Hey, I was wondering what is a decent suspension setup for my car is? I was going to get some tein ss but I wanted people's opinon first. I want a suspension that is compatiable for daily driven but can handle like a champ. So basically something I can drive around in and something I can use at NASA events.

 

In my opinion, I always have gone with the Koni Yellow shock/ Ground control coilovers for my daily driver.

What other suspension modifications have you completed with your Integra, Du ma?

 

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What other suspension modifications have you completed with your Integra, Du ma?</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL

 

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LOL </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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What other suspension modifications have you completed with your Integra, Du ma?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, di chet di mai! And nothing else besides type r struts, type r sways, and control arms.

 

Koni SPSS3 valved dampers, 450lb/in front, and 400lb/in rear or less (but no lesser than 350 i'd say) for mostly daily. Anything over 400lb/in in the rear will start to feel close to too harsh for a daily driven but the SPSS3 valving help out a lot with the total 'compliance' or harshness of the ride. The higher the rear rates, the harsher your ride will feel but more understeer you will help get rid of. You could always get additional 500 or higher rear springs to swap out on track days; the SPSS3 vavling can take up to 1000lb/in springs from what i've gathered. Many many cars in nationals have won spots using Koni dampers.

PIC puts out a decent setup as well if youre into the 'whole thing put together system' I think they can accept standard 2.5" linear springs so getting additional ERS springs or Hypercoil wouldn't be a problem.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Koni SPSS3 valved dampers, 450lb/in front, and 400lb/in rear or less (but no lesser than 350 i'd say) for mostly daily. Anything over 400lb/in in the rear will start to feel close to too harsh for a daily driven but the SPSS3 valving help out a lot with the total 'compliance' or harshness of the ride. The higher the rear rates, the harsher your ride will feel but more understeer you will help get rid of. You could always get additional 500 or higher rear springs to swap out on track days; the SPSS3 vavling can take up to 1000lb/in springs from what i've gathered. Many many cars in nationals have won spots using Koni dampers.

PIC puts out a decent setup as well if youre into the 'whole thing put together system' I think they can accept standard 2.5" linear springs so getting additional ERS springs or Hypercoil wouldn't be a problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Mucho gracias, people were telling me kino yellow springs and ground control coilovers were

 

Any reason why u suggest spss3 instead of plain sport? Are the sports sufficient?

 

sports are 'sufficient' to 600lb/in or so. But, I like the way that the spss3 valving feels with higher rates (anything over 400) over sport valving.

 

I believe they also offer more ride height slots for the snap ring, but that doesn't matter much if you have GC coilovers on there.

 

sk2 pro full coilovers or tein ss/ or flex

 

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and how are those better than Koni/GC's?

 

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and how are those better than Koni/GC's?</TD></TR></TABLE>

They're not
ahh...the times of 'trendy' I'll stick to tried and proven on the track, thank you very much. Koni/GC has served many racers well; its versatility and performance is what makes it the choice of many.

 

shock valving/ spring rates are matched. try them, and then tell me your tires don't stick to the ground better. coilover sleeve setups just suck.

 

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most uninformed post of the week.

I think hundreds, if not thousands of road race and autox participants and champions would attest to the fact that Koni-specific GC coilover sleeves fitted on Koni Sport shocks most definitely do NOT suck. It's probably one of, if not THE best setup you can buy for around $800 brand new.

It doesn't matter that the Koni shock and the ERS spring rate you choose aren't specifically "matched". Konis are infinitely adjustable, and the off-the-shelf versions can take pretty much anything you throw at it up to 500 lb/in. So you adjust the shock rebound to match your spring rates.

You can also get Koni shocks that are valved to handle up to around 1000 lb/in springs. And again, you put the ERS springs on the GC sleeves and adjust the shock rebound to match. boom, an instant matched set of adjustable coilover suspension.

*edit* okay I would agree in general that most sleeve coilovers are crap, but the way that Koni-specific GC sleeves fit on Koni shocks is just genius IMHO, and actually GC's on Konis is the <u>only</u> sleeve setup I would recommend.

 

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There is no functional difference between a threaded shock collar and a threded shock body; they both serve to adjust height. A dampers roll in suspension is to control the springs. Springs come in various rates.

By your statement, I should be thinking everyone who uses 4-way adjustable (seperate high speed/low speed rebound and bump) Moton dampers (which are sold by themselves as just a set of dampers) with custom spring rates is wasting their money because they get the linear springs form Eibach (ERS), HyperCoil, or H&R. And because the springs aren't matched or made by moton the combo will suck.

 

I should have read more closely. When talking about coilover sleeves I was refering to how they fit on MOST shock bodies. (loose/ sloppy)

 

I agree on that, I hate those sleeves that come with o-rings that you have to use to center the sleeve on the shock body.

Koni-specific GC's, on the other hand, exactly match the diameter of the Koni Sport shock body, and come with a machined lip that sits on the Koni snap ring. So you don't even have ugly OEM-style spring perches that go unused, and for all intents and purposes it becomes pretty much the same as a threaded-body adjustable coilover.