i had been looking for something to replace my Ohlins PCV mainly because they're nearing their end and too soft for my taste. last night the door bell rang at 8:30pm and much to my surprise, the Quantum RMs i bought from the Japanese Yahoo auction finally arrived!




i've had stock, Spoon/Showa N1s, Mugen Lowdowns, Ohlins PCVs and by far these are my favorite. I got the Sports with the 16k/14k (885lb/775lb) Swift springs.

the first thing i noticed when i opened the package was how light the dampers were. upon closer inspection, i was very impressed with the craftmanship of them as well





driving impression: immediately i noticed was how short the stroke was. compared to the Quantums, the Ohlins feels downright sloppy, which is probably caused by the uber long springs and soft rates. another big surprise was that small sharp road imprefections do not faze these dampers despite the track oriented rates. i guess like they say, the better the dampers are valved, the more comfortable they actually are.

well, i wouldn't call them comfortable they are very tolerable from sharp imperfections to mid size bumps, but big dips make themselves quite apparent, enough for me to recommend against these for DD suspension.

racing season is over this year so i can't quite comment on how they fare on the track/autoX but i can say the body motions are very tightly controlled at all speeds. like most stiffly spung cars, bodyroll is next to nil and the response is excellent.

its going in for an alignment tomorrow morning









the battlescarred '97 front end

 

I was wondering when you were going to post these up....

looking good. I'm surprised these are actually fixed lengths too... (a la Spoon N1)

 

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looking good. I'm surprised these are actually fixed lengths too... (a la Spoon N1)

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how do you mean fixed length?

 

while these enable height adjustment. It doesn't appear to have the ability to adjust the overall length of damper.

 

aaah, ok, i see what you mean now


Mugen N1's FTW

 

So you drive with those on the street?

 

did you get these from araro?

 

Like those rims more than the Gabbies

 

I'm surprised that you got rid of the Spoon N1s and ended up liking the Quantum better. What didn't you like about the Spoon N1? What kind of rates you used?

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i've had stock, Spoon/Showa N1s, Mugen Lowdowns, Ohlins PCVs and by far these are my favorite. I got the Sports with the 16k/14k (885lb/775lb) Swift springs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Correct me if I'm wrong, they look like F16 R12 from the photo.

 

u guys deal with araro ??? he ship internationally??? or you go through some guy that help you bid on japan auction?

 

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Correct me if I'm wrong, they look like F16 R12 from the photo. </TD></TR></TABLE>And what made him pick the Quantums over other brands?

 

Whoa, NICE!!!! . Alberta too . I got family there.

Car looks hot.

 

These look fairly nice.

Separate stroke adjustment is largely JDM hype.......but is a nice feature

 

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yup...street racer....

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Absolutely...those too, are also my weapons of choice...

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Separate stroke adjustment is largely JDM hype.......but is a nice feature</TD></TR></TABLE>

Blasphemy!!

It makes lazy folk like me happy, without having to swap out shorter/longer springs just to maintain low to zero pre-load while being able to adjust the height...

 

yes. dampers are wear items to me. once they blow, i'll get rid of them and try something different

i had my family friend buy them for me.

thanks, i like them a lot better too

i had 12k/14k on the Spoons. i liked the spoons too, but body motions didn't feel as taut - over certain mid size bumps they felt slightly bouncy (i've tried different damper rebound settings and preload - bout 1/4 inch preload, just touching, zero preload but all to no avail). at the same time, the quantums are more comfortable over sharp bumps despite a 4k increase in the front rates.

i attribute that to the fact i got them used and were probably on their way out as well. i was surprised to see that they weren't leaking when i took them out. i only got to autoX on them several times before i sold them so i can't really comment on how they fare on the track as for the rear spring rates on the quantums, i was wondering about that too. the seller listed them as 16/14 and i just went with what he said you might be right though

the roads suck compared to BC roads

it'd be nice to have even preload all around

that i am

after these go, i'll be trying either Mugen N1s or Koni 2812s

 

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this has put an idea in my head. whilst the R is off the road over the winter i may send the sussy away to showa and get them rebuilt back to minty freshness

they were rebuilt when i bought them, but it can't hurt. by the way, have you cornerweighted the car when you've swapped over suspension?

 

What kind of rim are those?

 

lookin good

 

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My PIC R3 12/14K were very much the same way. bumps and imperfections were a breeze, but dips were definitely noticable. Tolerable, but noticable.

 

Quantum/NOVA :heart:

 

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This thread just got the JDM King Seal of Approval.

 

but they're made in England lol

 

many many thanks bro, i've been struggling on trying to figure out whether to go spoon, ohlins or quantum

i had the cusco zero2 w/ 10k front 8k rear springs, they were just too soft and i was gonna order 12k front 10k rear, but we put them on my cousins eg hatch which worked good then his car got stolen...

but you've definately help me settle on choosing quantum with 16k front 14k rear

again thanks for the write up

 

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they must be good then

 

I was thinking about ordering a suspension from YJA. What service did you use? I use Rinkya.

How much do they charge to ship suspension?