tomj77

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So who makes good coilovers for the balt? I like what I see with cxracing and the color matches my car. Zzp bc racing also look seem good. These any good?

cluelessk

From what I've read BC makes the nicest off the shelf coilovers for our cars.

zeeky420

I liked them for looks and they handled ok on a flat non bumpy road but for performance I didn't like them if you want good coilovers IMO you should scale car(each tire) figure out your Springs as far as weight per Tire and get shocks custom valved

Slowbalt2000

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Bc can do this too^^ if you wanna spend the extra time and money. For handling, kw is best but id rather have konis and yyz.

royce777

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BC is the way to go.

ECaulk

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If you want handling here is your answer.

Slowbalt2000

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Personally i have BCs and I like them, but mine are super stancy

BC has really good customer support and replacement parts are easily ordered by calling them. Super awesome guys to work with.

Omiotek

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Bc makes so inverted body coilovers that are ok. Kw variant 2 are the best option for coilover in terms of a affordable decent handling. Yyz and konis are the best option for handling and ride comfort no questions asked.


If money is no issue call up anze. They have an off the shelf race coilover. Big money.

Scythe_Snake

BCs, Stance, and KW are going to be the best coilover options. For handling, as omiotek said, YYZ and Konis will be the best.

tomj77

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I talked to John powell, he discouraged me from coilovers. so I worked out something with him. gonna get konis from zzp and ship them to powell, who will powder them black for me, cause yellow just don't work with my colors. and he will powder some yyz springs red and assemble everything and send it to me. should look sweet plus I get awesome ride and handling. best of both worlds.

Coba

If you want great adjustability definitely look more into coils. I love just taking a few hours to work out little adjustments and how big of a different it makes when starting to get the car balanced properly.


I raised mine and everybody says it rides "more" like a normal car(Full Soft no rub). Front gap is 3/4 inch rear is 1 1/4 inch, to help keep the weight transferred forward under acceleration. Which makes a big difference in my driving tests for winter driving and launching.


Tuning for the drag strip would be really nice with a good set of coils. Maybe even knock off a tenth or better when properly setup. (once heard someone put mini footballs in back springs to stiffen the rear for drags lol)


But as stated above if you want only cornering performance and consistency the yyz koni special seems the way to go.

blu3_v1p3r

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My buddy Connor did the mini football thing. They act as cheap dragbags, and can be inflated or deflated to meet your needs. Not all tracks will allow that though, some will fail you for tech inspections. A guy out here in CA was turned away for it at an Autocross event.

Snail_SS

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Honestly Tom once you have the konis inside the modified strut you won't even see the yellow portion. Unless you're buying the modified strut version from Powell since he gets them powder coated to match the konis then yeah you would have yellow showing but then it's not super noticeable

tomj77

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I'd notice lol.

Snail_SS

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Lol trust me I have that set up you can see the back ones for sure the fronts you wont

Omiotek

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With the right aheel you see them. I had my bodies and strut bases all done un yellow

63 Nova SS

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I like the yellow shocks showing through the back wheels. I wish I could get the front inserts powells sells. Never have heard much of anything back on them even from Gloria. I guess they are still busy.

slapbetcommissioner

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What insert are you referring to?

Snail_SS

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Powell cuts the front strut (modify) for you so you can just insert the konis into them and has them powder coated, it's a nice piece for sure after looking at them when I got them it's not really a difficult thing to do