Curious to know if anyone is running Ksport coilovers on their 5th gens?

 

I hear so much about these, yet I never see anyone with them on their Preludes.

 

ditto.. there has to be some people

 

very curious myself! i want these but would like to hear a review or comparison

 

I picked up a set 15K spring rate front, 13K rear custom...will take pics when they get here!

 

a friend has it on his accord.

he road races/auto-x's

his review: they are decent for money, overall basic beginner coilover

 

The ones I ordered are hand built to whatever spec I want..I chose 15K front and 13K rear with pillow mounts..doesn't strike me as "beginner" in anyway

 

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hmm well you can pretty much do that with any coilover, choose your spring rates, i guess by handbuilt you mean he will remove the top piece to put in different springs from stock. pillowball mounts are nice but with the prelude suspension, you won't be able to make the most of them. those are really high spring rates. ksports are the same as D2 coilovers but cheaper.

the reason I say its a "beginner" is because its priced well (better than getting teins) and there are much more expensive coilover systems by far. most ppl driving preludes aren't gonna drop $4-5k on coilovers.

 

ksports are not exactly the same as the d2s. the D2s are the parent company and manufacture ksports as a private label.

the ksports have a lower line shock assembly and offer less adjsutabilty than the d2 shocks.

 

^ah good to know

its cause i have two friends (one with d2 and one with ksports)

very similar looking (even interchangable springs between the two)

 

yes for the most part they are pretty much the same thing, just the shock differnce thats about it.

 

very good to know..All I can say is that I have owned literally every brand coilover ever made in my time..I am very impressed with the build quality of the Ksports, almost looks too beautiful to put on my car

 

curious, which ones have you gone through?

i can't even begin to name how many coilover companies there are (subtracting crappy ebay ones of course)

 

Hi all! I'm a n00b in suspension.. so don't flame pls whaddayall think of this? ? Going for $NZ180... prob $US300. Are JDM reputable? Also weird as it seems to be just the springs, not shocks - why would they be advertised as coilovers then? Thanks for your help!!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade...8.htm


JDM COILOVER SPRINGS PRELUDE 92-96 coilover lowering springs KIT complete with rings & rubbers.(2 front & 2 Rear). Aluminum sleeves and dual locking perches, coil springs, aluminum centering top hats, spanner wrenches, bag of plastic rings. Lower your car between 1-4" simply by adjusting the locking perches. Work with Original Stock Shocks or High Performance Aftermarket Shocks. Easy installation with right tool; professional installation recommended.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by qmcc001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi all! I'm a n00b in suspension.. so don't flame pls whaddayall think of this? ? Going for $NZ180... prob $US300. Are JDM reputable? Also weird as it seems to be just the springs, not shocks - why would they be advertised as coilovers then? Thanks for your help!!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade...8.htm


JDM COILOVER SPRINGS PRELUDE 92-96 coilover lowering springs KIT complete with rings & rubbers.(2 front & 2 Rear). Aluminum sleeves and dual locking perches, coil springs, aluminum centering top hats, spanner wrenches, bag of plastic rings. Lower your car between 1-4" simply by adjusting the locking perches. Work with Original Stock Shocks or High Performance Aftermarket Shocks. Easy installation with right tool; professional installation recommended.
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STFU man...

as for the K-sport i have the D2 on my 4th gen but till now i tho that wa the same. Anyway i verry happy with the D2 performance, high speed cornering never been that fun

 

Cool bro no good then ah? WTF tho was STFU directed at me? Just checkin, feel da Vtec love dawg. Peace

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by qmcc001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi all! I'm a n00b in suspension.. so don't flame pls whaddayall think of this? ? Going for $NZ180... prob $US300. Are JDM reputable? Also weird as it seems to be just the springs, not shocks - why would they be advertised as coilovers then? Thanks for your help!!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade...8.htm


JDM COILOVER SPRINGS PRELUDE 92-96 coilover lowering springs KIT complete with rings & rubbers.(2 front & 2 Rear). Aluminum sleeves and dual locking perches, coil springs, aluminum centering top hats, spanner wrenches, bag of plastic rings. Lower your car between 1-4" simply by adjusting the locking perches. Work with Original Stock Shocks or High Performance Aftermarket Shocks. Easy installation with right tool; professional installation recommended.
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Sounds like something one would find on ebay. Stay away from cheap springs/shocks and if you're changing the springs, upgrade the shocks as well. Aftermarket springs + stock shocks= uncomfortably bouncy ride + blown shocks.

Trusted brands for:
-full coilover system: Ksport, D2, Tein, AMR Engineering, mugen
-springs/coilover (sleeve type): Ground Control (coilover), tein, tanabe, eibach,
h&r, neuspeed
-shocks: koni (best), kyb, tokico

 

Even though i'm a 4th gen...i've been running 16k/14k ksports on my car all year. I agree with the fact that there is little to no adjustability in terms of the shocks, but mine were also custom and revalved from the company to handle the higher spring rates. Other than that, they are excellent. I have had many combo setup with various coilovers and shocks...but none are even close. I highly recommend them.

 

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I feel it dawg, I feel it...

 

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yes to you but what i mean is "hell no, i aint gonna read all that" but in the short version