Coilovers vs lowering springs
 

Hi just wondring what's best and what brand to go for .

Unless it is a track car don't consider coilovers un less spending over 1500quid

Depends on what you intend to use the car for. Can you be more specific?

10 or so track days a year and then day to day

Get ya wallet out for some proper quality coilovers then and I dont mean BCs lol

Yep anything this side of 1500 quid is going to make you want to burn the car to the ground if you drive it day to day....

Very true, I must be getting old but standard shocks with springs ride much better than any cheap coilover out there :thumb:

You are 100% right. And having tested said theory on a hill climb found them to actually be slightly faster at moderate levels.

At high power decent coilovers will give you the edge.

The EXE-TC's I have fitted now feel OE even on 30 clicks! (Out of 40)

A set of genuine widetrack shocks with red prodrive springs on tbay at the moment perfect for day to day don't know bout track tho:wonder:

I had BCs - got rid of them after a month. Crashy, terrible ride quality, generally rubbish!

I then tried KYB Ultra SR shocks with Eibach 30mm lowering springs, which were slightly better but I still found the ride too hard. I wasn't impressed with the Eibach springs. If I were to do it again, I'd probably try Tein springs.

If you do go for springs, I wouldn't go for more than a 30mm drop.

Ok so what spring are good thanks

Before you rule out coilovers, quite a few people (me included) have had the meister r's fitted. I think they're very, very good. My car is a daily drive and the only car in the family so it's also the kids taxi and these coilovers have done everything from trips round Wales fully loaded, with kids and luggage, to b road blasts cross country. Once they are set up they are great.
Here are some other people's reviews.

https://www.scoobynet.com/suspension...-r-review.html

This. My springs (Eibach) with KYB's were harsher that my current coils (Meister Rs). Mine's a daily and is fine with then Meisters. Good value too.

The problem with this sort of question is that one man's acceptable ride is another's nightmare. The Tein Super Streets I have on mine are in the nightmare category (for me) and will be going soon. A bit of wallet bashing beckons.
Another obvious point is that coilovers have adjustable ride height and, within limits, adjustable damping. With springs you're stuck with what they give you.

I'm another happy with meister coilovers, I had standard kyb with some lowering springs as it came from Japan and now after I switched to meister I can honestly say that they're more comfy than previous setup and with coilovers you can play with own height/damping

I've got HSD's on mine, running v.low on the softest setting. And they're still very hard! But then the car handles amazingly with its geometry settings. So despite the fact I break my back in day to day driving, it's worth it for the times when you're moving a bit quicker. As someone said above, depends what you're willing to compromise on.

I looked long and hard at the HSD's. The reviews across all the forums for HSD and meister r came out pretty equal, but the meister r discount code plus some very good endorsements from other people on here just swung it for me.