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Firstly....What's the purpose of your Coilover requirement?
Track Days, Sprints, 1/4 Mile, Nurburgring Trip?
Secondly....Avoid coilovers if you're just wanting better handling on UK roads. They are rock hard, bouncy on b roads, and back breaking over potholes not to mention generally just plain uncomfortable. Perfect for super smooth roads though like a circuit
Thirdly.....My recommend would be for Bilstein adjustable dampers with Eibach springs. Perfect for crappy UK roads, pretty good on track, and will make a trip to and around the Ring a long but comfortable and enjoyable journey with no bounce. More important though is they are more compliant than coilovers but still offer great control and they are so much nicer to drive on than coilovers.
Track Days, Sprints, 1/4 Mile, Nurburgring Trip?
Secondly....Avoid coilovers if you're just wanting better handling on UK roads. They are rock hard, bouncy on b roads, and back breaking over potholes not to mention generally just plain uncomfortable. Perfect for super smooth roads though like a circuit
Thirdly.....My recommend would be for Bilstein adjustable dampers with Eibach springs. Perfect for crappy UK roads, pretty good on track, and will make a trip to and around the Ring a long but comfortable and enjoyable journey with no bounce. More important though is they are more compliant than coilovers but still offer great control and they are so much nicer to drive on than coilovers.
ScoobieWRX said:
Firstly....What's the purpose of your Coilover requirement?
Track Days, Sprints, 1/4 Mile, Nurburgring Trip?
Secondly....Avoid coilovers if you're just wanting better handling on UK roads. They are rock hard, bouncy on b roads, and back breaking over potholes not to mention generally just plain uncomfortable. Perfect for super smooth roads though like a circuit
Thirdly.....My recommend would be for Bilstein adjustable dampers with Eibach springs. Perfect for crappy UK roads, pretty good on track, and will make a trip to and around the Ring a long but comfortable and enjoyable journey with no bounce. More important though is they are more compliant than coilovers but still offer great control and they are so much nicer to drive on than coilovers.
Sound advice from ScoobieWRX. Track Days, Sprints, 1/4 Mile, Nurburgring Trip?
Secondly....Avoid coilovers if you're just wanting better handling on UK roads. They are rock hard, bouncy on b roads, and back breaking over potholes not to mention generally just plain uncomfortable. Perfect for super smooth roads though like a circuit
Thirdly.....My recommend would be for Bilstein adjustable dampers with Eibach springs. Perfect for crappy UK roads, pretty good on track, and will make a trip to and around the Ring a long but comfortable and enjoyable journey with no bounce. More important though is they are more compliant than coilovers but still offer great control and they are so much nicer to drive on than coilovers.
I have this set up on my 2001 Bugeye (used for sprints/hillclimbs) and the car handles beautifully.
There are alternatives like Moton, Spax, Gaz, Nitron that i'm sure do uprated dampers for scoobs. You can't beat Bilsteins though and they really do go well with Eibach springs. Quality kit. It's just a really nicely controlled ride and to be honest firm enough for most including me.
It has to be said though that if you have really deep pockets Ohlins, AST or Exe-TC make awesome coilovers with infinitely adjustable settings and can be adjusted to ride compliantly. The Ohlins with the external reservoir are really nice and certainly look the part in Gold.
Takes your pick lol
It has to be said though that if you have really deep pockets Ohlins, AST or Exe-TC make awesome coilovers with infinitely adjustable settings and can be adjusted to ride compliantly. The Ohlins with the external reservoir are really nice and certainly look the part in Gold.
Takes your pick lol
ScoobieWRX said:
There are alternatives like Moton, Spax, Gaz, Nitron that i'm sure do uprated dampers for scoobs. You can't beat Bilsteins though and they really do go well with Eibach springs. Quality kit. It's just a really nicely controlled ride and to be honest firm enough for most including me.
It has to be said though that if you have really deep pockets Ohlins, AST or Exe-TC make awesome coilovers with infinitely adjustable settings and can be adjusted to ride compliantly. The Ohlins with the external reservoir are really nice and certainly look the part in Gold.
Takes your pick lol
Can I just agree with the above comment(s)It has to be said though that if you have really deep pockets Ohlins, AST or Exe-TC make awesome coilovers with infinitely adjustable settings and can be adjusted to ride compliantly. The Ohlins with the external reservoir are really nice and certainly look the part in Gold.
Takes your pick lol
Billies and eibach are the perfect suspension for the uk tracks/roads.
Coilovers......But don't scrimp.
Like anything else buy the best you can first time around and you'll find they last, give you all the performance you want, and in the long term because they are reliable they will save you money.
There are plenty of so called budget and mid-range coilovers that IMHO just give you a hard ride and allow you to adjust ride hight, that is it. I could get the same effect with some bits of mild steel tubing and a welder. lol
Get some that allow you to adjust bump and rebound as well as damping and ride height. Fitted with progressive springs they generally ride well too for every day use. At this end of the spectrum you'll find they are widely serviceable, often repaired/service/recharged quickly and inexpensively and there are usually a number of service centres up and down the UK and abroad.
I forgot to mention earlier on Leda. Their suspension systems are used a lot in rallying so might be worth a look.
Like anything else buy the best you can first time around and you'll find they last, give you all the performance you want, and in the long term because they are reliable they will save you money.
There are plenty of so called budget and mid-range coilovers that IMHO just give you a hard ride and allow you to adjust ride hight, that is it. I could get the same effect with some bits of mild steel tubing and a welder. lol
Get some that allow you to adjust bump and rebound as well as damping and ride height. Fitted with progressive springs they generally ride well too for every day use. At this end of the spectrum you'll find they are widely serviceable, often repaired/service/recharged quickly and inexpensively and there are usually a number of service centres up and down the UK and abroad.
I forgot to mention earlier on Leda. Their suspension systems are used a lot in rallying so might be worth a look.
I'd get a set of STI struts from the same age car, rebuild them (easy to do yourself) and regrease them (fit grease nipples if you can too) and either run standard springs if you're happy with the current ride height, or a set of Teins or similar if you fancy it sitting a tad lower.
Probably less than £300 all in and will last the life of the car.
Probably less than £300 all in and will last the life of the car.
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