I bought a set of Buddy Club Racing Spec Dampers and installed them on my EJ1. They retail for about $1500, but I got them for $499 on ebay. They are DC2 Type R spec, 12k front springs, 8k rear springs, pillowball mounts, 15 way adjustable (+ or - 4k from full hard to full soft), and the ride height is adjusted by changing the length of the shock body, not where the spring is, so you can ride at different ride heights without losing spring preload. I haven't taken the car to the track but I can tell why it's called a "racing spec" damper, on full hard you can feel everything on the road, and after a short ride on city streets you may want to let your organs settle back into place. On full soft it rides extremely well for daily driving, but is still a little soft for what I like. I've been driving for a few days with the front on 12 clicks and the rears on 8 clicks, it's stiff but bearable for daily duties. The handling is amazing, i previously had kyb gr2's and sleeve coilovers, and there's no comparison to the buddy clubs. I can corner at higher speeds without a problem. Also they are engineered very well, the valving seems to match the springrates perfectly, and this is proven by the car not having a bouncy ride. I am very pleased with this suspension and highly recommend it to anyone that wants a more performance oriented coilover while retaining streetability. For the people that like to ride "slammed" this coilover isn't really for you, I have my with the fronts all the way down and the rears have about a half inch left. I could go about an inch lower by removing the locking collars, but I'm satisfied with the ride height right now.

here's some pics:
this is how they arrived, one big box with each coilover in smaller boxes individually









hope my review helps, i'm no suspension expert, this is just my thoughts and observations, I plan to autocross this summer to fully test what this suspension can do.

 

 

good stuff and thanks for the information.

 

found a shock dyno

 

Is that as low as they will go?

 

so was this a slight new/used setup like a one time deall or was it a powerseller/dealer who sells more hook it up....share the wealth

 

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this is


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mine was a one time deal, but i did just see another private seller sell the same set for $680ish dollars...still a hell of a deal

 

Is it bouncy at that height?

thx for the review

 

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not boucy at all..regardless of height, because they are adjusted by the lower mount, not the spring

 

Two things:
First, do NOT remove the locking collars to get the car lower. That's a really terrible idea. The shock WILL move up and down within the lower sleeve if you do that.

Second, while the RSDs are not bouncy, that has nothing to do with the shock "being matched to the spring." The shock valving is made to accomodate a range of spring rates, and yours happens to be within that range. It's not bouncy because you don't have stupidly high spring rates, and the dampers are pretty heavy duty.

Other than that, keep an eye on the rears if your roads are bad, they have a tendency to develop a leak if abused too much.

 

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First, do NOT remove the locking collars to get the car lower. That's a really terrible idea. The shock WILL move up and down within the lower sleeve if you do that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i'm not going to, after taking one apart i realized you can't even go lower doing that because there's not enough threading in the lower mount to go lower

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stinkycheezmonky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Second, while the RSDs are not bouncy, that has nothing to do with the shock "being matched to the spring." The shock valving is made to accomodate a range of spring rates, and yours happens to be within that range. It's not bouncy because you don't have stupidly high spring rates, and the dampers are pretty heavy duty.

Other than that, keep an eye on the rears if your roads are bad, they have a tendency to develop a leak if abused too much.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the info and thanks for sharing it on this thread, like i said that's just my review and i'm no suspension expert

 

does anyone have the buddy club n+ coilovers and if you do can you say how the ride feels

 

You got a great deal on the price, good stuff