Anthing good about godspeed coilvers?
Aug 2, 2012, 09:14 AM
#16
Anyways, I've had Megan coilovers on my car before (bought the car with them on). Like a lot of coilovers, they rode stiff. After one year, all 4 shocks were blown, both the front coilovers were bent, and the locking nuts were seized and I could not lower the front anymore (it sat on stock height while the rear can be lowered a lot since the rear wasn't seized). In the end, they were terrible. And this was JUST ONE YEAR!
There, that's my review on re-packaged BC coils. If you want somewhat of a quality but don't want to break the bank, look into Stance or Fortune Auto. They at least have some TA winnings and are rebuildable (at least FA is, don't know about Stance).
Aug 3, 2012, 03:51 AM
#18
I have been using the Megan Streets (BC/Hello Kitty) coilovers for more than 2years and 20+k miles with zero issues. When I purchased mine it had the unpreferred spring rates, but now they are offered in the preferred spring rates. For a daily driver they are a good choice.
Aug 3, 2012, 05:10 AM
#19
Lots of truth in that. I have been tracking the evo for over 3 years, have a fair amount of track time and suspension mods and still feel there is more I can get out of my oem kyb w/ 68k miles and Robispec springs with more track experience under my belt.
Aug 3, 2012, 07:03 AM
#20
a good affordable coilover are Buddy Club racing specs, and Fortune Auto 500's. I ran both on my first EVO. I ran the Buddy Club's for 150,000+ miles of racing, daily driving, and general vehicular tomfoolery, took them off the car, cleaned them, and sold them. As far as I know they are still rolling strong. Never needed to be rebuilt or revalved. I replaced them with the Fortune Auto's and for the time I had them I liked them a lot. I plan to just race the EVO I have now on stock suspension for a while. I like being able to clear bumps and jump the car without any worries, so it'll probably be a while before I lower this one.
Aug 3, 2012, 08:16 AM
#21
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Yup, OEM with springs is more than enough for 90%+ on this site. There is no point in buying coilovers worse than the OEM components, thats just dumb.
Aug 3, 2012, 08:20 AM
#22
If you go cheap, go with Megan Racing "Track series" coilovers. I ran mine for about 8-12 track events and 20-25k street miles and they were still going when I sold them to a friend of mine. On socalevo's top 40 or top 25 list of fastest members on SoCal road courses you'll find me in the top 10 or 15 with the ohlins, kw, moton, ast, and jrz guys 
Last edited by L888Apex; Aug 3, 2012 at 08:22 AM.
Aug 5, 2012, 05:24 PM
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You get what you pay for.
Don't expect them to last long (maybe 10-20k miles depending on road conditions)
Don't expect the to last through winter in places where they salt roads or it snows and not have them rust together and not be adjustable
Don't be surprised if they bend / blow
If you are 100% aware you're buying soemthing cheap, go for it.
Don't expect them to last long (maybe 10-20k miles depending on road conditions)
Don't expect the to last through winter in places where they salt roads or it snows and not have them rust together and not be adjustable
Don't be surprised if they bend / blow
If you are 100% aware you're buying soemthing cheap, go for it.
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