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Hey everybody, a friend of mine who owns a shop told me that for my extensive driving it would suit my needs more to lower my car with springs (ex: eibach) than with coil-overs since it is improbable to get each coil-over adjusted exactly at the same height in each corner of the car leading to tread wear rapidly (compared to just having springs). Any opinions??

 
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First of all, let me clear something up. Ground controls, R1's, OBX's, all these so-called coilovers are not true coilover systems. They are just adjustable springs. True coilovers, such as those made by TEIN are much much more expensive because they are a complete system, strut and all.

Now, if you are driving a lot in your car. I would totally recommend getting regular springs. They will generally give you a better ride.

 
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Personal opinion.....I went w/ springs and upgrading w/ struts soon......
You dont get the Exact ride height you want,, and you cant adjust them all the time.......
But you have a nice non bumpy ride........well not as bumpy as coilovers.........all my friends have coilovers.......Personally i cant stand to ride in their car......Waaaay to bumpy........
but some people like that....whatever floats your boat i guess........
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thanks for the info guys

 
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is the ground control gonna be more bumpy than neuspeed race ?

 
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in my opinion coil overs would be good if you show ur car a lot,,,you can drop the car on its nutts at the show and bring back up afterwards....everyone that i know with coilovers, after they found the drop that they like they kept it there and never messed with it again...

 
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yea..but can someone answer my question..is ground control gonna be more bumpy than neuspeed race?
i am going to lower the ground control..no no gap..for 14" stock steelies.. same height back and rear.

 
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all spring/strut/shock applications are coil over design, coil over basically means the coil is over the shock/strut. some vehicles place the spring next to the shock/strut, this is not a coil over.

so we should start calling them "adjustable" coil overs as that is what ground control makes. an eibach spring is still a coil over as that is the design.

just some fyi.

 
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<< [i]all spring/strut/shock applications are coil over design, coil over basically means the coil is over the shock/strut. some vehicles place the spring next to the shock/strut, this is not a coil over.

so we should start calling them "adjustable" coil overs as that is what ground control makes. an eibach spring is still a coil over as that is the design.

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1028 yes is the answer to your question...the lower you with coilovers the crappier your ride is gonna be, replacing the struts will help...

 
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I have ground controls with Konis. Will my ride be better if I wnt with springs instead of the ground controls I have now[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]