Cheap Coilovers?

[CocaColaEatsPie]

Are all the $50 coilovers I see on ebay worth anything? I don't have much money. Obviously they won't be as good as the $1000 ones, but just to lower the car a bit, are they worth the money? Also, If I dropped my '92 lude an inch and a half to 2 inchs, would I need a camber kit to fix the camber. And again, are the cheap camber kits on ebay worth anything, if they get the job done, they seem like an alright deal to me?

Thanks,
Nick

[mikester_91]

I wouldn't buy the really cheap ones, i've heard they snap and bend your frame. Get some arospeed coilovers. I just bought some on ebay for 90 bucks and they're great. You'd prolly need a camber kit for that. I dropped mine 2 1/4 and went through 2 sets of front tires. I bought a camber kit on ebay and put it in but the camber's still messed up. I reccomend a good camber kit like revo technica.

[CocaColaEatsPie]

I looked at the revo technica camber kits. They are pretty expensive, are they worth the money?(the ones I found were 135 front and $135 rear) Also it says that the rear can only be adjusted 1.25 degrees. Is that enough for 2 inches of drop??? Are there any other good, respectable camber kits?

[mikester_91]

I'd look at the eibach ones also. I think they're at www.overboost.com

[crzyCollegeKid]

why get coilovers?? i've heard you bounce on them. get yourself a good set of springs and shocks. the most you'll spend is $500-$600 and its a much more reliable combination than coilovers

[mikester_91]

shit if ur gonna do that just get airbags.

[nicotine251]

if you want coilovers get nothing but the best for your car...which means ground control or skunk2. ya you spend more, but there good quality...i got h&r racing springs for my car.. it feels stock but its lowered 2.0 inches....

[chadw1ck]

crzyCollegeKid, do you know that your car already has coilovers? Yep, that is correct. It has a coil spring mounted on a perch connected to the shock/strut.

The coilover term has been thrown around quite a bit. The worst part about it is, you are thinking that coilovers are those silly little things attached to a spring called adjustable sleeves. Even those are not the true coilovers that the aftermarket refers to.

Have you heard of Tein, Cusco, Bilstein, Ohlins, JIC, Kei Office, Zeal, etc, etc? Maybe you should look them up, because those are the real "coilovers." This the highend stuff, these have adjustable damping rates, adjustable height, sometimes adjustable shock length for more travel, and even sometimes inverted shocks by design.


Oh and the reason your cars bounce around on every little bump in the road, is because you guys are stupid enough to lower it at insane levels without higher spring-rates and are bottoming out on the shocks or making contact with the bumpstops. Even if you didnt lower it that much, the "coilovers" or even SPRINGS that have DO have high spring-rates are overworking your shocks/struts(I don't know which Preludes use). Your shocks are only valved enough to work with the OEM spring-rates and cannot handle much more than that. Sure your car looks "cool" and feels like a race-car, but it definately isnt fast. It is probably slower around a track now than it did with the stock, well-engineered components.

Get your noses out of Import Tuner and all the other ricer magazines and gain some real knowledge instead of spreading bullshit you pickup from these magazines or the local ricer club.

*Rant-Mode: OFF*

[chadw1ck]

I'm a troll. Sorry...

[crzyCollegeKid]

the coilovers i was referring to were the cheap $50 ones the original poster was referring to. i know the good ones that cost over a grand, you know, the ones from all those brands you listed, don't bounce cuz they're made correctly. and i don't read import tuner, go to any ricer club, and my car isn't dropped to make it look 'cool', in fact, it isn't dropped at all, cuz i have the common sense to realize that the car is already pretty low, and getting bigger rims would be a more effective way or reducing wheel gap

[chadw1ck]

I apologize for pass-judging you, crzyCollegeKid. There is just too much mis-information being spread around caused by magazines and what-not. I also can't stand it when people skimp on their suspension. That area is not something that you can be a cheap bastard with if you goal is to turn fast lap times on the track or autox.

I can understand if all you want is to make the car look good and don't car about the ride quality or how fast it turns.


What can I say, I'm a troll. I don't even own a prelude. I was just reffered to this forum by a friend who does own one...