What coilovers are these? Thinking of buying em....

V

v1kkm

Fresh Recruit
hmmm thinking of putting in a bid i cant seem to locate a price for them on google - you reckon the bit where he says 'the bottom bushes are abit worn and there is abit of surface rust on the coilovers.' is worrying??
 
Kelly

Kelly

Member +
Surface rust is nothing to worry about as long as that all it is! but just bear in mind people usually sell coilovers for a reason.

They dont produce these anymore? (i think im right in sayin that) so therefore they will be quite old ish?
 
V

v1kkm

Fresh Recruit
Hmmmm see i cant find just rear coilovers anywhere --- would want a pair of teins on the back to match the front. I think your right though, i cant find starlet ones anywhere..
 
Kelly

Kelly

Member +
Just have keep your fingers crossed that somebody sells some rears coz there fronts have gone?

But have to be extremley lucky for them to be the same brand! :(
 
Dj ep

Dj ep

Member +
Kelly said:
Just have keep your fingers crossed that somebody sells some rears coz there fronts have gone?

But have to be extremley lucky for them to be the same brand! :(
Click to expand...

i will have some tein rears for sale after xmas as my fronts have started leaking :(
 
T

Timmy

Member +
tbh not worth a penny unless you are matching the spring rates to your fronts. Otherwise your handleing will suck. I would imagine they are much harder than tein ha's
 
T

Timmy

Member +
Mikey B said:
You dont match spring rates front and back as long as its stiffer on the front :)
Click to expand...

So you're saying if you have 15k on the front and 5k on the back it won't cause any handleing problems??

I'll answer for you.... You will increase understeer signifaicantly.

Anyway in this case the jic's are very stiff and tein ha's are on the softer side of coilovers, so over steer will be problem.
 
M

Mikey B

Lifer
yeah prety much but usualy you wont have such a gap between front and back id say if you want it that stiff go for 14k front and 11 back the big cars in japan like the cruise glanza ran that and the HRF v300
 
Fishy89GT

Fishy89GT

Banned
JIC magics are a fail! and as timmy said, get a set all matching, it nmot worth mixing and matching coilovers as your handling will be pony..

tune your car properly, not on the cheap :)
 
HYBRID

HYBRID

Super Moderator <a href="http://www.toyotagtturbo.
Mikey B said:
yeah prety much but usualy you wont have such a gap between front and back id say if you want it that stiff go for 14k front and 11 back the big cars in japan like the cruise glanza ran that and the HRF v300
Click to expand...

funny u say that lol... i have trd pro comp N1 circuit coilovers.. with 14k on the front & 10k on the rear :D yes its harsh... but yes i love it :rockon:
 
T

Timmy

Member +
Mikey B said:
yeah prety much but usualy you wont have such a gap between front and back id say if you want it that stiff go for 14k front and 11 back the big cars in japan like the cruise glanza ran that and the HRF v300
Click to expand...

But the differance between them is that big, ha's are like 6k maybe 8k at most. Jics are deff very hard.
 
Fishy89GT

Fishy89GT

Banned
i dont know what my hr's are, the spring rate would have been custom chosen by the first owner in japland, but there are crazy hard, you cant drive down b roads without being thrown into bushes and other roadside ornaments lol
 
T

Timmy

Member +
They are normaly all sold with the same spring rate, tho you can special order with different rates but majority will have been off the shelf rates i believe.
6k to 8k is pretty hard for such a light vehicle 12k+ is basicaly no suspension at all for a ep.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top