I have koni yellows right now sk2 springs and the springs are **** with the konis. So now I'm upgrading to gc coiolver sleeves. My question is wat spring rate do I get ? And wher can i get them cheapest. ?

 

Help.....

 

What is the car going to be used for? Visit http://www.ground-control-store.com/

 

Unless you plan on tracking the car I'd just get the standard rates for your car with the Koni specific GC sleeves.

 

its a daily driver with bumpy *** roads lol

 

Someone help me please. I want to get theses tomorrow. On their website they have a few. They have show, swap, and road race. Which should I get.

 

Just call them up and tell them what your plans are for the car. They will help you choose the appropriate rates. They will probably advise you to get the standard kit for a daily driver. That's what I have and it is fine. As for sleeves, there is only one choice there. You have to get the sleeves that are designed specifically for the Koni shocks. Good luck!

 

Thread title edited - it was asking about sleeves but then you posted asking about springs.

I used to run 380 lb/in up front and 450 lb/in in the rear. It rode stiff as hell due to the higher rear spring rate.

If I had to do it again I would go with something like 400 lb/in up front and maybe as low as 250 lb/in in the rear. The 400's should allow you to lower a decent amount w/o hitting shock towers if you stay with OE upper control arms.

 

Are you on lowering springs or coilover sleeves?

If the latter is the case then you could of course get lower rate springs from Skunk2.

No real or practical quality difference, unless you are a perfectionist.

 

im on lowering springs. Is it possible also I could just get skunk2 coilovers? but would they fit on my koni shocks?

 

Yes you can but you still need to order the Skunk2 mount rings for the Koni shocks, so you might as well get the GC Koni specific kit. I myself would go with custom rates, I was looking @ 430 fr 375 rr.

 

GC sleeves made for Koni shocks fit without the need for spacers or adapter rings. Much cleaner setup IMHO.

 

its not that big of a deal. But how are skunk2 coilovers? Ride nice?

 

'Nice' is a subjective term.

Skunk2's 'adjustable coilovers' sport 450/335 springrates (which is not so diff from suggested rate above).

And you can always get other springs with other rates, and even mount GC extended top hats.

(do get the Skunk2 rings for Koni shocks like mentioned above)

 

do all skunk2 coilovers have a rate like that^^?

 

Just go to ebay, search Ground Control Coilovers for whatever car you have, and buy the ones that are made to work with Koni Yellow shocks. You don't need any custom rates. Just get the OTS (off the shelf) rates.

 

what car is it for? Ill help you

 

if its a 94+integra you got about 1210kg car with 64/36 distribution, motion ratio is about .7 i think. For a good ride quality i would suggest 375-400 up front and 225 rear but i wouldnt go over a 300 on back.

 

sdomebody is selling me ground control coilover sleeves with skkunk2 springs mounted on the sleeves instead of the ground control springs. Do you think this is a good buy?

 

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Is it a good setup?

 

depends on the spring rate, hard to say if it's a good buy without knowing that. Just make sure they're the proper 2.5" ID springs to fit on the GC sleeves.

 

on their site it say that the front is 10kg/mm and the rear is 8kg/mm as the spring rate. How does that convert to lbs total for the front and rear?

 

i think you have to multiply by 55 or something and I got a front spring rate of 550
and rear of 440? Is that right

 

Try editing your posts instead of posting multiple ones in a row.


Skunk2 springs typically come with a number on them like 0500.250.006, which means:

5" length, 2.5" inner diameter, 6kg/mm.

6kg/mm = 60kg/cm = 337lb/inch

So 1kg/mm = 10kg/cm = 56lb/inch