Im thinking of getting a set of these coilovers and want to know what the difference in comfort and handling is between the STREET and SPORT versions of the coilovers.

Will my car be bouncy with either set?

btw - i have an eg hatch

 

the rates on the omni's seem fairly stiff..if you cant handle the bounce i doubt you'll like them...you should probably look into an eibach pro kit and some tokico blues

 

holy search batman
theres about 100 posts like this

 

i have searched but i cannot find the difference between the two other than they have different spring rates.

 

Sports are way too stiff. At least for me.

 

I've got the streets on my itr and to be honest their really stiff. But i like them.

 

well beside this topic being mentioned many times i will give you my experience with my streets

I have them in an EG and they are still but I love them

 

What do you all mean when you say stiff?

is that different then bouncy?

 

sports are stiffer spring rate. i got an eg with the street . i like them for dragging . but for everyday crusing it sucks . bouncey as hell

 

 

 

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why do some say its bouncy and some say its not??? WTF will you all just make up your minds!

 

 

The reason why some say its bouncy and some say they arent is because there is a way of installing them wrong and the reason I know is because I installed my wrong at first. The ones that say they are bouncy is because they might not have preloaded the strut correctly.

 

So, are the 'sport' stiffer than the 'spring' by just the spring rate of the coils they use? Which Omni's (sport or street) would most compare to this setup... Tokico blue's with Neuspeed Yellow (race) springs? That's what I had on my other EH3.

 

Can anyone confirm the spring rates on either of the coilovers?

 

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Street: 10k/8k
Sport: 12k/10k

 

istns it
Street 10k/6k
Sport 12k/10k

 

I think the new Street ones are 10k/8k.. The old Street ones were 10k/6k, I know because I have them.

 

.. my bad.. i think your right though... i'm getting the sport 12k 10k.. i'll post my impressions after i have them...

 

i dont understand these spring rates. 10k meaning 10,000????? arent spring rates usually like 200-500 (meaning 3 digit numbers)????

confused

 

Approximately 55lbs per K. So 10k is about 550 lbs.

 

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where?? i couldnt find any site with the NEW street spring rates your talking about

 

people need to learn the difference between stiff and bouncy. stiff will jar you when you jit a bump, but it won't keep bouncing up and down. bouncy is when the car bounces sevral times without setling after a bump.

now that is sais, i have the sport on my 92 hatch driven in downtown Atlanta = shitty roads. they are stiff, yes, but not bouncy at all. i can bear them driving around and they are worth the extra buit of handling improvement over the streets imo.

 

also, streets: f-10k r-8k
sports: f-12k, r-10k

multiply by 55 to convert to lbs.