whats the best coilover system for a type r ?

 

define "best". best for what?


[Modified by Big Phat R, 8:31 PM 8/14/2001]

 

from what i hear.... OHLINS is da *****!!

 

Depends what you want.........Street, Strip, or Track?

 

i have the Tein HA's with custom spring rates, they work relatively well on road and track.

but if i were to buy a coilover system now i would get DMS

 

what is DMS ?

 

its a brand...... DMS: Drummond Motorsports, made right here in Australia.

 

Is there any opinions on the Tein RA/HA and Zeal Function B6?

Since the Teins are rebuildable, do they authorized shops that can do here in the states or would I have to send it overseas?

Are the Zeal B6 rebuildable?

 

Ohlins or Zeal S6.

 

As far as I know - Ohlins makes shocks.

They make rally coilovers - but I don't see any coilovers for street cars on their website. http://www.ohlins.com/

What they do list in the applications does not include the Type R. Who has seen Ohlins coilovers and where? What kind of springs were they?

 

Ohlins coilovers are here:

http://www.carrozzeriajapan.co.jp/ohlins/4wd/4w.htmp

If price is no object, my vote for best coilovers is QUANTUM-JAPAN


Here's a pic of the OHLINS PCV coilover:



Build quality is NOWHERE near Zeal or Racing Gear (RG); price for the DC2 version is about JY185000


[Modified by kengs, 5:21 AM 8/15/2001]

 

How about Motons, with the remote resevoir??? Do those perform as well as the price would indicate?

 

I used Tein RA's and they were incredible! Very stiff for street though. Full alliuminum. Tein RS are even one step beyond that with remote resovoirs and independently adjustable compression and rebound.

 

Ya, I was thinking the Moton's too..I heard they are amazing for the track...

 

...quantum

not sure if it's the best, but it sure is the MOST expensive coilover for type-r.

It tops ohlins by about 40% in price.

 

all depends on the budget.

I have TEIN HA's and THink RA's or Zeal B6's (Most liekly the Zeals) are in my future.

 

You will like the Zeals; might want to look at Function S or S6.

 

Moton is great stuff from the founders of JRZ, but wouldn't last a year on a bumpy street. You can't even run less than 800lb/in on those. Yeah... have fun with that. Plus I think you have to send them back to Europe for a revalve, unless they have some shops in the states now.

Mugen Lowdowns I hear are a pretty good street/track setup. I am preferential to either off the shelf Bilsteins + sleeves of around 400F/500R, or better yet, revalved externally adjustable Konis on 400F/600R.

Warren

 

whats the best coilovers
for street

 

Why bother with coilovers if you're just tooting around on public streets? The stock suspension is pretty damn good.

Warren

 

I have ZEAL Super Function on my car and they are barely streetable but pretty good for track but FMO : Zeal, Spoon, Quantum ,DMS and Mugen will be my options.

It depends on your application street or Race.