I said I'd like to have "some" comfort. My 7 is far from comfortable compared to my 6. It has a straight through exhaust, an old shitty interior that squeaks a lot, smells like exhaust, shifts like a Model A, and has no radio/speakers. I would MUCH rather have a sports car that goes around the track or Auto-Xs a bit slower, but that I am comfortable in and enjoy driving the other 99% of the time it's moving... Perhaps wanting to enjoy driving the car makes me odd. :dunno:

No, I have no experience with coilovers. What I do have experience in is a budget. Tanabes and Teins can be had on eBay for under $185 shipped, Eibachs for under $300.

Anything else you would like to add to the thread? Perhaps something constructive?

I bought my FD to build a 500rwhp touring car..... meaning COMFORT

No, I enjoy hearing my thoughts when driving.
I prefer my spine not to be re-aligned when I drive
fuck that,
it will be
it will and will be comfortable to drive as well. Stiff suspension doesn not mean a car will handle better.

If a stiffer suspension makes a car handle better, go weld your shocks @ ride height and come back and report your results.

People who know how to set up a suspension know that stiffer does not necissarily = better. The overly simplified version is, the dampners are called that for a reason, springs for a reason as well.


Some of them are........

Well, we obviously don't share the same viewpoints. I WAS trying to be constructive, perhaps give another view point, yet you seem to have already made up your mind, and are well determined to take anything I say in a negative light.

Look, we're all friends here, I'm not trying to be a dick, i just happen to be very straight forward and vocal about my view points. I also do respect your own views, but it's difficult to see things from another perspective somtimes, so bare with me man.


@T: Some of them? Which ones? Some coils are tuned a specific way. A lot of japanese tuners seem to use the shocks/springs stiffness to control body roll, and leave things like sway bars stock, resulting in quite stiff suspension. This seems to work on smooth tracks and nice roads, but not so much on rough pavement. Other tuners make softer suspensions but use things like thicker sway bars to control movement, which fits a rally car much better because it needs high speed stability on rough roads.

...or at least, this is how it was explained to me.

The Teins seem to have a weird spring rate, with the back being higher than the front. That seems contrary to the rest of the springs I've looked at.

Any reviews on Suspension Techniques?

:suspect: