I was reading on another thread that the zipties could potentially fail as the coil compresses and wears it down. Have you had the same issue? I'm not too concerned about the ride quality, I know it will be about 2 times as stiff as it is now, but it will be worth it if I feel more connected to the road and get any better performance out of it.

 

Thats the reason why I ziptied it to the last bottom coil. In case it does compress/expand, the bottom coil is unaffected.

 

As far as the front goes, that's with all three collars in and about 1/8" to go. You can only go a hair lower than I was or else the bottom of the coilover will run into the axle.

The upper bolt attaching the hub on the BuddyClub's are slotted, I'm managing to pull -2.2 degrees out of it on stock bolts.
Specs up front are 17x7 et32 205/40 rear is 17x7.5 et32 205/40. At that height I had rubbing issues up front even with no fender liner and my fenders pulled out like crazy, and the rears would rub when I had anything in the trunk or any passengers with me. With 195/40's the front shouldn't have issues, I suppose you can pull off 205/40s but with the amount of pulling on the fender it'd look odd. I also had to cut the front bumper tab off because it rested on the tire itself.

I'm addressing the rears below v v


Fronts are fine with all collars in, if you start taking them out you'll run into issues with the axle which I showed above.

I tried running the rears with the perch in but it made too much noise. Yeah, the spring sat a bit better, but not enough of a difference to sacrifice the noise it'd make over bumps. I did take the entire perch out instead, and used 5 metal zipties per side to hold the spring in place. It would seat where it needs to, but since the spring was designed to go into a collar, it didn't sit perfectly against the top of the mount. The driver side was fine, but the passenger side worried me. It was a bit too much to the right so it seated a bit crooked against the car. I don't see any "major" issues with it doing so, but that's up to you.

This is with one collar in the rear, maxed out up front:


Another thing to note is that you're almost riding on the bump stops with no rear perch in. The ride was pretty rough on the freeway, even worse with anything in the back. I raised it back up because of the issues that came with it. I bottomed out on every single speed bump I came across, I had to avoid steep driveways because I got stuck on one, certain streets weren't smooth enough so I had to avoid those or else I'd bottom out, and after a week I just felt bad for the damage I was doing to the car. I may go lower again in the future (mainly cause I just love how it looks) but I just want to give a heads up on what comes with rolling that low, unless I just live in a really shitty area.

 

That's why I used metal zipties. Don't tighten them as snug as possible, just so the spring can't pop out. I haven't had any issues, I still have the ties in place with perch/collars back in.

 

Low is a lifestyle for sure. Not one I'm too keen on living. Super low that is. I like being at just the right height where I can get everywhere I need to. But vanct, your car does look great the way it is. Don't rush into gettin coils if you have doubts.

 

 

Cliffs: Don't buy Buddy Club.

 

They're pretty great. Just as good as anything else you'll get for $1000~1200.

 

Nothing is good in that range, at least for the Fit.

 

So you're telling me I'm an idiot and my coilovers are really pieces of shit? Somehow you know better than the guy who actually has them...

 

You do you. I wouldn't settle for them.

 

you settled for a Fit though...

 

I'd say the BuddyClubs are the best in its price range. I mean, come on, you're comparing them to Function&Forms, D2's, Megans, etc. I haven't had a single issue with them, they just don't like going low.

 

^ Exactly. I love 'em. Buddy Club is a very well respected racing company and they make fine products. The N+ are made for racing tho, as are all BC products, so yeah they aren't too keen on being slammed.

 

I don't think any high quality coil over is designed to go low besides HKS.

 

Compared to those things, stock suspension feels good man.

In what world? Where is Buddy Club a very well respected racing company?

I'm not trying to argue, but I've really never heard anyone short of the SHG nerds on Honda-Tech and people on this site sing the praises of Buddy Club.

 

Not alot of choices for people that don't wanna spend over $1500. Whats out there?
Buddy Club-$1000
AMR-$1500
HKS-$1500-$1800
Bilstein-$1100

 

If you're going to bring 'well respected' and 'racing' into play, Bilstein and HKS are the only ones that merit even the slightest consideration.

Also, could a mod/admin please break this off into a separate thread? We've taken this thread WAY off-topic.

 

Maybe we've done enough arguing and thread jacking.

 

Thanks for the writeup and accompanying pictures, this helps a lot. -2 degrees camber sounds good, I don't really want to run much more than that. My wheels are 17x7 et37, so I might be able to cut it close with my 205/40s with a decent roll and pull. I should probably know what this is, but what do you mean by front bumper tab? Is it simple to cut or did you need powered cutting tools?

While that definitely deserves it's own thread, you guys bring up a good point. I'm all about having more quality and legit parts (ignore the fake Bride seats lol), so if something is worth it, I'd rather save up to get something a bit better. I may have a chance to pick up a used set of HKS S-Style X later this year, so I'd be going from lowest springs to lowest coilovers lol.