hi guys, i was wondering what your opinions were on these two systems. i use my car 70 percent of the time on the track. i talked to the guys at r&dmotorsports and they reccomend the buddy club system because it hs 15 adjustments and the zeals have only 6. who's running either of these or what have you heard about them.

thanks

 

I've run Zealsn and TEIN's. TEINS have 16 adjustments and the ZEALs as you mentioned have 6. Zeals blow my TEIN HA's away. (I have B6's BTW).

The number aof adjustments is fairly irrellevant. It is more important what the softest and stiffest settings are and if the springs are match to that damping. Both are high quality so they should both be fine.

R&D markets Buddy Club much more than Zeal. I am sure if you call IPS you will get the Zeal side of things.

Looking at the Buddy Clubs they and the B6's have what I woudl consider a more important feature which is spring preload with heigh adjustment that is independent of shock stroke length.

Both are good choices. I woudl probably get the lesser exspensive.

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trey or anybody else, do you know what the spring rates are on the zeal b6s? i know the buddy clubs are 12front/8r

 

you have a choice of 10/6 or 12/8

 

hi trey,

which set up are you using? how does it handle.

 

I don't run either Buddy club or Zeal, I run Ohlins, and am running 800 in the rear and 1200 in the front, and I really like the way mine handle....

Although you my not want springs that are that stiff for the street. It really depends on your driving style. Often with very stiff springs, the car will give before the spring, that's what accounts for such a rough ride with some coilovers.....


Later,
Aj

 

aj, i'm thinking about running the same spring rates you have but, others have told me that they experienced some understeer. are you running a thicker swaybar in back? if so, jdm or mugen?

 

I'm actually on a tight budget and have the stock one still, although was looking into getting the Mugen one. As far as understeer goes, it's front wheel drive, and you'll always have some to some degree, but with those spring rates, driven correctly, the car rotates very nicely, and really doesn't plow almost at all. Any one who has compaints about understeer with very stiff coilovers, probably is just coming into the turns too fast, and isn't doing any trail braking to get the car to rotate a little.

Later,
Aj

 

Hey Trey how much are the tein ha they are not listed on the website are they discontinued?

 

HA's were discontinued when TEIN came to the US and the SS was released.

You can still get HA's from Japan but there are better setups in the US for what it would cost.

Trey