coilovers

[barbadosbob]

Hi,

I'm looking at buying coilovers for my impreza, there have been some non branded kits on ebay brand new supplied by Uk performance, does anyone have any feedback on these items?

[MGZTV8]

Not sure about the ebay ones but can recommend Tein Super Streets.

Reasonably priced (at the time) and quality.

[peter8171]

Have BC Racing units on mine. Work really well, had a choice of spring rates (went for the lowest) and the damping adjustment does make a difference. Good value at about £700 (Ohlins units will see you back £3000+VAT). If you go too cheap and no brand, there is a strong chance you'll end up worse than the OE suspension.
If you can't afford this sort of money, bearing in mind the geometry will need to be reset as well, save up and get decent units rather than going for the cheapest you can.

[barbadosbob]

Thanks for that,

HAs anyone got an idea of base settings for the corner weighting the car. 98 type R

[MGZTV8]

barbadosbob said:

Thanks for that,

HAs anyone got an idea of base settings for the corner weighting the car. 98 type R

Sorry mate I'm not that technical but hopefully someone will help you out

[johninspain]

Had the bc kits and quite frankly they were utter carp compared to the bilstine kit I'm running now. Cheveron Motorsport Stafford are the boys to talk about suspention, what they don't know about setup isn't worth knowing.

If you look at the work they did to my type r on my thread on here, all that twisted in ZERO understeer wet or dry I have none, power overseer on the throttle

[paulmoonraker]

Tein are good quality and not too dear. BC are not as good, and the price difference is not that great to warrant getting them... Beware with coilovers, as it will make the ride very hard!