just waiting for the weather to get better and iam planning on getting coil overs for my car. which one should i get the tanabe sustec pro type II or the hayame coil over system? any help would be nice. or what kind of set up should i go for instead of these ones... budget not over 1000

 

Neuspeed/Koni SP3 shocks and Ground Control coilover sleeves. Depending on where you buy the pieces from it'll run you about $850 to $900.

The good thing about this setup is the SP3 shocks are shorter than stock-replacement Koni Sport shocks which helps to increase suspension travel on lowered cars. They also have damping which works with stiffer spring rates. The spring perches on the shocks are removable, and the Ground Control coilover sleeves are designed to mount in place of the spring perch.

A company called Truechoice sells a similar setup of shortened Koni Sport shocks and coilover sleeves as their Phase 2+ kit. It runs about $1600.

 

thx for the info.
sorry but iam jsut wondering whats wrong with the other two that i suggested?
correct me if iam wrong, isn't it better to buy a whole coil over system than trying to mix and match springs and shocks?

 

tein ss 800$ i shut up now =)

 

There's nothing "wrong" with most stuff out there. I just posted the setup which I think is the best for the money.

 

with this in mind.. (thx btw) for my application would the setup you suggested would still work. i want close to stock ride, good handling for daily driving and maybe in the future do some auto-xing/drag and its gotta look good with stock gsr rims (ninja stars)
iam torn between getting a full coil over system and going with shock/sprink combo. and to be honest i don't know anything about the spring rate shock revalving..blah blah blah. any help would be helpful.

 

Putting GC coilover sleeves on Koni shocks effectively creates a "full" coilover. The spring perch of the Koni shock is totally removed and replaced by the GC sleeve. The shortened shock works well with the lower-than-stock ride height, because it will gain back some suspension travel. I can't say the ride will be close to stock but it won't be intolerable.

As for coilovers versus shocks and springs, the only advantage performance wise that coilovers provide you is the ability to adjust your corner weights. Unless you put the car on a set of scales and dial in the corner weights they won't really do anything for you. However if you do have optimized corner weights that will provide you with more balanced handling regardless of which direction you're turning, instead of with plain springs which tend to make one direction better than the other (this is the case with stock springs as well).

 

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thx for all your help and informations guys!!

last and final question i guess as far as this thread goes.
where is a good place to get these parts (gc and koni)?
and ohh yea i'd like to install these parts myself. is it hard, is it do-able by a noob like me?

 

Keep in mind that plain Koni Sport shocks will be good, but Neuspeed-modified Koni shocks with SP3 in the part number are better. They're the ones that are shorter than stock and revalved, like I mentioned before. The best price I've seen on them are $510 for the set from tornactive.com. GC coilovers to work with Koni shocks are usually about $339 from any number of places.

Here are links to the pages for the exact items:

http://www.tornactive.com/pd_koni.cfm
http://www.tornactive.com/pd_ground_...it_integra.cfm

Dunno if they ship to Canada but hey, I'm not in Canada so I don't check into those kind of things.

As for installing them it is possible for a shadetree mechanic to do so. It takes a few hand tools, a couple jack stands, a spring compressor, and preferably a buddy who you have enticed to help you buy getting a case of beer.