Need knowledge about certain coilovers/shocks...
I would suggest then that you spend the money up front for a good set of coilovers. As i said before, suspension is really such a subjective thing that i wouldn't try to steer you towards one particular model. I would think the FLT-A2's would be pretty good for your purpose, but there are lots of other companies with fine products too ie) Tein, Buddy Club. Just know that if you want coilovers that will excel on the track, you are going to be using spring rates that will be very high (8-14 kg/m) and the ride will be quite uncomfortable on the street ; just how uncomfortable depends on a number of factors, not the least of which is you and what you determine to be too harsh. You may also want to research a little about the North American vs. Japanese school of thoughts on suspension setups. I'm no expert on this but the Japanese prefer to use higher spring rates up front than in the rear with a relatively level body height and more -ive camber in front to get the car to turn. Whereas the North American school of thought seems to be with using higher spring rates in the rear than front and having the front sit a little lower than the rear to promote a more oversteering friendly balance. I really would suggest that you ask around alot before you buy and if you can, find someone who has the coilovers you are considering on their car and get a ride in it, or talk to someone who has or has had them and get their opinions on them. There's probably nothing worse than buying an expensive set of coilovers and discovering that you don't like them afterall and having to sell them at a loss.
A lot of people have had recent problems with the JIC's when ordered with custom rates and there stock rates are setup for JDM "setup" (higher front rate and a lot of alignment changes and tuning instead of the american racing way, higher rates in back and normal alignment setups). I would run Buddy Club's if I wanted to be a JDM Whore and not spend too much money. The Mugen N0 is well rated as well.
IMO (and experience) Bilstein or the new Koni's with Ground Controls will beat most of the JDM setups and cost less. There's a reason people use them and it's not because they couldn't afford the couple hundred extra.
There are some VERY good JDM suspension configurations, but there are more that are worse than Bils/Koni and GCs than better.
IMO (and experience) Bilstein or the new Koni's with Ground Controls will beat most of the JDM setups and cost less. There's a reason people use them and it's not because they couldn't afford the couple hundred extra.
There are some VERY good JDM suspension configurations, but there are more that are worse than Bils/Koni and GCs than better.
Thanks a lot guys. I still have a question in mind though, other than the JIC FLTA2 coilover suspension, what other coilovers out there say from tein mugen etc or just basically tein then meets the kind of suspension im looking for?


