Wheels or Suspension upgrade first?
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Originally Posted by GChambers,Dec 19 2004, 12:31 PM
Do they suck? No.
Is there better for less money? Definitely!
I would recommend searching a bit in the Racing and Competetion area and seeing what their opinions of the Tiens and other Japanese Coilovers are. Also, surf the Honda Tech Racing and Autocross forums. The consensus is that if you want Coilovers, go big bucks and get JRZ's or Motons. If you don't have that kind of money(like me) get a set of Koni Yellow shocks and some Ground Controls. If you do some research of the shocks and how they perform on the shock dynos, you will find that Koni shocks far outperform all the mid range Japanese coilovers such as Tien or Buddy Club. Yea, there are going to be a lot of people tell you how great their Tiens are but these people do not autocross or track their cars.
I paid about $580 for my Koni's and I have priced Ground Controls for my S2000 for under the $399 suggested retail price. Plus, getting custom spring rates for the Ground Controls is very easy and cheap.
Good luck.
Is there better for less money? Definitely!
I would recommend searching a bit in the Racing and Competetion area and seeing what their opinions of the Tiens and other Japanese Coilovers are. Also, surf the Honda Tech Racing and Autocross forums. The consensus is that if you want Coilovers, go big bucks and get JRZ's or Motons. If you don't have that kind of money(like me) get a set of Koni Yellow shocks and some Ground Controls. If you do some research of the shocks and how they perform on the shock dynos, you will find that Koni shocks far outperform all the mid range Japanese coilovers such as Tien or Buddy Club. Yea, there are going to be a lot of people tell you how great their Tiens are but these people do not autocross or track their cars.
I paid about $580 for my Koni's and I have priced Ground Controls for my S2000 for under the $399 suggested retail price. Plus, getting custom spring rates for the Ground Controls is very easy and cheap.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by GChambers,Dec 19 2004, 10:31 AM
Do they suck? No.
Is there better for less money? Definitely!
I would recommend searching a bit in the Racing and Competetion area and seeing what their opinions of the Tiens and other Japanese Coilovers are. Also, surf the Honda Tech Racing and Autocross forums. The consensus is that if you want Coilovers, go big bucks and get JRZ's or Motons. If you don't have that kind of money(like me) get a set of Koni Yellow shocks and some Ground Controls. If you do some research of the shocks and how they perform on the shock dynos, you will find that Koni shocks far outperform all the mid range Japanese coilovers such as Tien or Buddy Club. Yea, there are going to be a lot of people tell you how great their Tiens are but these people do not autocross or track their cars.
I paid about $580 for my Koni's and I have priced Ground Controls for my S2000 for under the $399 suggested retail price. Plus, getting custom spring rates for the Ground Controls is very easy and cheap.
Good luck.
Is there better for less money? Definitely!
I would recommend searching a bit in the Racing and Competetion area and seeing what their opinions of the Tiens and other Japanese Coilovers are. Also, surf the Honda Tech Racing and Autocross forums. The consensus is that if you want Coilovers, go big bucks and get JRZ's or Motons. If you don't have that kind of money(like me) get a set of Koni Yellow shocks and some Ground Controls. If you do some research of the shocks and how they perform on the shock dynos, you will find that Koni shocks far outperform all the mid range Japanese coilovers such as Tien or Buddy Club. Yea, there are going to be a lot of people tell you how great their Tiens are but these people do not autocross or track their cars.
I paid about $580 for my Koni's and I have priced Ground Controls for my S2000 for under the $399 suggested retail price. Plus, getting custom spring rates for the Ground Controls is very easy and cheap.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by chrisboiii,Dec 19 2004, 06:09 PM
Where'd you get Konis for $580?
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Originally Posted by chrisboiii,Dec 19 2004, 05:09 PM
Where'd you get Konis for $580?
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Originally Posted by FF2Skip,Dec 19 2004, 11:49 PM
BTW, by doing the above mentioned, you will not necessarily improve handling. The stock setup is quite capable.
You took words right out of my mouth.
But what can you do. Alot of people associates droping their car with better handling.
Instead of wasting money into these mods which may not improve the car's handling, perhaps it is wiser idea to spend money on hyperformance driving school and HPDE events. or better yet, attend local SCCA auto x events.
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