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if the ksports are significantly cheaper than $833.25 shipped ..... roll the dice and give it a try. one thing is for sure, there is a strange lack of reviews on ksport coilovers, for honda fit

 

 

just for referencing "secret squirrel" (which im sure 90% of people here dont know what/who that is), I'm gonna rate the thread a 5 star

 

 

 

I vote victor goes for the k sports. it'd be nice to have a ff member, provide a decent review

 

This has nothing to do with quality. Spring rate and shock design is where this resides and K sports are tuned more more track, stance crowd. If you want comfort stick with a lower spring rate coil over. I had KW's on a Civic and they were stiff but they were meant to run on the track and had nothing to do with build quality.

How did they hold up to daily driving? (adjust for west coast and southern states. New England and rust belt)
How many miles on them?
Any issues with coil bind?
Customer service if you had to contact them?

I can say my KW's I had on my Civic looked damn near new when I took them off to sell them and I bought them used but they use high quality metal and a special coating. My Teins had less mileage and years on them and didn't look as good. The Tein's for the Fit are soft IMO and you could feel it around corners and over bumps. The K sport are probably stiffer then most so look for spring rates and shock design. Are you going to run a hella flush setup with no wheel gap? Then go stiffer. Are you tracking? Go stiffer. Are the roads you drive frequently trash? Go softer? Lots of things to take into consideration.

Give them a try and see how you like them. Suspension comfort and handling is personal thing that until you try it out you won't know for sure.

 

the other day golnat, someone told me "tein sucks" .... I immediately responded with:

-tein flex? basics? tein super compacts? etc
-mono tube? twin tube?
-fully adjustable? thread type?

surprise surprise.... they knew nothing of the above. all they know is ... too stiff, cant go that low, rides bouncey.... lol

 

Lol, exactly. Companies get bad reviews because it didn't meet peoples expectations on things that are either subjective or out of the design the company was going for.

Now that I have had fully adjustable sleeve style coil overs (Tein) and regular ones (KW) I prefer the sleeve style. Twin tube and softer springs for daily but when I went really low the soft springs would cause rubbing issues (not Teins fault). Also changing bushings and top hats changes the subjective ride comfort. Many mods you just have to try it and if you don't like it sell it. Of course comparing the same coil over for two different cars is difficult as they will be different.

 

 

for $222 .. .... damn worth a shot

 

 

wow dude...snag em....if you dont plan to go full drop on them *. thats the price of lowering springs. it seems to good to be true, but the listing implies fronts and rears since its listing spring rates for both.

about a month back i got a tanabe touring medalion on amazon for $200...listing said one left just like those coilovers do..i was sure i was going to get a scratch n dent or something but got a muffler in perfect condition. they might be sitting on someones shelf and theyre tired of looking at them. just make sure when you click buy the price is the same...ive had stuff sitting in my basket before that went up in price.

* the only thing i remember hearing bad about ksports coilovers, and i dont remember which model it was, but in the scion xa/xb world a couple of dudes had them, and the shocks or struts would blow when they went full drop. i cant remember how soon, but i believe it took at least several months. they had to do the whole thing of sending the unit(s) back to ksport to see if it fell into their "warranty" for replacement, which would take weeks to get something back. of course these are 2 different car makes, but the xa/xb was strut up front and beam out back, the same as a Fit...just some info to keep in mind.

 

Wow that price is crazy!! Amazon will back you up at least if it is not what is advertised.

This is a good point to consider. One reason I went with the FLex Z. They are not rebuild-able but I don't want to take it off the car, put stock back on, send it to Tein (California of course), then put it back on. If it blows out of warranty send them money and they send you a new shock for cheaper and faster then shipping the bad one to them.

 

 

 

$214 .... its getting more tempting isnt it

 

 

ya snooze .... ya ..... dont get a steal on coilovers.


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