Your Thoughts?

[pengu4]

Hey all, iv being thinking about it sometime now, i wanna purchase some N1 Coilovers, but im not too sure if i want them or not?

would anyone recommend them or have any advice for me please?

cheers

[nisskid]

what are N1 coilovers?

i can think of a few brands that have N1 models if thats what u mean?

[pengu4]

i seen them on ISC performace website

[SIR_R32]

I would stay clear of ISC coilovers, i had them and not a fan, got some BC and they are awesome

[nisskid]

BC are the rage atm, and they do have a bit more merit than the other cheap brands, but ur buying cheap gear either way and there is no actual proof they're any better, just based on their origins more than anything.

[SIR_R32]

The build quality of BC to ISC are huge. ISC are more D2/D4 coilover spec

[nisskid]

ISC are more D2/D4 coilover spec

thats a big call.

[pengu4]

im lookin at the bc range, either the br type rs coilovers or the es coilovers what u guys rekon??

[nisskid]

i think id rather spend more on suspension.

[pengu4]

so ditch the coilovers u mean?

[-Jimmy-]

No he means focus on a little bit better quality brands such as Bilstein, TEIN, Cusco and whatever else nisskid tells you

[75coupe]

So I gather that when you say coilover you are wanting something adjustable because thats supposedly the good stuff right?

just get a decent shock and good spec springs and you have your coilover, if you dont have huge amounts to spend look for decent brands in good secondhand condition, but just keep in mind that just because a mate has 'awesome' adjustable coilovers that are all shiny doesnt mean he will have the right spring spec or have them on the right damper/height settings for the car... most times they dont...

adjustable doesnt always mean good... they may be great for track or racing, but for street with no DIY alignment system and no real suspension setup experience its just not practical... see what what the people in the motorsport section are running and why.

[nisskid]

my thoughts:

u dont even need 2 levels of adjustment when they are as shit as most cheap coilovers, there is usually maybe 1 or 2 adjustments with half decent curves, and u have to find them on a shock dyno. people think because they can "feel the difference" when changing the damper adjustments, that they are doing their job. straight up wrong, ur not tuning the performance, ur tuning the ride comfort in most cases.

waste of money, and less performance. thank god for dumb people, otherwise companies would actually have to put more thought into marketing than painting them some pretty colours and putting some knobs on them to play with to sell them.

a lot of damper adjustment is handy when the adjustment is good for teams who have the resources to test and tune properly, but even then it's only handy when the damper adjustment is actually good, basically until you get to around high end koni's level, the damper adjustment is just about useless, even to race engineers let a lone newbies.

it's pure marketing and wank factor.