I had a guy offer me a full Omni spring setup with Omni struts front and OEM rears.. He wants $300. Is it worth it? He said he'll toss in Blox LCAs too.


For my DA currently sitting on stock everything.

 

Short answer no. Longer answer...still no.

Any lowering springs on stock shocks are no good. They will eventually blow out the shocks.

Blox lca's suck as well. The bushings for the struts go bad in about 6 months usually. The only good aftermarket lca is made by function7. They are phenominal. Your better off replacing the bushings in your stock lca's with energy or prothane bushings than anything.

If you want a good setup that wont break the bank, tokico illuminas with neuspeed race lowering springs. Neuspeed springs are just as good as h&r. While your doing suspension work, replace as many bushings as you can with energy or prothane bushings. You will notice a difference.

 

Right on bro! Thank you.. Every forum I've posted on has given me "hater-mation" instead of directing me where I should be looking.

 

Most people dont like to answer questions like yours. I guess they forget that they were in the same place as you one day. Good luck with what ever setup you go with.

Forgot to mention that with the polyurethane bushings...they usually dont last much longer than 3 or 4 years before they need replacement. Conditions do play a factor in how fast they deteriorate though. They deteriorate faster when constantly in highly humid enviroments, and when constantly exposed to salted roads. Just something else to think about.

 

Yeah, I hear ya. Thanks!

 

Dont do it.

 

Gee, what a helpful post.

 

I had the Illumina's with Neuspeed Race springs. I didn't like it. Well, around a turn on smooth surfaces I did, but on the streets I didn't. I coluldn't go into driveways and bumps would knock your teeth out. They were VERY stiff. Maybe the Illumina's and sport springs, H&R or Neuspeed.

If you can find a set of Koni Yellows on CL used that would be a great option. I'd mate those with Ground Control sleeves....

 

I always heard sleeves were a no-no?

 

Not Koni-specific Ground Control sleeves. Other cheaper sleeve coilovers are crap, but Koni+GC is tried and true setup that thousands of autocrossers and road racers swear by. The way the sleeve fits on the shock pretty much makes the whole assembly a full adjustable coilover setup. See the link in my sig to see how they go together.

 

Ground control sleeves with koni shocks is tried and true. Cheap ebay sleeves are a no no though. lol

As someone mentioned, sport springs if you dont want to go to low. Personally I prefer a stiffer suspension. Thats just me.

 

I have heard great things about k/gc setups, but never saw anyone specify whether they were legit coilovers or sleeves. Good to know.. Now onto the next question:

Used or new?.. And I'm not talking "trashed", used. But a setup that has seen some miles.

 

I think patrick has like 200k miles on his koni ground control setup with no problems.

hint hint...Patrick chime in now

 

WRD, my Koni Sport shocks will be hitting 200K miles later on this year. I installed them at 105K miles and the car is sitting at 298,000 miles right now. They're still working great, maybe a little wear but nowhere near blown or fully worn out. They still do a great job of controlling my stock GS-R front and ITR rear springs.

I personally would not buy used suspension, though. In the case of Koni/GC, the parts carry lifetime warranties, but only for the original purchaser of the parts. The warranties do not transfer. IMHO it's worth it to buy new because you get the piece of mind that you get with new parts, plus the lifetime warranties.

 

Awesome, thanks guys! Big ups for actually informing me and not hating..