well i have kg/mm race springs and koni yellows. the whole setup came out to about $750. i didn't need the adjustabitlity of height b/c you need to get alignment done every time you lower or raise the car. i knew how much the kg/mm race springs would drop the car and i was happy with that.

there are a couple people on this site that have this same setup and are very happy with it. good luck with whatever setup you choose.

 

how about with the tein flex set up...

More street/track -- and with the EDFC, adjustability couldn't be easier.

Razor -- I'm assuming that with the Flex setup, you won't have to get allignments every time you adjust?

 

changing the damper setting has nothing to do with alignment (maybe very slightly since suspension travel can be effected). anyways, as long as you don't lower and raise the car you'll be fine in terms of alignment settings.

 

I have a Koni/GC setup with about 1,000 miles on it. I`ll let it go for $775.000 and throw in an extra set of Eibach ERS springs for the track. You can choose the rate.

Ryan

 

We got the Buddy Club RS (with pillow ball upper mount version) on sale now in our site. We also get all the Tein models with very competetive pricing. PM me if you are interested.

 

The reason to go with the Koni/GC set up is that it is cheaper, arguably better quality and the Konis are superior to the shocks that come with most of the Japanese coilover kits. Do some more research by starting right here.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1104049

Then read the rest of this.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zeroforum?id=54

You can corner weight the GC's also. They are height adjustable.

 

You are right. Adjustability couldn't be easier. BUT, according to the shock dyno, most of the Japanese adjustable shocks may have quite a few levels of adjustment but adjusting from the softest to the firmest settings have almost no effect. Only the shock dyno can proove this.

 

The shock dyno information is fantastic. I, too, have brought quite a few of the "JDM" units in house to test on our dyno as well. Same results.

One thing that most people don`t think about is the spring. A cheap spring can be up to 10% out of quoted rate. Now imagine if you run 500-600lbs springs all around, but each one could be up to 10% (plus or minus) off the quoted rate. Imagine trying to set that car up. I`ve also seen quite a few of them sag within a month or so and break prematurely.

Just something to think about

Ryan

 

Damn, that's good info! Good to see at least one of the JDM brands tested. I'd really like to see more, at least 1 representative model from each brand (Zeal's done, so JIC, A'pex, Buddy Club, and Tein...I'd like to see at least a couple of Tein dynos...one for their twintube (Flex) and one for their monotube (RA/RE)).

Ryan: the H-T post said Eibach will do shock dynos for free. Is this still the case? If so, we should try to get as many s2ki and H-T members that are local in socal to bring their shocks to Eibach. If I knew about this sooner, I could've brought a set of JICs over from my old car.

 

Funny you mention JIC. They were actually one of the worst tested.