Installed : JOM Coilovers

[mach schnell]

Pics of the coilovers/parts before they went on the car?

[CabrioPunk]

Mostly for looks.

[drummerchubbs]

No. I recently drove an old car of mine that I sold with a set of JOMs. The rear is so so but the front is floppy as hell. Shocks are not valved anywhere near enough. IMO the suspension is very unbalanced even for street use. IMO IMO IMO.

Ok thanks for the honest answer. I will do occasional drifting but mostly just for looks.

[shiboujin]

Car looks great!!!

Are these stiff enough to drift decently?

No. I recently drove an old car of mine that I sold with a set of JOMs. The rear is so so but the front is floppy as hell. Shocks are not valved anywhere near enough. IMO the suspension is very unbalanced even for street use. IMO IMO IMO.

[drummerchubbs]

Car looks great!!!

Are these stiff enough to drift decently?

[CabrioPunk]

^ Id recommend just cutting the front springs off. Skip over the compressor tool. They were trash bound anyhow.

[mitchlevy7]

just did the same install on my vert. the stock springs were such a pain in the ass.
but im suprised of the quality of the ride. i don't plan on doing anything really more then daily driving. very good buy for 400 bucks. id reccomend using good spring compressors.

im also planning on taking out the adjusters in the front and the perch in the back, but my oil pan is like 4 fingers from the ground right now

[CabrioPunk]

Those wheels. What are they?

Hotness.

Thank you. They are missing their center caps. I just haven't put them back on.

They are 16x7.5 ET30. Stamped Borbet but marketed by their off-shoot CW. The caps had CW logs on them but removed for powdercoating. Very similar to Borbet Type C just without the exposed lugs. I do not know their name or much else about them

When I got them (chickened out powdering them white):

[CabrioPunk]

hindsight is 20/20 ;)


I would have cut off the stock perch, too. Installed these on a friends car and adjusting was a bitch with the stock perch still on

I am happy with the height and intend to keep it there. I no longer need the adjustability. Yes, the perch would get in the way of adjustments. The provided tool doesn't make adjustment much easier.

I just guessed a height, matched the two adjusters the same, and put them on. I really lucked out to get their height. Very drivable. No gaping wheel well.

[dude8383]

Those wheels. What are they?

Hotness.

[acolella76]

hindsight is 20/20 ;)


I would have cut off the stock perch, too. Installed these on a friends car and adjusting was a bitch with the stock perch still on

[CabrioPunk]

For installing, found out it is easier to cut the old ones out than dealing with a shitty AutoZone spring compressor. Everything else should just slip in. Oh hindsight....

[acolella76]

Awesome. It looks great! I will be installing these sometime in the near future.

[shiboujin]

I didn't say they didn't work well for what you wanted. I just said I didn't like them, you asked why, and I answered.

If you want to drop your car on the cheap, this def works great. That's why I have my set and don't plan on selling it.

[CabrioPunk]

If I wanted a race car, I wouldn't have gone vert. Go spend all your money on parts internet cool guy.

Yes, a method to drop my car. Happens it rides very nicely as well.

Technically, I don't need to daily. I have three other cars. This is a fair weather, joy ride car.

To keep the thread on topic....For anyone else, not too good for a budget suspension, these work well. I think there are others here that daily them happily. If I were to say they are HR Springs and Konis guys would say oh, wow, hella cool. Maybe they are, can you tell?