This weekend I finally installed the Neuspeed Sport and Koni Yellow (rear) setup I got off ebay a few weeks ago. I should have taken a before pic, but it was like 5+ finger gap in the front and 4 rear before installation. Now its more like a 2 finger gap for the rear and 2 - 3 finger gap in front.
IMPESSIONS: Hell yeah to handling! I will take any corner with confidence now. My tires actually loose grip now, whereas it used to just roll into the corners and turn like a boat. Where you have to just dive into the corner and hope you made the right trajectory.. no more! there is steering response and greatly reduced body roll. Now I just stay flat and the tires start to break loose. I alreay feel the need for a sway bar (LX driver here.)
My only gripe is that the front bottoms out! Not just on driveways but on dips in the road. Like a little sinkhole before a bridge, I hit it. I thought the sports would be fine for most any road condition... not! I'm glad I didn't take the race springs for this reason. I hope I'm just scraping the tow hook and not fucking up my downpipe, but time will tell.
Here is a picture of the car on Slipstreams with 195/50/R15. I like the rims and hate the tires. I definetly want to get hooked up with some 195/60 series so the wheels are the same size as stock. Although accelleration is faster the little wheels don't quite look right to me.... opinions??
There was one problem with the Koni's. The nut on the strut is about half as thick as the nut on the stock suspension. That means 1/2 the threads. It also means that I stripped it out with the air wrench. That made it rattle, so I had to pick up a nut to put on the end. I used some threadlock with it and will hope it holds. You can see the koni nut welded to the strut. It is sooo thin:
Oh yeah, one other mod came with this. Energy Suspension torque mount insert. It is the best $15 I ever invested into my car. The throttle response is awesome because the torque is going to the wheels instead of first lifting my engine and tranny up. These inserts keep the drivetrain on the ground and took a whole 5 minutes to install.
IMPESSIONS: Hell yeah to handling! I will take any corner with confidence now. My tires actually loose grip now, whereas it used to just roll into the corners and turn like a boat. Where you have to just dive into the corner and hope you made the right trajectory.. no more! there is steering response and greatly reduced body roll. Now I just stay flat and the tires start to break loose. I alreay feel the need for a sway bar (LX driver here.)
My only gripe is that the front bottoms out! Not just on driveways but on dips in the road. Like a little sinkhole before a bridge, I hit it. I thought the sports would be fine for most any road condition... not! I'm glad I didn't take the race springs for this reason. I hope I'm just scraping the tow hook and not fucking up my downpipe, but time will tell.
Here is a picture of the car on Slipstreams with 195/50/R15. I like the rims and hate the tires. I definetly want to get hooked up with some 195/60 series so the wheels are the same size as stock. Although accelleration is faster the little wheels don't quite look right to me.... opinions??
There was one problem with the Koni's. The nut on the strut is about half as thick as the nut on the stock suspension. That means 1/2 the threads. It also means that I stripped it out with the air wrench. That made it rattle, so I had to pick up a nut to put on the end. I used some threadlock with it and will hope it holds. You can see the koni nut welded to the strut. It is sooo thin:
Oh yeah, one other mod came with this. Energy Suspension torque mount insert. It is the best $15 I ever invested into my car. The throttle response is awesome because the torque is going to the wheels instead of first lifting my engine and tranny up. These inserts keep the drivetrain on the ground and took a whole 5 minutes to install.
unless im seeing wrong
koni/skunk2 suspension, jdm pole, HID retrofit, Tanabe exhaust
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