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Old 30 November 2013, 07:26 PM
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Want to upgrad from OEM suspension on my 2002 Bug STi to coil overs, Scooby world have the BC series, with getting or other make?
Any comments/advise appreciated.
Old 30 November 2013, 07:36 PM
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I had my bc's fitted by them, seem ok, although wouldn't advise getting there geo setup done by them, took my car to get a service at chevron the day after and they checked the geo and said its all over the place
Old 30 November 2013, 08:00 PM
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I was going to ask about coil overs myself. I have noticed that nobody seems to mention Bilstein or KW which we all used on the Focus RS. Why is this? The BC's that seem to be popular are considered just a budget option and not in the same league as the two I mentioned.
Old 30 November 2013, 08:04 PM
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KW V3's are very very good, but obviously cost quite a bit more than the BC's

Depends on your budget.
Old 30 November 2013, 08:29 PM
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I find the BC's a good budget coilover, ive had KW's on another car and ride comfort etc was very good for the road
Old 30 November 2013, 09:08 PM
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Had Bc's on my for about a year and a half and ended hating them now have had KW v3's for about three year and love them, cost a lot more but 10 x better
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I can highly recommend KW Clubsport coilovers or Variant 3 if more road biased.
Old 30 November 2013, 09:47 PM
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As said kw, blisteins, tien monoflex if money no object or for budget I'd go for racing logics
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Originally Posted by Kartingsteve
Had Bc's on my for about a year and a half and ended hating them now have had KW v3's for about three year and love them, cost a lot more but 10 x better
I've had stanadard STI. Then prodrive lowering springs.
Then had AST and then BC coilovers.
Can't say I really noticed much difference between AST and BC, both OK but AST seemed to need rebuilding a lot, hence change to BCs.
What did you not like about the BCs?
Old 30 November 2013, 10:56 PM
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So it's just a case of budget then? I had the Bilstein B16's on my RS and they were superb.
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There's a group buy on meister R coilovers at the moment, and the bloke seems to know what he's talking about too, I have no experience of them but they look nice and shiny.
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
There's a group buy on meister R coilovers at the moment, and the bloke seems to know what he's talking about too, I have no experience of them but they look nice and shiny.
They are good in the mx5 and Honda world for fast rd but there's been no expire nice in the Subaru world. My guess is that they'd be ok on classics but new ages would need different springs to suit.
However I'm pretty sure their a rebranded bc

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I've had the BCs on for a year and a half and they're fine for me. I must admit mine were custom ones. I ordered long travel ER series with plusher internal damping and they transformed my car. I had the GEO done too which always helps but the ride quality is so much better. Having the separately adjustable compression and rebound helps too.

I used 6kg/5kg springs with assister flat springs on but have recently changed to 5kg/4kg for a smoother ride. Can't fault. The crappy roads haven't caused any corrosion either.
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