Does anyone have experience with coilovers from KW? Searched and found nothing....
http://www.kwsuspensions.com/coilovers.htm

Great price, and stainless as well. I'm thinking about variant2 for street and track use. Anyone?

 

I tested a set a few weeks ago. Shocks are pretty decent, but the springs are poor quality. I actually have one sitting in front of me as we speak.

There are better alternatives for the money IMO.

Ryan

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtecvoodoo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I tested a set a few weeks ago. Shocks are pretty decent, but the springs are poor quality. I actually have one sitting in front of me as we speak.

There are better alternatives for the money IMO.

Ryan</TD></TR></TABLE>

What exactly do you mean by poor quality? Please elaborate....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtecvoodoo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sagged after a few go arounds in the cycle tester and being set to block which leads me to believe they are not using the best materials.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Which coilovers would you recommend instead on a stock ITR? Must be stainless and used mainly for street but tracked occasionally....

 

Anyone else with KW experience?

 

Me wanna knows too!

 

Have a set of V3's for an Audi in my basement, they look purdy. KW uses progressive springs so the ride quality should be good, however you will sacrifice some track performance. That's pretty much all I can say now, ask me again in a couple months As far as better coilovers go, it all depends what you are comparing the KW's too.

 

I checked out those exact KW's quality looks to be there, but since they are not on the car yet and no real exsperiance who knows! if they do sag that would suck ***. But I just do not see that happening with the V3's they are the highset end modles with helper springs and two way adustable. But what do I Know, you should ask all the German turing cars that use them


-nate

 

I and a lot of friends have the Variant 1. For a street application Var. 2 or 3 is not worth the money.

The car handles great but if you lower your car too much the suspension is realy hard, i praid for my control arms, there will be NO comfort left if you lower the suspension to the max.

This is my hatch with 16" rims, KW Variant1 lowered to the max:



I raised the suspension for about 1" and now it is perfect.

Be sure to get the inox line (stainless steel).

 

hi mate,

do you know the spring rate for the V1? ...

if u do, could you possible tell me please?

thanxs for ne help

 

hey, i run kw variant 3's on my R... i like em... but i got a deal on them (2 G's Cnd taxes in)... for wut they do they are pretty nice, handle well and the seperate compression and rebound adjustment is nice when tryin to get rid of understeer... and as far as sag goes, i've had them on the R for 9 months and no sag yet...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtecvoodoo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I tested a set a few weeks ago. Shocks are pretty decent, but the springs are poor quality. I actually have one sitting in front of me as we speak.

There are better alternatives for the money IMO.

Ryan</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol are u some sort of eibach rep? and your saying the springs are poor quality and this product is competing with eibach of course your gona say no to quality of a competing product it's your job lol.

oh yea i forgot about my opintion about them, my nieghbor has them in his vr6, and hes pretty low and the ride is awsome he has adjustable dampening so u can make it realy stiff or soft thats the pro of them i think.

 

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lol are u some sort of eibach rep? and your saying the springs are poor quality and this product is competing with eibach of course your gona say no to quality of a competing product it's your job lol. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes Ryan does work for Eibach but I've seen him give honest/positive opinions about competitors products in the past. I for one would take his word for it

 

iam just saying it how i see it, u have the eibach tag as a avatar iam just saying you sound bias. thats all. i told u why i think there good other then the fact my friend rides on them (adjustable dampning), iam not saying this is the best product, if u ask me H&R and Bilstien are the best out there hands down but i know that if u ask me Eibach doesn't have the same brand as a H&R or a Bilstien, i think it's because iam from the German part of tunning and we don't really value Eibach as a key player as far as suspension goes we once did but now theres soo much other product that have the same or even better quality now look at Wietec there 60/40 kit sux in my opinion but there Coilover kit is much better.iam not sure if you honda guys know about Wietec my bad. iam just telling you the reason of my thinking thats all.

 

???? and eibach has nutting even to compare as a coil over just the sleeve. hahahahahhaaha u kidding me.

 

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English please?

Eibach has been making springs for a long time and is one of the leaders in the industry and supply IRL, NASCAR, WRC, etc with springs. Professional teams. If you dont choose to recognize this and insist on using a substandard product, you're only selling yourself short.

 

we aren't talking about just springs we are talking about coil over kits. which eibach has no competiting product, there so called coil over is just a spring with a sleeve . KW coilovers have the spring, with a helper spring with the strut/shocks this setup of coilovers is more expensive but does a much better job with helping in handling, and also with the adjustable dampning which is beoming more popular u can adjust your stuffness of ride.


i stand corrected eibach does sell such products my bad. shows me how much marketing eibach has done for there better products.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redsivik &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">we aren't talking about just springs we are talking about coil over kits. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I know. And Ryan pointed out that the springs were not of the best quality. I'm not sure why you got your panties in a bunch. He has direct experience with the product and posted his honest opinion.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">which eibach has no competiting product, there so called coil over is just a spring with a sleeve </TD></TR></TABLE>

Then why are you accusing Ryan of presenting a biased opinion?

 

We don`t have a full coilover? Then what was I testing at the California Speedway this weekend on a new VW R32? Yes, I said R32. Oh, we had our Z06 out there, too, which has our coilover on it.

We do not sell coil sleeves, that is ground control. And, team those w/ a set of Koni Shocks and the right rates and you`ll have at least a comparable kit to the KW at half the price, if not better.

We can go on and on all day, but until you have some REAL data, it`s just hot air.

Ryan


Modified by vtecvoodoo at 9:47 PM 3/8/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redsivik &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">KW coilovers have the spring, with a helper spring with the strut/shocks this setup of coilovers is more expensive but does a much better job with helping in handling, and also with the adjustable dampning which is beoming more popular u can adjust your stuffness of ride.


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RJ, this should be a FAQ in the road race/autoX forum.

LOL

 

Ok, I just got the KW version 2 installed on my Ek4. Now I think the shop got the springs mixed up. The front is adjusted as high as it goes, and I can't even turn the wheel. The rear is way high, and can it even higher. The rear springs is a bit thicker then the front ones. Is that right?