suspension
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 3,045
Likes: 45
From: Las Vegas
I've been tracking the car (autocross and time trials) for about three years now.
I lowered the car with eibach pro-kit springs on OEM shocks about 2 months after purchasing. I chose them cause they were only slightly stiffer than stock and didn't slam the car...thus retaining a lot of the OEM handling characteristics.
I couldn't be happier, especially since the car is turning lap times that are faster or just slightly slower than cars with coilovers and/or aero.
I lowered the car with eibach pro-kit springs on OEM shocks about 2 months after purchasing. I chose them cause they were only slightly stiffer than stock and didn't slam the car...thus retaining a lot of the OEM handling characteristics.
I couldn't be happier, especially since the car is turning lap times that are faster or just slightly slower than cars with coilovers and/or aero.
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,152
Likes: 0
From: SoCal/GripWerks
Originally Posted by ///RS-2000' timestamp='1309452248' post='20735128
If you just purchased your S, I would leave it stock. I kept my car stock for about 2 years. The S is pretty great in stock form. After tracking my car I decided to upgrade the suspension. Again like many have pointed out it all depends what you want. If you just want a drop and are on the budget there are several lowering springs out there. If you want to slam your car there are many reasonably priced coilovers. If you want to auto-x or track there are several higher end coilovers out there. I suggest you go to a local S meet and ask someone with upgraded suspension for a ride. I'm on Megan Tracks and I like them. They are a good entry level coilover.
I started, unfortunately on megan track series(not unfortunately because they are megans, but because I bought the car with them on, but had the stocks included in the purchase) I eventually switched to stocks because I blew one of my megans and didn't want to pay to get it rebuilt... plus Megan was pretty bad with their customer service 3 years ago... I then realized that I wanted something more than stock, but a little more high quality than Megans (I loved the Megans until I road in a car with KW V3's) I got a GREAT price on my clubsports so I went with them when I had to replace my rear subframe.
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 17,234
Likes: 754
From: B'More Hon!
Originally Posted by Gilly_S2KFreak' timestamp='1309452423' post='20735141
[quote name='///RS-2000' timestamp='1309452248' post='20735128']
If you just purchased your S, I would leave it stock. I kept my car stock for about 2 years. The S is pretty great in stock form. After tracking my car I decided to upgrade the suspension. Again like many have pointed out it all depends what you want. If you just want a drop and are on the budget there are several lowering springs out there. If you want to slam your car there are many reasonably priced coilovers. If you want to auto-x or track there are several higher end coilovers out there. I suggest you go to a local S meet and ask someone with upgraded suspension for a ride. I'm on Megan Tracks and I like them. They are a good entry level coilover.
If you just purchased your S, I would leave it stock. I kept my car stock for about 2 years. The S is pretty great in stock form. After tracking my car I decided to upgrade the suspension. Again like many have pointed out it all depends what you want. If you just want a drop and are on the budget there are several lowering springs out there. If you want to slam your car there are many reasonably priced coilovers. If you want to auto-x or track there are several higher end coilovers out there. I suggest you go to a local S meet and ask someone with upgraded suspension for a ride. I'm on Megan Tracks and I like them. They are a good entry level coilover.
I started, unfortunately on megan track series(not unfortunately because they are megans, but because I bought the car with them on, but had the stocks included in the purchase) I eventually switched to stocks because I blew one of my megans and didn't want to pay to get it rebuilt... plus Megan was pretty bad with their customer service 3 years ago... I then realized that I wanted something more than stock, but a little more high quality than Megans (I loved the Megans until I road in a car with KW V3's) I got a GREAT price on my clubsports so I went with them when I had to replace my rear subframe.[/quote]
i agree with you there... which is why i went clubsport over V3, stiffer springs. I was used to 12kg/mm as well on my megans.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post