Gartland Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi folks quick Q for you. I have a 04 sti uk impreza and it needs 4 new shocks. These are working out about 6/700 quid and I can get a set off middle off the road coilovers for that. But I drive fairly fast and mostly B roads so I don't want to loose the handling just so the car is dropped an inch or so. Whats your thoughts, can you get coilovers that offer a comfy good ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 No they are very harsh mate , they are typical track spec Decent shocks and springs might serve better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevell Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 A friend of myn has got some bc coilovers and there really good only problem is , you need to sett height properly and damping rate as they need setting up properly ,and now he has got to change some bushes and a ball joint , because of **** roads and hard coilovers lol , that's why I'm going for sti shocks with lowering springs :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Plus you need a geo set up really when changing suspension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gartland Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 TBH that's kind off what I am hearing. Must admit I like the look off a low set up but at the end off the day I bought the car to enjoy driving not to look good and lap the town on a sat night lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 On B roads you can't beat oem inverted struts really unless spend about 2k Bilstien do some good struts. BC are not the worst coilovers for the money but on B roads it a downgrade on handling grip & you soon be needing them rebuilt. All the cheap coilovers like BC miester R etc are virtually same taiwan !Removed! with no real testing & development on specific models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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