Best Coilovers For R34 25Gt Na?

[jwilson154]

I have a 99 r34 25gt 4 door with hicas (fork style rears), i was wondering the best coilovers to go with?

ive been looking at bc br's and just want to know some other opinions/options

[GTSBoy]

The best coilovers cost about $5k per corner. Did you really want the best coilovers or the same cheap arse Chinese crap that everyone else is running?

Edited February 15, 2014 by GTSBoy

[Manuel Kasko]

Haha i think what he means is if you want quality then go for some good springs and shocks.

If you want coilovers and don't want to sell a kidney then go BC BR's

Most people that want or have coilovers on a budget go BC's

[jwilson154]

well im clearly not going to put 20k worth of coilovers on a na r34... just want best quality under 2k

[sweefu]

Shockworks would by my pick, or MCA depending on where you live.

[SS-]

Recently got bilsteins of gary am very pleased with them and all under 2k aligned aswell

He happy to help and doesn't take long at all for them to arrive.

[AMR33]

Any of the well known everyday brands will do - BC, TEIN, D2 etc etc you will get a set for under 2 grand

[GTSBoy]

If you like hard riding nasty dampers, that is.

[AMR33]

If you like hard riding nasty dampers, that is.

Why offcourse, who wouldn't like that

[Deza3000]

Id probably go with tein, pretty decent for their price. Then again, i dont think it will matter when it comes to N/A skylines. You wont be having a huge amount of power to push high end coilovers to their limit, nor do i think you will be doing track days with a n/a. Id probably just go with cheapy coilovers, provided they dont bottom out and that they do their jobs on the streets, which is basically all you need (im also guessing its more of a cosmetic mod without the compromise of handling/comfort). And good on ya for not dumping them on king springs, at least someone does something right.

Edited February 18, 2014 by Deza3000

[GTSBoy]

How is buying cheap coilovers better than a set of Kings low and some B6s?

[AMR33]

How is buying cheap coilovers better than a set of Kings low and some B6s?

How is Using King springs better than any alternative? Even if using Bilstein shocks. They are rubbish springs, soft and bouncy

[GTSBoy]

Hahhaaaha. All springs are bouncy. It's the dampers that stop that.

There is almost no road in Australia that is better driven on springs as hard as a set of 6/4 coilovers than a set of "soft" Kings Springs.

[Deza3000]

How is buying cheap coilovers better than a set of Kings low and some B6s?

"provided they dont bottom out and do their jobs on the streets" "assuming its for a cosmetic look without the compromise of handling/comfort"

I thought i implied that it still needed to do their job on the streets. It doesnt have to be over the top expensive is what im trying to say, even 2k is pushing it. Second hand HKS could even be considered cheap. And im pretty sure you and i both know that King springs on stock shocks is a pretty stupid idea, any set of coilovers would do a better job than factory worn out shocks on cheap king springs.

[RXXXIV]

I've got Silver Neomax R's on my 34 25gt na and they're perfect, rides incredible well, slightly cheaper then BC BR's and just the same quality.

[GTSBoy]

Who said anything about stock dampers? Not I. I specifically said Bilsteins (B6). I would guarantee you that I could get any R32 from one place in Australia to another faster and more comfortably on ~4kg/mm Kings springs and a set of Bilsteins than you could on a set of 6/4 kg/mm (or worse, the typical 8/6 kg/mm) coilovers with crappy damping. Same car, just change the suspension units.

The fact is, a set of Kings lows will drop an R32 to pretty much exactly the legal height, are the right spring rate to work well on our crappy road surfaces, are comfortable and will last a long time. Mine have been in the car for all of this century so far, and they are as good as the day they went in. The Bilstein front dampers are still going strong, about the same age. The KYBs at the rear are dying. Most of the coilover bros around here would have been through 2 or three sets in the same time if they'd kept the same car.

[Manuel Kasko]

GTSBoy are you able to post a pic of how they sit on your car?

Sounds like a good choice

[GTSBoy]

I can try. I'll have to take a fresh one, because I actually don't have a single photo of my car from the side in daylight.

[Manuel Kasko]

Haha if you could it would be appreciated because I'm considering just springs an shocks for my 34 rather than coilovers

[GTSBoy]

Tyres are stock external diameter (235/45 on 17s). So the gap you see is what you get at lowest legal height. Car went through Regency last year and was pretty close to spot on for height.\

That's more luck than good management. Sydneykid's grooved (modified) Bilsteins might be required to get an arbitrary other car to the exact right height.