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Originally Posted by Scca_Ev
<steps up on soap box>
Lighten up wes. Not everyone has the wallet to spend $2500+ on a suspension for their vehicle. Nor does everyone need a full race suspension set up for their daily driver.
While I appreciate your suggestion on Koni's, as you are in line with what many others have said (ShawnB for example), and just as many found in actual use, your delivery is quite brash. You remind me of many camera sales people. Unless the body costs $1500, and the lens costs $800+ dollars, it's not worth buying. Your elitist bias and need to belittle those who don't choose your brand of shock adds nothing to this discussion. Many will ignore your suggestion simply based on your presentation. Just think about people you know who insist their way is better, and nothing else is even worth consideration. Bet you know someone like that, and I am confident I know your opinion of them.
Koni's may be the best set up, but I will say again, installing the Megan's and using the $1600 savings on track time (8 events by my count) will do more to improve my driving than any modification I could make, including your preferred set up.
My guess is, these coil overs will get me through the next year and I will be faster than "better prepared" cars when I go W2W, because I spent my money where it counts, on track time. Why do you think in the picture above I am in front of 2 BMW's, a Golf GTI and a Corvette? It's not because my car has more power, bigger tires or better brakes. It's because I have more track time than them, and drive better.
Pop a chill pill, and come to the thread in a helpful and open mind set. Your opinion will be far better respected.
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Very well said....nice to read an eloquent post once in a while.
I too am weary of the Suspension Snobs smoting down anybody not wearing Konis.
Its quite tiresome. Koni Koni Koni.....
A one off design, limited production set-up (Shocktec, the Bilstein based coilover, comes to mind as just ONE example) will probably smoke any of the best Koni set-ups described on these pages, but....where does it end??$$$ Oh look, now I can't afford gas... DOH!
Track time is an often overlooked suspension piece...can you do anything with what you've got? If you jumped in a '74 Valiant-leaf springs and all- and ran around the track with those cars, how would you do?
I bet you would do pretty well.
Whatever you do, remember this is supposed to fun, or at least a great experience...don't spend yourself out of that mindset. Buy the best you can afford and run the hell out of it.
The photo of you spanking a quarter of a million $$ worth of cars through that corner was priceless!
