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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:24 PM
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Need general info on coilovers

I have a 2011 infinit G37 sedan and I want to get coilovers for it. This will be my first time buying coilovers so I have a lot of questions. The main question in being what is a dependable coilover if your on a budget. I've been looking into CX racing, and tein right now. So if I could hear your thoughts on those and any other coilovers you would recommend that would be great.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:26 PM
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Are you a RWD or X sedan? RWD has many more choices. What is your budget? The more info the better.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by efuseakay
Are you a RWD or X sedan? RWD has many more choices. What is your budget? The more info the better.
It's RWD and I was looking at $700 max but if this is an impossible task I would go up to $1,000
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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:47 PM
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Koni yellows > budget coilovers
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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:54 PM
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Koni yellows > budget coilovers
What's the max amount you can lower your car on yellows? And where would I buy some online?
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Old May 18, 2015 | 08:59 PM
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What's the max amount you can lower your car on yellows? And where would I buy some online?
Whatever lowering spings you choose.

Hit up the vendors. B2 was the cheapest for me.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Lego_Maniac
Whatever lowering spings you choose.

Hit up the vendors. B2 was the cheapest for me.
I went to B2 autosports and they didnt have any koni yellows for my car the cheapest ones i saw there were the tein street basis coilovers. B2 Auto Designs
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Old May 18, 2015 | 09:35 PM
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Cx racing seems cheap to me. I always see them floating around eBay. Tein is better, I'm rocking there S-tech springs right now. Either way, This is your suspension, it's a very vital part of your car. Please don't cheap out and risk the safety of passengers in the car as well as your own. I've been looking for coilovers as well, mainly ones that go super low because I'm looking for fitment, and the stance coilovers seem to be the best for my budget. There around $1k and I've looked at plenty of reviews and they seem like there quality parts. Just my 0.02.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Cmedlin96
Cx racing seems cheap to me. I always see them floating around eBay. Tein is better, I'm rocking there S-tech springs right now. Either way, This is your suspension, it's a very vital part of your car. Please don't cheap out and risk the safety of passengers in the car as well as your own. I've been looking for coilovers as well, mainly ones that go super low because I'm looking for fitment, and the stance coilovers seem to be the best for my budget. There around $1k and I've looked at plenty of reviews and they seem like there quality parts. Just my 0.02.
So you have tein lowering springs right now then? What do you think of tein's regarding ride quality? And could you post a pic of ur car right now I just want to get a feel for ride heights.
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Old May 18, 2015 | 11:59 PM
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For the price the Tein Street basis are about the best deal, they don't use pillowball front hat mounts that can be a source of noise related issues. The Teins use the factory hats, they don't have adjustable dampers but are set up pretty well for daily driving out of the box. These aren't coilovers that you should slam, more of a moderate drop range, up to about 2". These are a better option than lowering springs on OEM shocks. The Konis on lowering springs is a great option, and should be around $1k give or take depending on which lowering springs you use. Keep in mind you should also inclucde the cost of at least a rear camber kit in the deal too.
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Old May 19, 2015 | 02:01 AM
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For the price the Tein Street basis are about the best deal, they don't use pillowball front hat mounts that can be a source of noise related issues. The Teins use the factory hats, they don't have adjustable dampers but are set up pretty well for daily driving out of the box. These aren't coilovers that you should slam, more of a moderate drop range, up to about 2". These are a better option than lowering springs on OEM shocks. The Konis on lowering springs is a great option, and should be around $1k give or take depending on which lowering springs you use. Keep in mind you should also inclucde the cost of at least a rear camber kit in the deal too.
That's the only thing that I don't like about the tein's is that it doesn't have a damper and it doesn't drop more than 2". I'm looking to slam my car that's why I'm sorta leaning toward CXracing.

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Old May 19, 2015 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Heffalump55555
That's the only thing that I don't like about the tein's is that it doesn't have a damper and it doesn't drop more than 2". I'm looking to slam my car that's why I'm sorta leaning toward CXracing.
Yeah, those Teins are best for semi-deep drops, something approaching slammed stance you're better off w/ Megan/BC/D2s and the rest on a budget.
My Megan LPs have held up well for over 30k miles and I'm at zero gap, could go much lower if I decided I wanted to scrape on everything.
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