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Old 07-19-12, 10:56 AM
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Default Having some issues with my coilovers

So I just swapped my Tein CS coilovers out the other day with some HKS hypermax 2 that came off of a twin turbo Supra, I noticed the front springs are a lot taller and stiffer than the rears, the rear springs are soft enough for me to compress a little with my hands. With this being said the car feels way too soft in the rear to a point where the car feels like its sagging and the fronts feel pretty stiff but isnt able to adjust no where as low as the rears are able to. I ran across some Stance coilover springs for a pretty good price but they all had different spring rates of course which I don't know much about, to give you guys an idea Im looking to be able to drop my car low and still be able to have a stiff ride and I'm trying to get some incite to point me in the right direction
Old 07-19-12, 11:01 AM
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Get PBM's. It's on the stiff side and can go low as the chassis can but still great for daily driving.
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Are you referring to just getting PBM coil springs swapped on my current coilovers or the entire PBM coilover setup?
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Not too sure about swapping spring. I guess I misunderstood your question to what's the best coils for stiffness.
Old 07-19-12, 01:31 PM
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Get some swift coilover springs.
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What spring rates should I look into?
Old 07-19-12, 06:47 PM
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What's your spring rates now? I've riden on stance on 12/12 and it felt pretty stiff and considering stance is a authorize swift dealer hit them up and ask for custom rates. I think the stance coils the pro ones for the sc is 14/10 so I think 12/12 would be a good happy medium for dailying
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You're really just better off buying a new kit, buying used, you just don't know what the condition of the internals are or how much life they have left.

Hit us up and we can help you with a custom kit to get you what you want.
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I'd have to sell these first but I'm just gonna try the Stance 12k springs first and go from there
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I wouldn't recommend running the same exact spring rate front and rear. There is normally always at least a 2k spring rate difference between front and rear. If you are going to get 12k front, then get 14 or 16k rear.
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Ok thanks man I'll take that into consideration, I've been doing some reading and I'm thinking the main issue is by the valve being broken, I'm not able to fill the one coilover with nitrogen,which seems to be the problem
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