skunk 2 coilovers

[deevergote]

Practically nothing is produced "in house" these days. Function and Form Autolife coilovers are most certainly not. They're produced overseas, most likely in Taiwan or China.

[mugencivic4dr]

regardless of brand, any coil sleeves will ride like crap. you might as well cut your springs if you're going to ride on coil sleeves (not recommending cutting your springs either).

[deevergote]

That's not necessarily true. Ground Control owners running Koni Yellows are often very happy with their setup. It's all about having a reasonable spring rate, and shocks that are valved correctly for it. Cheap crap usually comes with an insanely high spring rate, and most people that buy cheap crap don't buy proper shocks (as proper shocks aren't cheap!)

The only difference between coilover sleeves and full-bodied coilovers is the fact that the full-bodied coilovers have the adjustment collar attached to the body, rather than separate. Ground Control sleeves and Koni Yellows would probably be a far superior setup to 80% of the similarly-priced full coilovers on the market for our cars today.

[mugencivic4dr]

the ground control and koni combo seems to be a popular combo, i need to understand spring rate a bit more (mainly on how to determine what spring rate to look for).

[alekp92jdm]

Same here and like what shocks go good with what spring rate

[deevergote]

That's the way more people need to think!
So many people just want to blindly install parts on their cars, then they wonder why the results suck. Learn what you're doing, and why, and you'll be able to see great results.

[HappyGilmore]

Same here and like what shocks go good with what spring rate

Koni Yellow's and just about any spring really. I have Koni Yellow on 2 of my CB's and Neuspeed Race springs and those about 430 or so and rides like a dream. And my coupe with the KYB struts and Goldline Racing springs and they ride really nice as well.

I hear bad bad stories about Junk 2 coilovers esp from most that have posted in this thread.

[deevergote]

Yellows will go good with any QUALITY spring.

My friend had some Junk 2 springs on Koni Yellows, and they were awful. Harsh ride, and they made noise. I gave him my H&R Race springs, which provided the same drop (and I'm quite sure a softer spring rate, even though they're fairly stiff), and it's markedly better. Smoother ride, no noise.

[alekp92jdm]

Lol there's a reason I come here for advise and not another forum