Thread: ksports coil overs

Mine fronts blew last year and got it replace thru warantee n now my rears r blown.

the droop travel (suspension travel when loaded) is less than OEM...........that is with the coilovers spring perches all the way up and height adjusted from the knuckle.

i made a full thread on them on the none dash forum when i got them. i was the first to own them and give any sort of usefull feed back on them. i took all measurements while on the phone with steve foltz......anyone from the none dash forum will remember his name and his knowledge of suspension....he concluded simply by the measurements that they are crap.

there is no need for all that adjustment unless you are a full blown road racer......and in that case you would be buying a coilover set built to your specs by hot bits. just get some AGX's and road magnets and be happy with the track proven set up.

well i went for a ride in a buddy of mines b14 with tien ss's and the ride was spectacular, and when he put some speed into the turns the did great, kind of sold me on the tien brand

My friend has em in his nx and they ride stuff and very bouncy even when set to full soft. I'm not sure of his spring rates and method of adjusting them. He did only pay 500 shipped brand new for em though.failure could be immenent because most people just dump their cars on em

I have them on my N15, they've probably done about 20,000 miles...and the only thing that has happened is on the N15 a part of the axle is slighly different to the B14 and that has rubbed on the rears and left a deep scratch on both. But that's only cosmetic and obvisously you won't have that problem.

I've got used to the ride of them, and on the least hardest stifness there fine for day to day use. I just avoid roads I know are very bad/speed bumps when I can.

Yeah, we measured them up and found exactly what I expected to find. They have very short travel. That is why they come with 448 lb springs so they don't bottom out. It's very important to have resonable expectations for that type of setup. Short travel and stiff spring is not going to be very street friendly in most people opinion. Especially on B13's As you go up to the B15 they can take the stiffer spring and ride a little better. I would avoid them on a street car. It is also VERY important to set the two perchs up correctly for your car. Never lower the car using the upper spring perch on these things.




Steve

but im sure this test was on the 1st gens correct. i no a couple ppl with gen 2's and love the hell out of them

Well most people think that if you put springs with stock shocks its" tyte" and if its slammed and rides stiff then that's an optimal setup.

http://www.sr20forum.com/general-sr20/131810-pics-k-sport-suspension-5.html

If you read that last page you will see that a B13 will have under 2inch of shaft travel with the D2's Thats not a lot. That is my issue with this setup. I can get 3 inch's easy with a set of koni's