What coilovers are you running?

[808e30325i]

Been slammed on D2's since 2008 not one problem with them since new, but will be changing to Broadway's next month to go lower.

[sticksdaman]

You live and learn, then you get GC's.



Owned a GC/Bilstein setup for 4+ years.
Broke a rear spring last year. Contacted GC, they sent 2 new rear springs no questions asked. Life time customer now.

[fight4life28]

Full Ground Control coil overs with koni stocks, Big difference coming come some cheap eibach springs with the cheapest KYB shocks. I will never go back.

[AndrewBird]

BC and Megan are made in the same factory on different days. There's a long-standing bitchfest about the CATuned ones also being from there, with no hard evidence either way.

are you looking to go lower, or to make your car handle properly?

There is plenty of evidence that CATuned coilovers are BCs, all you have to do is look. They are IDENTICAL in every way, even the QC sticker on the bottom of the strut. To think they are not the same is ludicrous.

The only hard evidence that was never given was from CATuned that they aren't BCs.

[jrockbk]

I love my ground controls couldn't be happier

[SkiFree]

False. Do some research. IMO I would run BCs unless you're going to drop the cash on KWs.

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showth...hensive-Review

I'm sorry, but you've got to try harder if you're just joining. Bor-chuan (B.C.) makes both the BC's and Megans (along with a host of other private labeled offerings). YOU are false (note that "review" does not actually dispute this).

I (through the company I work for) was initially offered to be an initial u.s. supplier for the "megan" and/or "bc" e30 setups. We were also offered to do our own brand via private-labeling. Needless to say I passed given the results of these compared to what we already made (even though the bc/megan profit margin was very enticing).

It's not that they are "bad", there are just much better options for the same (or less) money.

[brshelton]

BC and Megan are made in the same factory on different days. There's a long-standing bitchfest about the CATuned ones also being from there, with no hard evidence either way.

are you looking to go lower, or to make your car handle properly?

False. Do some research. IMO I would run BCs unless you're going to drop the cash on KWs.

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/159029-BC-Racing-Coilovers-Comprehensive-Review

[Madhatter]

Yeah. Don't buy any till you get your suspension in and see what it feels/handles like first. Then go from there with setup.

[jrockbk]

What coilovers are you running?

Ordered the ground control setup with 525# front and 750# rears with koni race shocks, any suggestions on sway bars?

[Northern]

I have a GC setup, and a setup of German Engineering coilovers/Koni Sports/Ground Control race plates without sectioned housings, but I plan to section the housings in the future and run shorter konis.

I love both setups, but I would go ground control if I went back and did it again just for the simplicity of getting everything in one place.


I'm not a fan of the chinese setups, and I'm under the assumption that they're all the same (Because they all look the same except for colour, and are cheap as hell) but I sat along in a friend's BRZ that ran a BC setup, and it worked well. Plus there's that E30 guy in Australia doing hillclimbs on a set of BC's with no issues.

[M-technik-3]

H&r

[Mistawall]

i just got some Kws, area they really as great as everyone says?

[Madhatter]

it has been asked a few times before though. Opinions on people running them for a period of time I mean.

BC's are made in taiwan. I know about half a dozen people who run them, all sorts of different spring rates, and have been happy with them. I've had mine in for quite awhile now, they perform well, though I do have the "infamous" BC rattle in one of the rears. The damper continues to work as it should though. I've had them out on the track and they perform even better than on the road as I feel 8kg/10kg split is far too stiff for roads with lots of bumps and pot holes. You end up riding right over the top of the bumps which really upsets the handling of the car. If you want something to track and daily drive, id probably look at going 6kg/8kg split and fine tune things with swaybars and damper settings if you find it's not quite stiff enough. With 6kg/8kg springs and the dampers set about half way, it was pretty comfortable to drive on the street. Stiff, but still with plenty of travel and cushioning to absorb the bumps. With 8kg/10kg springs now it's a little much to drive every day on bad roads, even on the track I've complete removed my rear swaybar as the car was way, way too twitchy. Running a 23mm swaybar on the front now as I didn't like the ride or response with the dampers set to hard, so on the track i've backed them off a bit and went a little stiffer with the bar. Feels much better now.

If you want a cheap setup with proper base height adjustments, then I think you could do much worse than buy them. I figured, if I got 4 or 5 years out of them, for the price, it is pretty cheap. Then we'll see just how difficult they are to rebuild and revalve once they crap out. In theory, anyone should be able to rebuild them, even if it means replacing everything internally. The adjusters are never going to be an issue, they look like they will last for ever.

[Andy.B]

If that was your intention then I apologize, I got an attitude at the comment that I was told to google it and given a e30 coilovers 101 like I didn't already research the topic and you didn't really answer my question with an opinion on a brand. I felt as if you where trying to shut me down as a noob. Like I said if your intentions were in fact genuine then no harm no foul. I hate how people on r3v get super high and mighty and shit on people's threads so I just snap reacted because I didn't know you. I'm always gonna keep it real and if I'm wrong I apologize

SkiFree might refrain from speculation on particular brands, seeing as he might otherwise be accused of being a 'little' biased.

He really hit the nail on the head though. Pretty much all of the kits are slightly different ways to get the same result. Spring rates and shocks are what matter, not adjuster brand a vs adjuster brand b.

Just avoid generic 'made in china' shocks and mystery rate springs (like jom or raceland), and it will be fine.

[kronus]

I hate how people on r3v get super high and mighty and shit on people's threads so I just snap reacted because I didn't know you.

that's exactly why these threads turn to shit so often. assume good faith, people, come on.