eBay coils and sleeves

[F22Chris]

Honestly, getting a quality set of tires will help you more than eBay sleeves. Some advans or proxes would be my choices, but that's also around $400!

Are you doing auto cross or what?

[deevergote]

LeMons... budget road racing.

[Offroadr]

Yup cannot exceed $500 in the car except for safety stuff. Brakes are part of safety which is one of my main areas of focus right now. Everything needs replaced. Fun of a 238,000 mi car

[deevergote]

Some Monroe Quick Struts would be a fairly affordable solution. I forget how much they go for, but I think you can get all 4 corners for pretty cheap. Stock height, and they're crap... but better than blown, and better than ebay junk for sure!

[wagon-r]

You can try used struts. I bought 4 used Koni Yellows in really good condition off ebay for $250. I've had them on for two years now and they still work great. You just have to be really careful about the seller - make sure he/she has at least 99% positive feedback.

[deevergote]

Of course, 99% positive feedback with the majority of their sales being non-automotive products, it could be a risk. Look at past auctions to see if they're selling random parts, or if the parts they're selling seem to be consistent with cars (Accords especially.) Or at least buy from someone that mentions the shocks were on their car. Some people could be shady enough to find shocks in a junkyard and try to sell them... condition unknown.

Beware of cheap junk on eBay, though. You'll find lots of garbage, like TruHart and Skunk2. That's one of those cases where you'd be better off with good stock replacement over their "performance" junk!


I bought used Koni Yellows from a friend that wrecked his car. They were rusty and ugly, but they worked just fine for many years.

[ukemike]

I did tons of searching here and found a thread where someone had found actual spring rates for many of the available aftermarket springs. My team bought nuespeed race springs and koni str oranges and we've been reasonably happy with the improvement over stock. The nuespeeds had a modest lowering and were substantially stiffer than stock. Most lowering springs are no stiffer than stock so you loose suspension travel and end up bottoming out the suspension. Our el-cheapo konis are holding up but our main reason for selecting them is they were on sale all last summer, cheaper than any of the stock replacement shocks. We spray painted all of it matte black before installing. Coilovers will get you in A or will get you penalty laps. Our setup handles pretty well and still passes the bounce test. That's when the BS judges bounce the corner of your car and if it is too stiff they start looking for cheaty parts.