Lowering Springs or Coilovers!

[jaymck7]

I got coilovers and love them since i can adjust them, but if i had the money i would of went air

[14bcb7]

im running tein basics and i will never go back to regular springs.

[mndude07]

if you are talking about functionality then coilovers...as they are designed for functionality

if you just want to slam your ride...lowering springs.

Sure there are some ok ones...but they are lowering springs and they are not meant to give you the "raceable" ride that coilovers are generally designed for.

lowering springs = looks
coilovers = function

NOW...there ARE "coilover" knockoffs...and some really cheap ass coilovers...but in general, true coilovers will give you much more performance capabilities than lowering springs. Plus...their shocks are designed around the height alterations...lowersprings...not so.

For FULLY adjustable coilovers don't expect to spend less than a grand, more likely over $1500. Or you can get neuspeeds super cup kit which has only 3 height adjustments, but is a very good suspension setup for around 600. But FULLY adjustable...VERY pricey.

Lowering springs are for looks to slam your ride? Coilovers traditionally go lower than springs last time I checked.

Also, that is not necessarily true. Lowering springs are traditionally softer than coilovers, so the coilovers have a higher performance factor, but what if I custom wound a 12kg lowering spring and paired it with a Koni yellow or bilstein shock? It would outperform many, many coilovers out there for the cb, simply because the quality of the dampers on the coilovers aren't as good.

Another thing, ground controls' design isn't much different from "cheap" ebay springs other than the locking allen head screw. If you found a cheap ebay coilover sleeve with the perches cnc'd from t6(same as GC) and the springs were made using the same steel, then you're really only looking at a difference in spring rates. I believe that a main reason why people say cheap ebay sleeves ride like crap is just because they don't pair them with appropriate shocks. Everyone I see with such cheap sleeves is running them on stock shocks or gr2s...don't get me wrong, I'll never buy ebay sleeves, nor am I promoting them, but it just seems like people aren't giving them a proper chance. I want to tell you to not cheap out like Deev is, but I, like him, am starting to learn people are going to do what they want anyway.

Now, most ebay brands aren't made with the same quality materials...but my point is to look into materials and methods of manufacture rather than just hearing "this brand is good, this brand is bad" make your own opinion, because everyone else has one.

[RedMagic187]

coilovers are too stiff for me i rather go with springs.

[delaa108]

i'll say springs. if you have coilovers every time you lower or raise your car the alignment goes out, I believe.

[OldMan'92Accord]

I got the Ground Control coilover sleeves, they come with quality Eibach springs. Highly recommended

[deevergote]

Those are the ONLY sleeves I would ever reccommend to anyone.

[lowmiler]

I bought some Skunk2 sleeves before I researched them. Bad move. Way to stiff for me. 10k spring rate.