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Old 10-16-10, 08:00 PM
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Question Shopping for Coilovers

hey guys, been looking at coilovers for my '97 es300 thinkin of buying K Sport Kontrol Pro Coilovers anyone have these? seen em for a little bit under $1,200. too cheap for coilovers??

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K-sport= big no no. They will crap out on you within a very short period of time.
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Good call, any suggestions?


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K-sport= big no no. They will crap out on you within a very short period of time.
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I'm rocking JIC magic and I love it. Bought mine refurbished for 1400. I don't know many people with them but tein coilovers should be a good choice and are probably more comfortable than JIC. You will need to buy pillow ball mounts if you go with those though.
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Originally Posted by kaldES98
I'm rocking JIC magic and I love it. Bought mine refurbished for 1400. I don't know many people with them but tein coilovers should be a good choice and are probably more comfortable than JIC. You will need to buy pillow ball mounts if you go with those though.
you can't use pillow ball mounts for the Tein. You have to reuse your stock oem mounts as Tein doesn't make pillow ball mounts for the SS. You will definitely have a smoother ride with the stock mounts versus the pillow ball. And whatever you do, don't get ksports. I had them and they were pitiful.
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had Tein Super Street with Pillow ball upper mounts on my wrx I liked them but a machanic told me your at a loss if you need to repair them. Japan :


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I'm rocking JIC magic and I love it. Bought mine refurbished for 1400. I don't know many people with them but tein coilovers should be a good choice and are probably more comfortable than JIC. You will need to buy pillow ball mounts if you go with those though.
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thanks man


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you can't use pillow ball mounts for the Tein. You have to reuse your stock oem mounts as Tein doesn't make pillow ball mounts for the SS. You will definitely have a smoother ride with the stock mounts versus the pillow ball. And whatever you do, don't get ksports. I had them and they were pitiful.
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