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11-17-2009, 04:02 PM
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11-17-2009, 04:03 PM
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Man, a lot of ebay people really kill the prices. Many of them offer items at or below cost and just make money on shipping. It kills people like me that's trying to make a buck the honest way... going by MAP prices and everything
11-17-2009, 04:46 PM
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Well, here's my opinion about Megan coilovers, as I went to the factory when I went to Taiwan last month. That factory can produce good quality products if needed with good damper characteristics (look at the current A'pexi N1 line of coilovers, they're manufactured at the same factory). In fact, they showed me a damper body, throw it on a Rockwell shock dyno and it was able to replicate the damping rates of a JRZ damper to the T. Only thing is that companies like Megan, D2, K-Sport, etc all just get their "out of the box/bottom of the barrel" products. That's why the dampers have no consistency to each other (in fact, I've seen 2 damper bodies from the same box for the same axles set, just left and right have damping variance of over 47%). The poor damping character of these lines just get masked by running high spring rates. But on the other hand, I've seen ATCC winning cars using their dampers... however, they use 3rd party springs like Eibach or Hyperco.
11-17-2009, 04:49 PM
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I mean, hell, with Tein coilovers I sell, I typically recommend the customer change the springs on the coilover from the Tein springs to Eibach ERS springs.
11-17-2009, 06:38 PM
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I'm not really bashing on the Megan coilovers (ok, well, maybe just a little). I think for street usage, they'll be fine. I think they're an OK entry level coilover system that's feature packed. Only thing is I don't think that it has a lot of engineering behind the face of features for these lines of coilovers. Would I go competitive with them? No. But if I wanted a low cost solution for the street, I think they'll be OK for the most part. As far as longevity, your mileage may vary.
11-17-2009, 07:58 PM
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I'm not really bashing on the Megan coilovers (ok, well, maybe just a little). I think for street usage, they'll be fine. I think they're an OK entry level coilover system that's feature packed. Only thing is I don't think that it has a lot of engineering behind the face of features for these lines of coilovers. Would I go competitive with them? No. But if I wanted a low cost solution for the street, I think they'll be OK for the most part. As far as longevity, your mileage may vary.
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11-18-2009, 02:26 AM
#2598
anywho...
easier to lift the whole front end of the car when adding stock suspension back in.
did it myself with the help of a floor jack.
uninstalled ATLP exhaust...
i have a leak somewhere now... or probably i'm just not used to hearing stock exhaust.. and.....
visors + curtains + stickers + progress rsb coming off tomorrow.
headers thursday.
then.. 100% stock minus front brakes and lights. but who cares about those..
next owner will have some awesome interior lights and awesome braking power.
easier to lift the whole front end of the car when adding stock suspension back in.
did it myself with the help of a floor jack.
uninstalled ATLP exhaust...
i have a leak somewhere now... or probably i'm just not used to hearing stock exhaust.. and.....
visors + curtains + stickers + progress rsb coming off tomorrow.
headers thursday.
then.. 100% stock minus front brakes and lights. but who cares about those..
next owner will have some awesome interior lights and awesome braking power.
11-18-2009, 02:54 AM
#2599
anywho...
easier to lift the whole front end of the car when adding stock suspension back in.
did it myself with the help of a floor jack.
uninstalled ATLP exhaust...
i have a leak somewhere now... or probably i'm just not used to hearing stock exhaust.. and.....
visors + curtains + stickers + progress rsb coming off tomorrow.
headers thursday.
then.. 100% stock minus front brakes and lights. but who cares about those..
next owner will have some awesome interior lights and awesome braking power.
easier to lift the whole front end of the car when adding stock suspension back in.
did it myself with the help of a floor jack.
uninstalled ATLP exhaust...
i have a leak somewhere now... or probably i'm just not used to hearing stock exhaust.. and.....
visors + curtains + stickers + progress rsb coming off tomorrow.
headers thursday.
then.. 100% stock minus front brakes and lights. but who cares about those..
next owner will have some awesome interior lights and awesome braking power.
11-18-2009, 04:01 AM
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i was the guy at the meguiar's open garage btw. hope they were able to remove that faint meguiar's logo from your trunk. were they ever able to remove it btw??