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Old 04 Sep 2003, 08:21 pm
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Default Coilovers vs Eibach springs and Koni's

What are the differences other than cost and adjustable ride height?

Are there advantages/disadvantages?
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Old 04 Sep 2003, 09:30 pm
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depends...
koni's front and back will run you almost 500-. add for a set of eibach's say at about 150-200 for the set, gonna run you 600-800 bucks. coil overs vary in cost but probably at least that much or more.
btg coil overs are 1099, but there are even some more expensive systems
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Old 04 Sep 2003, 09:49 pm
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but other than cost and adjustable ride height, why would you want to put coilovers on? is there a big difference in ride quality?
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unlike springs, coil overs do not lower the car by reducing over spring height. Coil overs are a sleeve system allowing full range of motion of the spring in its natural setting rather than having an over compressed spring. I personally prefer springs over coils over just because the way i see it is that the less adjustable moving parts you have, the less can go wrong. Some coil overs tend to be bouncy also
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