Hey guys,
Just looking to upgrade a bit more just wondering if anyone is useing these coilovers? just wondering about how the quality and ride quality is etc.. plz let me know

Tyler

 

As far a i know, Megan racing products are similar to bomz and other ebay "specials". I had a front strut bar from them and it would rub on my coolant cap whenever i take a hard left, and it would make the cap pop off.

Wasn't that great of quality either..


justin

 

ive heard good reviews by the 240sx guys but no info from rx-7 owners

 

Yea, the bar looks nice but tapped down my alternator and loosened my belts and also knocked off my coolant cap. I wouldnt trust anything else by them after such a major error. Their gauges are quite pretty though (defi knockoff's)

 

hmm thanks guys
one thing my car isnt is cheep so ill look into something else
like Stance i just heard about..
thanks guys

 

Have a look at Ground Control coilovers as well. I've never used them but I've heard good things about them.

Anyone have any first-hand experience with 'em?

iSP33D-for-J3SUS

 

As far as the strut bar go's mine fits great, I have about an inch of room between the alternator and the bar and I have no rubbing issues.

 

ive heard they have cheap shocks.
www.splparts.com
kts is a great deal, look under universal, and suspension.

 

Their gauges are absolutele crap; inaccurate and unreliable.
The coilovers for the s13-s14 people love them to death. They are rather stiff though and quite bouncy, the dampening is "eh" at best. The people who you constantly hear raving about them are those who have never really rode on any other coil overs beside low model Tein's and other 1000 dollar coil overs. Arent the spring rates reallllly stiff for the rx too?

KTS(sold my SPL) provides amazing customer service and their products are much better then Megan or any others. These are also really popular with the 240sx fellas. Why the hell are the spring rates always so high on 2nd gen coilovers???? Just sounds like it would be beating you up/bouncing you around on the street.

 

megan's SUCK. stance will be 328472389 better in every way. all the coilover drift expert people i know have seen megan's fail and leak and bust after one or maybe two seasons. they are decent when you first get them, but they fail quickly and aren't worth your hard earned money. Of course every time i say this on a forum someone will come dispute it, but i've talked to some real veterans and they all laugh at megans, d2's etc.

 

They do have a year warranty tho. So you could give em hell for the first little while and if they break then send those bitches back. My friend was looking into getting them for his 240 but I've been trying to talk him out of it.

 

i run on silkroad's..

have to say, great coils!

running 18" with 225/40 front and 255/35 rear, lowered a bit (don't know how much) but ride comfort is much, very much better then with the stock springs

and that with the crappy roads and speedbumps here in Holland

 

looking for something on the hard/very stiff side. This car sees a lot of agressive driving and abuse. Ive been running koni yellows and eibach springs full stiffness for awhile so im used to getting bumped around. Waiting to hear back about a couple of questions for the Stance coilovers. But plz post your reviews. Furb where did you pick up your silkroads from? what are your spring rates? and ride quality? thanks!

 

Stiff does not equal fast, good handling or grip.

The reason race cars are so stiff is aero. The downforce would fully compress the suspension and cause the car to scrape if it wasn't for the super stiff suspension. For cars without aero they're often road based and the stiffness is to compensate for less than ideal suspension geometry, and to keep them from botrtoming out their super low suspensions. Most race tracks are much smoother than real life roads, so the stiffness has less of a negative effect. The best suspension will be as soft as can be gotten away with, that way it will have maximum compliance. Otherwise those little bumps will cause the tires to loose contact with the surface, causing a decrease in grip. You want a compliant suspension that will allow the tires to stay in contact with the road at all times.

So remember, while stiff may feel racey and fast, you're probably loosing some grip on most roads due to all those little bumps.

A lot of the coilovers out there are running sprng rates higher than most race FC's are running. The standard starting point is 400lb/in in front, and 275 lb/in in the rear. I've seen up to about 500lb/in and 375 lb/in used. To convert kg/mm to lb/in multiply by 56. The closest to the 400/275 starting point is 7/5, and I've seen some coilovers with rates of 10/8 and higher.

RETed uses the 400/275 rates and I've read some posts of his about it and he says that it's on the stiff side for street use and he's definetely loosing traction on rougher roads due to the stiffness. I'd post a link to where he said that but I don't remember where it was said.

Anyway, there's some food for thought.

 

thanks for some info
im lucky around this island the roads are awsome
i really pitty the US ppl with their concrete hehe

 

The roads can be pretty bad elsewhere in BC though. I'm north of Prince George for the summer (Engineering co-op job) and the roads here can be pretty bad with some big potholes and lots of frost heaves. It's worse here than in more populated areas, but anywhere that gets real winter (read: consistent, persitant freezing) the roads will be worse due to frost heaves and the like.

 

I have one of their front strut bars, and I couldnt be more happy with it. It was a noticeable differnece, and I have had absolutely no problems out of it. Not to mention it looks really nice under the hood.

 

Yep.
I run GC's with those rates with Tokico Illuminas, and I didn't know how bad it was until I drove a customer's FC with the same rates but with Koni yellows.
You need to match the spring rates to the damper, and the Tokico Illuminas just cannot handle those high spring rates.
In fact, one of my front Illuminas is leaking.
Although I do have about 10 years on those Illuminas, the car hasn't put on more than 30k miles of driving over those 10 years.

The Koni yellows are designed to run with big springs.
We've run up to 500 lb-in springs on our 20B FC race car on the track with good results.

So be careful about running big spring rates with certain shocks.


-Ted

 

Ted, how were those rates on the street with better damping? How was the ride and grip?

 

We are also running the group buy on the KSport Coilovers as well.

They have been tested by nissan, dodge, hyundai and some 7 owners here on the boards.

We run them on our Si as well and love them. But it's totally your choice as well but Megans typically are just known as ebay special type setups.

Mike

 

Those 400 / 275's are SUPER NICE with the Koni yellows.
With the Koni yellow twin-tube design, they are quite soft on initial bump.
This would be my ultimate set-up for the street, if you like your suspension on the stiff side.
I could almost call them "comfortable"?

I would run this combo if I had to redo my suspension again!


-Ted

 

Thanks for the information Ted.

 

Hmm, that's some good advice there. Something to think about when I do the suspension on my car.