Coilovers question

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 01/06/2015 at 11:00 • Filed to: None

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This one is mostly for crowmolly, camaroboy, or whoever has played most with special application coilovers lately. The question is - what is the best budget coilover for a partial DIY suspension? This is a setup I'd be ordering by rate for, not model matched. I'm wary of eBay specials for obvious reasons, but I don't know how good the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - they're certainly at a good price point.

I could see there being some popular model of car that has a mostly universal type, and that would be cheaper for good than the true universal ones, but until I know, I don't have what I need to look into that. If the Carrera ones aren't any good, then okay.jpg. I did run across a thread on the HAMB with a guy who'd destroyed a set, but he was an epic dumbass and had used a set with about half the rate he needed.

Dual eye-end coilover is a must, something on the order of 10"-12" preferred. Small-ish spring would be good, so that I can match similar parts (shock, anyway) on the Jag rear end when it comes time, but that's a stretch goal.

crowmolly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/06/2015 at 11:13

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I run QA1 stuff (pro coil), as do some of the other guys I know.

Something like this might be good:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/QA1-COIL-O…

If you stick to single adjustable the price stays down. New 450# 7" springs should run you $90 or so.

And if you do this, pop for the spanner wrenches and thrust bearing kit if the shocks do not come with any of that.

wabbalosthiskey > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/06/2015 at 11:18

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I second crowmolly, we use lots of QA1s as a starting point at around $160/ea, and a pair of springs are cheap. The shocks can be had in just about any length/travel in single or double adjustable.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > crowmolly 01/06/2015 at 11:25

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I was seeing QA1 a lot, and I suspected that there was a cheaper way - single adjustable or even non-adjustable would be fine. You're actually very close on your weight guess - Ridetech's calculator was giving me somewhere between 350 and 400, which was about my estimate to match up with the rear as well - perhaps a touch higher.