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Henryevo

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Im unsure weather to buy coilovers my car is lowered on eibach sport lines at the moment what do you think ?
Thats what it would look like on coil overs:-

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This is what it looks like now:-

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what do you think ?
 
Are you racing the car, do you require fully adjustable suspension? Is the engine producing substantially more power than the standard setup was designed for?
 
Henryevo said:
Why be a dick about it its for looks It looks nicer lower in my opinion
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He's not being a dick mate, hes just trying to ask you whether your car actually NEEDS coilovers or not.

If you have more than 150BHP (Tuned sporting) or tuned Abarth AND are going to be using the car for track day or fast road use then coilovers are the more preferred option. But if you are after looks, save yourself £100-£300 (Dependant on what manufacturer) and just buy springs (Which you don't as its lowered already, and beware of the damper running out of stroke) and looks a little too low for me.

Before you flame me, I'm not trying to tell you what to do, its your money at the end of the day.
 
scoop987 said:
He's not being a dick mate, hes just trying to ask you whether your car actually NEEDS coilovers or not.

If you have more than 150BHP (Tuned sporting) or tuned Abarth AND are going to be using the car for track day or fast road use then coilovers are the more preferred option. But if you are after looks, save yourself £100-£300 (Dependant on what manufacturer) and just buy springs (Which you don't as its lowered already, and beware of the damper running out of stroke) and looks a little too low for me.

Before you flame me, I'm not trying to tell you what to do, its your money at the end of the day.
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Thank you.
I did have coilovers on my last car (a Nissan 200sx) because I was using it at track days and it had a lot more power than the standard chassis was ever designed for and trying to use that power with standard suspension/grip/brakes would of been simply dangerous. Fully adjustable (coilover) suspension is useful if you need to make changes to suspension settings and you know what you're doing.
As I asked previously, is your car producing a lot more power than standard?
 
nope it isn't i just like the looks of a lowered car and with my last car on coilovers it handled alot better than on the springs even though it was under powered it was still fun to drive if you get me
 
that new fiat punto looks insane on coilovers, please tell me where you got them from so i can order them
:)
 
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