Spring vs. Coilover

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Old May 27, 2003 | 09:28 PM
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Spring vs. Coilover

My rims are being shipped to me right now. I'm debating between the pros and cons of spring vs. coilover.

What are you guys opinions? I heard different things between the two. I know I have to have my car lower than the origin.

Any opinion would be greatly appreciated. By the way, the rims are Konig Imagine (18x7.5).
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Old May 27, 2003 | 09:34 PM
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If I'm not mistaken, coilovers are good if ya want to adjust our ride's height "on the fly" but you have to get an alignment done everytime you adjust. Springs will keep you somehwhat close to stock, but a lil' lower to the ground. The springs will keep your car at an even height so you can't adjust if you feel like going lower for some reason. Either way, you might have to get new shocks eventually, but I have heard mixed opinions on that topic. Another topic is camber kits. When you lower significantly you are gonna get bad camber wear on your tires. Shouldn't have a problem with that if your not gonna slam it into a fugly pimp lowrider.
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Old May 27, 2003 | 10:13 PM
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IMO, spring is good enough for look and ride and the life of the shocks if it's not too low, coil over is good for show. I don't know if the ride quality of the coil over is as good as the spring ?

My shocks are still good, I had the spring at 60k, and it's 130k now.

My 3.2 is 1.2'' lower than stock, rear tire wears very even but quicker than front tires, front tires wears very uneven. I notice this because I didn't rotate my last set of tires. I don't remember how the tires wear in stock setting, please let me know so I would have a camber kit on the front wheels or not.
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