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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 02:39 PM
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I would like opinions between this three brands of coilovers, which one is better: Tenzo R, Arospeed or DropZone. Thank you.
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 03:16 PM
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any one? i would really appreciate if you guys give me an answer...Thank you
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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are you just daily driving and want to lower it?? or do u want better handling???
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 03:45 PM
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why? whats the difference? i want better handling, but ima be daily driving the car too
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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any logical opinions?
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 04:05 AM
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i would go with neither and grap a pair of ground controls
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 06:40 AM
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DO NOT SKIMP on suspension. You'll only end up replacing it later and wasting money. If you want coilover sleeves, get yourself some Ground Controls and some decent shocks.

Latez,

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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 07:35 AM
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like....what kind of ground control?
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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get some koni adgustables like gr2 or agx and put the ground control coilovers. i promise you bro you wont regret it. i had ground controls on my eg and it had handles.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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For the money, you cannot beat a set of Koni sport (yellows) shocks, and a set of Ground Control Coilover sleeves. You can choose from any spring rate that eibach makes (on your coilovers), and it only costs a tiny bit extra. Also, GC coilovers and Koni shocks are warranted for life and have the best customer service in the biz...
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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damn thanks a lot
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94eg! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">For the money, you cannot beat a set of Koni sport (yellows) shocks, and a set of Ground Control Coilover sleeves. You can choose from any spring rate that eibach makes (on your coilovers), and it only costs a tiny bit extra. Also, GC coilovers and Koni shocks are warranted for life and have the best customer service in the biz...</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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and how much would that all be?
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=WDVW
check that out ^^ OR you can order from GC directly

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1093669
nolimit's sale on koni's free shippin
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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Should be around $800-$850 shipped for Koni Sports & GC coils. Just make sure you order Ground Control sleeves that are specifically made for Koni shocks (they have a special mounting style).
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Old Jun 13, 2005 | 05:29 PM
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But damn! thats a lot of money....
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Old Jun 13, 2005 | 05:32 PM
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better to buy that now, then to buy cheap stuff now and then the good stuff later itll cost more
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 07:44 AM
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well thats true, but what is so bad about the coilovers, just to lower the car, i know i need to get some camberkits too... butt...
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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I drove around on GC coilovers (lowered about 3") for almost 5 years with stock shocks. I never had a problem with my shocks blowing out or anything, but I always drove extra carefull. Plus, streets here in Vegas are relativly nice. I never got a camber kit, and I don't really feel that they are necissary either. As long as you get an alignment after you lower it, your tires will not wear on the inside (it's bad toe settings that wear your tire edges). Plus you get increased cornering ability with added negative camber. I also think that changing the length of UCAs messes up the factory suspension geometry (that why they are non-adjustable), and increases the vehicles bump-steer. No I don't have any evidence to back that one up...

Getting sleeves first will end up costing you more money in the long run (even if you do the work). This is because the sleeves for OEM style shocks, & Koni shocks, are completely different. If you ever switch to Koni shocks, you will need to purchase new GC sleeves, and re-use your old GC springs. The Koni shocks have a special spring perch that sits on an adjustable snap ring. The snap ring can be raised or lowered to adjust ride hieght. The GC sleeves for Koni shocks are designed to sit directly on the snap ring instead of the spring perch (like the OEM style ones). Koni says you cannot use coilover sleeves unless they sit directly on the snap ring otherwise you will eventually experience catastrophic spring perch failure (as seen in this thread).

I went this route though, and I was very happy overall. It ended up costing about $100 extra, but I then sold my old sleeves for $30 a pair, so I'm only out $40...
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 08:10 AM
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Thats what im talking about
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