Advise on Coilovers


jdmsweden

jdmsweden

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JDM H22 swap EG5
As many already done here, i also want to ask for advise regarding suspension and your impressions from a few of the brands out there.

I have a civic EG with h22 and im going to get a trackoriented setup.

I have looked on several different possiblitys and come down to following: i want to spend about £1k less is of course good :)

The one o choose from right now are:
KW (v2/v3)
Meister R crd+
AMR (how are the custom service here, read a few really bad things on the net!!)
BC Racing BR
Ksport circuit

Where there is possible i want to change the springrate to about 10/12, this is going to be a car just for trackdays and the only street it will see is to and from the track.

What would you recomend and what experiences do you have of them?

I know a few is quite more expensive, are they worth it for a beginner?

Thank you in advance!
 
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Have you considered YellowSpeed, I've used them for the past 2 years and really rate them. For a purely track oriented car I would have thought that 10/12 is a little light. Is that 10f 12r? I was running 20f 16r, but that was perfect with a 225/50/15 as there's quite a bit of give in the tyre. What size rim/tyre are you using?
 
No never considerd them actully, never heard of them sort of :) will look them up!

Yes 10f and 12r i menat, wow 20 sounds stiff as h*ll :) might go upp to 12f 14r perhaps then. I know PIC runs that on the R3 kit.

Also found omnipower, any one has knowledge about them?
 
why do you want the front rates lower than the rear? all the weight is at the front. if its for track id speak to some of the companies and see what they can do as far as customizing the valve rates for harder springs.
 
elchunk said:
why do you want the front rates lower than the rear? all the weight is at the front. if its for track id speak to some of the companies and see what they can do as far as customizing the valve rates for harder springs.
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As long as the rates are stiff enough for the front then you can go a few kg harder on the rear to get a FWD car to turn in better. I wouldn't do that on a road car but a lot of race guys run rear biased rates
 
elchunk said:
why do you want the front rates lower than the rear? all the weight is at the front. if its for track id speak to some of the companies and see what they can do as far as customizing the valve rates for harder springs.
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The reason for harder in the rear is just beacuse i want to get a bit more oversteer and better tur in just as mentioned below.

Yeah good advise regarding the valve rate and i will do that!
SPek9 said:
As long as the rates are stiff enough for the front then you can go a few kg harder on the rear to get a FWD car to turn in better. I wouldn't do that on a road car but a lot of race guys run rear biased rates
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Spotify on as i said.
 
No it dosent really. Just have good quality.
 
You get what you pay for... :naughty:

From your short list I would go with either the KWs or the AMRs.

I would also consider the following quality options:

- Koni or Bilstein Sport shocks / Ground Conrol (race valving for high spring rates)
- PIC Performance

I would avoid cheap and colorful options with 12-24 clicks of so-called adjustability.

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Thank you for replay!

With AMR it seems to be good stuff but a bit worried after seeing a facebookpage that speak real bad of them as a company and claim they rip People off.

Kw is good stuff but just afraid the v2 will be to soft for track and the v3 a bit expensive :) PIC is another i heard good things about, do you have any personel experience of them?
 
I rode in a friend's EK4 with the PIC Select 8k/6k setup. It was confidence inspiring and handled well.

I have read dozens of positive PIC reviews. If you search on Google you'll find them!
I have also never heard anything negative about them, ever...

Beside the V1/2/3 options KW also offers customized stuff. Contact them and ask!

Regarding AMR, I remember reading about people encountering problems, but that was a while ago.
Maybe do a search for recent feedback, as AMR is a solid choice!

Let us know how you get along! :nice:

Oh and... :pics:
 
Thank you very much for feedback! I will look into PIC again but i think it will be the R3 kit with 12/14 springs due to its a trackcar.

Pics will come in a while, not a beautiful piece yet tho :)
 
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