I just bought an '05 BONE STOCK. I am looking into getting suspension in the next week or so. I have done alot of research and narrowed it down to these below. If anyone has experience with these setups please chime in and let me know what you think!!! Thanks for the help!!!

 

Only one person wants to vote?!?! What is this, slow day on H-T?

 

i vote buddy club

 

Come on...I need answers!!!

 

after the research i did (though i just ended up with springs for now), my vote would be buddy club - but, from your list: KW

 

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Buddy Club or KW .. research there are lots of threads on this. The best way is to seek the differences and people's opinions on both setups and decide which one you believe is best for you

 

may i ask why you narrowed it down to those listed?
what will the car be doing 99% of the time?

 

i got T1R's because i got a hell of a price that i couldnt pass up. they'll be here next month with my wheels.

 

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same here

 

Buddy Club RSD

 

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what will the car be doing 99% of the time?</TD></TR></TABLE>

holy crap...logic ftw.

I have KWV3s on my car. I absolutely love them. The ride is noticeably harsher, but not overly harsh. They're 550lb springs (around 8k off the top of my head...trying not to do the math) all around. Excellent quality, excellent damping, and seperate adjustments for rebound and bump damping.

I road race the car a lot. I drive it on the street as well. Not even close to being a DD. If you have the car as a DD, get something softer.

There's an overwhelming range of suspensions availble for this car from the land of the rising sun that have INSANELY high spring rates. The roads are smoother in japan, the tracks are smoother in japan.

Buy coilovers you can use for the way you drive the car.

How do you drive the car? What do you do with it?

 

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Swift Springs... call it a day...

 

Tein

 

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....go on....

 

happy w/ my tein ra's

 

I will be driving this car on the street. I will also be getting into some time attack stuff and maybe a road race or two. I love the feel of the road, stiff does not bother me.

 

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I bet. Lemme guess....you're "best friends" with Graffiti and S2KILLA?


KWV3s are your best bet then. I love em.

 

Unless you track your car anything above the T1R or Apexi is overkill. People seem to forget that a suspension setup is just like a motor, it needs to be tuned. Buying a set of baller coilovers and not having them set specifically for either street or track is a waste of money.


Modified by ABCVTEC at 11:32 PM 4/9/2008

 

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yeah but heres the thing, u probably wont need coilovers... 90% of the people on this board dont need them...

for me its a waste of money considering what i do with the car... for a grand u can get a good set of springs, a set of better sway bars, and whiteline X-brace, and I bet you your car will out handle any other S with just coils...

 

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yeah but heres the thing, u probably wont need coilovers... 90% of the people on this board dont need them...

for me its a waste of money considering what i do with the car... for a grand u can get a good set of springs, a set of better sway bars, and whiteline X-brace, and I bet you your car will out handle any other S with just coils...</TD></TR></TABLE>

I've got a MY00. Better sway bars come standard.

 

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I bet. Lemme guess....you're "best friends" with Graffiti and S2KILLA?
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you are a bum

 

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I've got a MY00. Better sway bars come standard. </TD></TR></TABLE>

so does uglier and slower...

since the OP suggested suspension this is what id do with a grand:

Swift springs: $255
Swift F & R sways $550
Whiteline X brace $250

 

you're over budget by $55 there pal...go back to your cube and re-work those numbers

 

all those coils he mentioned are wellll over a grand

 

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i knew some smart *** would have said something... and i pretty much figured it would be you...