Coilovers

  1. Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1299 1.1 east coast mango/orange
    #1
    Whats the best cheapish coilovers that i can buy and people would recommend??
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2005 Milton Keynes Posts: 8504 Audi A1 S-Line, Mazda MX5 Kuro, Renault Clio 1.2,
    #2
    The Raceland ones are well cheap but they snap in half. You get what you pay for, if you want to be driving a death trap go for the cheapest.
  3. Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1299 1.1 east coast mango/orange
    #3
    Yeah but i want some that are good value and will last, but are a good price
  4. L-plater Joined: Jan 2010 Durham Posts: 41 saxo VTR 106 quicksilver (RIP)
    #4
    106pete had a guide on making custom coilover out of a set of v-maxx ones seems to be the best way without paying £300+ for a set
  5. Established Member Joined: Dec 2009 Essex Posts: 1006
    #5
    If you can't afford proper ones, dont bother at all.
  6. Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mikeyS View Post
    106pete had a guide on making custom coilover out of a set of v-maxx ones seems to be the best way without paying £300+ for a set
    but to make them good he probably ended up paying £300 odd quid....


    First decide whether you need coilovers. Virtually everyone I know with coilovers on a road car never adjusts them! You can buy a good conventional damper setup which will give better handling and ride for the same price as a bad coilover kit.
    If you are seriously into your trackdays then a coilover kit will allow you to run stiffer suspension without compromising ride height, but then you still want good handling characteristics of a good damper unit so need to spend more.

    A high quality conventional damper unit like the bilstein are lighter, control the car better and last longer.
    http://www.kamracing.co.uk/index.php...absorbers.html