View Poll Results: What do you use your car for?
caged, track or auto-x only monster, no street
3
2.83%
Track or auto-x junkie, street drivable
27
25.47%
daily driver, some track, some auto-x
32
30.19%
daily driver, suspension work primarily for better looks
4
3.77%
daily driver, suspension work primarily for better handling
40
37.74%
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What do you use your car for and how important is suspension to you?
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DD until I die. Currently all she has installed are GTWorx' springs and since she's an MR they work great!
However I do want to improve on what I currently have.
I'm thinking:
Whiteline front & rear sway bars
Whiteline roll center kit
Perrin stout mounts
Perrin PSRS
And possibly a rear strut bar.
-Jalal
However I do want to improve on what I currently have.
I'm thinking:
Whiteline front & rear sway bars
Whiteline roll center kit
Perrin stout mounts
Perrin PSRS
And possibly a rear strut bar.
-Jalal
Last edited by MJ23FE; Sep 24, 2009 at 05:39 AM.
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Digging all the GTWorx spring guys in here.
I recently picked up an 05 Mini Pooper S as my DD. Great gas mileage, great handling, and a little bit of power. Specifically chose one with a sun roof because i knew if I didn't....i'd have it stripped, caged, flared, JRZ's on 500/500 spring rates, hoosiers, racetech seats, motec, etc, and i just can't afford to do it right now. The time is not right for a project car, but someday.
I like setting up other people's cars, but I need to get my butt out to some autocrosses and the track in my own car. In the meantime I'm doing my best to keep it a "street" car. Some suspension work is definitely in store for it though.
- andrew
I recently picked up an 05 Mini Pooper S as my DD. Great gas mileage, great handling, and a little bit of power. Specifically chose one with a sun roof because i knew if I didn't....i'd have it stripped, caged, flared, JRZ's on 500/500 spring rates, hoosiers, racetech seats, motec, etc, and i just can't afford to do it right now. The time is not right for a project car, but someday.
I like setting up other people's cars, but I need to get my butt out to some autocrosses and the track in my own car. In the meantime I'm doing my best to keep it a "street" car. Some suspension work is definitely in store for it though.
- andrew
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I chose the last option. DD, suspension work primarily for handling. But, it's not a daily driver. It's my weekend toy, which I rarley take to work during the week. It's, unfortunatly, never seen a track day. I'd LOVE to get to a track but it's tough when my two best friend are into trucks, the closest track in over 2 hours away and my work schedule blows. Excuses, excuses
I just use RobiSpec Springs and RSB. I'd soon like to get some Bilstein's, FSB, Roll-center kit, etc. I had Swifts on my last Evo. It's hard to say which spring performs better, in my opinion, but they're both top notch. I would have gone with GTWorx, but they're just not low enough, which in turn makes them handle so well. I don't want a slammed look, because I obviously got ride of Tein's and Tanabe's that I bought both my Evo's with, but I still want the car to look nice. I think, though, even though I've never driven on GTWORX springs, they're probably the best performing spring you could buy.
If I had an unlimited budget, I'd research a coil-over (so cliche, I know) that works on both the street and the track, but mostly the track. Instead of having a street evo I could take to the track, I'd rather have a track Evo, that's still decent enough to drive on the street. But since my budget is limited.... very limited actually I have to settle for less than both of those and just slightly improve the performance of my Evo.
I just use RobiSpec Springs and RSB. I'd soon like to get some Bilstein's, FSB, Roll-center kit, etc. I had Swifts on my last Evo. It's hard to say which spring performs better, in my opinion, but they're both top notch. I would have gone with GTWorx, but they're just not low enough, which in turn makes them handle so well. I don't want a slammed look, because I obviously got ride of Tein's and Tanabe's that I bought both my Evo's with, but I still want the car to look nice. I think, though, even though I've never driven on GTWORX springs, they're probably the best performing spring you could buy.
If I had an unlimited budget, I'd research a coil-over (so cliche, I know) that works on both the street and the track, but mostly the track. Instead of having a street evo I could take to the track, I'd rather have a track Evo, that's still decent enough to drive on the street. But since my budget is limited.... very limited actually I have to settle for less than both of those and just slightly improve the performance of my Evo.
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I voted "Track or auto-x junkie, street drivable", although I haven't had a chance to do nearly as many track days over the last 18 months as I would have liked to. However with the addition of an '04 A8 to my whips, the Evo rarely sees street duty anymore. Ironically the installation of the Bilstein/Swift combo may change that, though.
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Voted for track/auto-x + street drivability. The two do not need to be mutually exclusive (although "street drivability" is subjective). With the right dampers (and right rebound/compression valving), a car can still be very streetable with stiff rates - the only problem is that it's not in everyone's budget. Good, streetable coilovers that also work on the track start at KWs, and those are north of $2000.
The Ohlins models I've driven on all have awesome street manners - at least as good as stock with the off-the-shelf springs. The Moton Clubsports on my car at the moment are also very streetable, even with 700/900 springs. Parking lot speed bumps and harsh driveway entrances are a little uncomfortable, but they eat up bridge junctions and most cracks and ruts in the road. I don't daily my car, but I there are times when I have had to when the daily driver is broken - not bad, but I could imagine it would wear a bit after a while. On Ohlins I would have no issue driving the car every day.
The Ohlins models I've driven on all have awesome street manners - at least as good as stock with the off-the-shelf springs. The Moton Clubsports on my car at the moment are also very streetable, even with 700/900 springs. Parking lot speed bumps and harsh driveway entrances are a little uncomfortable, but they eat up bridge junctions and most cracks and ruts in the road. I don't daily my car, but I there are times when I have had to when the daily driver is broken - not bad, but I could imagine it would wear a bit after a while. On Ohlins I would have no issue driving the car every day.
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Huge plus 1......I have had a couple of rides in my day where I was concerned with the look more than function....Boy did I learn the hard way how much money goes into a mod and then putting it right back to the way it was prior because of rattles,squeaks and safety issues. Rick
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Gotta love coilovers+sick summer tires. I DD my evo and love being able to take just about any turn I want with confidence. And there is a bonus.....LOOKS !!
My suspension setup= Fortune auto Coil overs, White Line steering bushing kit, and BF Goodrich KDW2. For what I do its a good set up, remember our cars are sick stock.
My suspension setup= Fortune auto Coil overs, White Line steering bushing kit, and BF Goodrich KDW2. For what I do its a good set up, remember our cars are sick stock.
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Function over fashion everytime, but I have to say the endurance of an upgrade matters to me alot. I race rally and my daily drivers get babied but I dont usually put anything on my street car unless its been rally tested ;-)
#27
DD right now but car has seen a huge amount of track miles so far. Eventually it will be a full track car.
I really have the car set up for a track. Stiff as hell mullerized JIC's and a huge rsb means around town its hard,noisy and uncomfortable...but i would rather have a well set-up car than have a compromised suspension
I really have the car set up for a track. Stiff as hell mullerized JIC's and a huge rsb means around town its hard,noisy and uncomfortable...but i would rather have a well set-up car than have a compromised suspension
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I don't DD mine unless the Eclipse is down which it is at the moment. When I do drive the evo I like to throw it into the corners. Now that the evo is seeing DD duties I think its time to replace the KYB's with some Blistein/whiteline combo. Love my GTWorx springs but starting to hate my KYB's.