to do things three or four times.

First time you don't think, second time you only think about part of it, third time you think and do it wrong, fourth is ok.

Hatcher · Post by **Hatcher** » March 15, 2004

wouldyoupleasedie wrote:i heard on the kunk2 coil overs there is like a little flang on the bottom of mosts coil overs that usually sit down on the shock tower. and the skunk2 dont have this flange. witch isnt nothing major. i just heard sometimes they squeek a little if u hit a bump thats pretty big. i dont know if this is true i never owned a set or anything but this is what i was told from a local shop. :shrug:

Yea, the perch on skunk2's doesnt have a flange, it just ends with the threads. Man getting the perch out of the shock is a bitch! once you get skunk2's installed on a shock try to keep them on that shock because it's hard as fuck to get out. I think skunk2's would be real good for the track since they're kinda stiff (i wouldnt know though still have stock motor) but for daily driving it gets annoying sometimes. I personally wouldn't go with a sleeve type set up ever again. I'd just like one unit like Tein. for 100 bucks more I could've gotten Tein Super streets. I wouldn't go cheap on suspension, get rota's or fake oem shit for exterior I guess, but suspension is important especially for daily driving.