How to stop sliding
07-25-2011, 12:06 AM
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The spoiler's crazy but I'm thinking about selling my rear diffuser or some how verify they're the ones that makes noise on my car (when ever I go over 100km/h they make some squeeky noise).
Help me pick, I have 2 options. KW V3 for $1200-1300 shipped or locally Tein Monoflex for $1000 or so.
The tires have 85%+ life, pretty much new when I got it with the rims.
ZDan, thanks for your great advice, I'll go to SpeedStar and get that alignment you suggested after I get my coilovers.
Help me pick, I have 2 options. KW V3 for $1200-1300 shipped or locally Tein Monoflex for $1000 or so.
The tires have 85%+ life, pretty much new when I got it with the rims.
ZDan, thanks for your great advice, I'll go to SpeedStar and get that alignment you suggested after I get my coilovers.
07-25-2011, 01:30 AM
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honestly i say tein between the 2,but imho i would pick koni/gc w. custom rates,bilstein,or ark. i have ark coilovers seem a bit stiff for dd(which i dd my car btw)but i just had it set to race stiff on the damper all the time recently when not at the track i goto each corner and turn it down one click for around town,not bouncy and not as harsh.and just turn it back for track...id check the alignment tho at least in the rear.most places do alignment checks for free then you only pay if you get one done...pm me if you plan to sell your diffuser lolz
07-25-2011, 04:16 AM
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Why wouldnt you pick the v3? Depending on how hard you turn in, for how hard it dampens on this coilover. Thats a feature found mostly on very expensive coilovers.
07-25-2011, 07:44 AM
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07-25-2011, 08:54 AM
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You mentioned not being on the brakes or on the gas. You should be partly on the brakes or on the gas for most of the corner. Only for a brief instant will you be neither on the brakes some amount nor on the gas some amount. As I mentioned above, your line needs to allow you to begin to get on the gas just past apex, and stay on the gas all the way through.
07-25-2011, 11:07 AM
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honestly i say tein between the 2,but imho i would pick koni/gc w. custom rates,bilstein,or ark. i have ark coilovers seem a bit stiff for dd(which i dd my car btw)but i just had it set to race stiff on the damper all the time recently when not at the track i goto each corner and turn it down one click for around town,not bouncy and not as harsh.and just turn it back for track...id check the alignment tho at least in the rear.most places do alignment checks for free then you only pay if you get one done...pm me if you plan to sell your diffuser lolz
Go with what he said, I hear great things from koni/gc w custom rates. I would say KWv3 since I do own a set but, since you don't track much don't waste the money and I doubt you would want to mess around with the compression/rebound settings often.
I have KWv3's installed on my car but don't daily my car. I have the settings pretty stiff (used billy settings with minor adjustments and a UK spec alignment). That wouldn't make for a comfortable ride depending on road conditions.
Check your alignment first thing.
07-25-2011, 11:34 AM
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Oh, it's an 03. I did brake during the turn but after the turn it was when it started to slip. In track school, I believe they said if I started to slip (spin out) RWD= let go of gas not to gas it. That's what I learned.
PS:I have stock suspension and getting coilovers soon so I dont want to waste $120 on an alignment.
PS:I have stock suspension and getting coilovers soon so I dont want to waste $120 on an alignment.
Why, tell me why, you'd rather spend 10-15times the cost of an alignment and get a 'new suspension'? If your alignment is off currently, a new suspension isn't going to correct things at all.
There is zero sense in spending the money for KWV3's or any other suspension and/or coil overs until you have mastered the stock suspension.
