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Old May 6, 2013 | 08:00 PM
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Coilovers decision ge8

HI guys need ur help here to decide on set of Coilovers and i need to lock in in about two days. Mainly gonna use it for dd. Criteria is improve handling, look, and hopeffully durability. I want prolly lower 45mm front and 50 rear.

Which one should I choose
1. Tein street advance - thread type adjustable
2. Bc racing - fully adjustable to get more damper travel
3. Bilstein - progressive spring but no damping adjustability

I m more tend toward either of the first or second just because bilstein has no damping adjustibilty. However i know once i got it set up i wont ever adjust again. Is it better to have damping adjustibility .

And say for tein vs bc which one should i choose. Bc racing fully adjustible seem better but i cant find detail spec sich as spring rate for ge8. If i go with tein*ll bottkm out occur on me considering i wanna lower that much and I m a sensible driver

Thx guys
 
Old Sep 23, 2013 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueJazz
HI guys need ur help here to decide on set of Coilovers and i need to lock in in about two days. Mainly gonna use it for dd. Criteria is improve handling, look, and hopeffully durability. I want prolly lower 45mm front and 50 rear.

Which one should I choose
1. Tein street advance - thread type adjustable
2. Bc racing - fully adjustable to get more damper travel
3. Bilstein - progressive spring but no damping adjustability

I m more tend toward either of the first or second just because bilstein has no damping adjustibilty. However i know once i got it set up i wont ever adjust again. Is it better to have damping adjustibility .

And say for tein vs bc which one should i choose. Bc racing fully adjustible seem better but i cant find detail spec sich as spring rate for ge8. If i go with tein*ll bottkm out occur on me considering i wanna lower that much and I m a sensible driver

Thx guys
not sure if you already bought coils, however i use to run bc racing coilovers on my miata a lonngggg time ago and i really like them, rode super nice however people say any coilovers ride good on a miata. on my old xb i had ksport kontroll and i have no complaints, and my xb was slammed daily driver for about 20k miles before i put it back to stock and sold it. heres a pic for reference on the ksports this was first time out after install the front went about .25" lower after this pic was snapped.
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however on my ge8 i will be going with bc racing, hopefully before the year is over.
 

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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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For DD? Bilstein.

You don't need to adjust damping if the shocks are matched to the springs properly. The main reason for damping adjustment (IMO) it the ability to swap springs with higher rates. Every adjustable shock i've ever had I "tuned" it with the springs I was running and left it there.

Some people turn shocks down softer for street driving but that's a bandaid and a good way to blow shocks out.
 
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