SUSPENSION TECH 101: What's your preferred coilover setup/damping setting?

[GetFRESH!]

Bored at work today and thought this might make for an interesting discussion topic. Just curious to see how exactly you all spend your time in the suspension department (which, next to what's under the hood, is the most important part of car tuning IMO)


Feel free to just fill out the following:

1. What year/make/model car do you drive?

2. What brand FULL Coilover/Spring & Strut/Slip on Coilover & Strut are your running?

3. What is the span of damping adjustability? (softest to hardest if applicable)

4. What your preferred damping setting? (if applicable)

5. What spring rates are being utilized? (front and rear)

6. What other suspension mods are being utilized? (sway bars/strut tower bars/sub-frame braces/pillar bars/tie bars/etc...)

7. What type of driving do you prefer with your setup? (daily driving/track use/drift/drag/hard parking lol)

8. What is your choice in ride height? (flat out slammed? moderately lowered? or just a lil drop? approximate drop from stock height... i know for some this will be difficult to measure just do your best)



Also, include a pic if for reference if you'd like. :goodjob:

[GetFRESH!]

I guess I'll start with me.

1. 1994 Honda Civic DX

2. Buddy Club N+ Full Coilover

3. 1-15 way adjustable

4. 6

5. 10k (~560 lbs) front / 8k (~448 lbs) rear

6. Front and rear strut tower bars, front lower 4 point H-brace, Beaks rear lower tie bar, C-pillar bar, Skunk 2 lower control arms, front & rear camber kit.

7. "Spirited" daily driving :yes:

8. Hard to calculate it in inches, but I'm guessing somewhere around 4-4.5 inches. Wheel well arches are ~1.5" away from my 15" RPF1.

[TypeRPersonality]

1. 1999 Honda Prelude Type SH

2. Ground Control and Koni yellow shocks.

3. 2 full turns.

4. Softest.

5. ~350 front and rear.

6. Ingalls camber kit, Skunk2 lower tie bar.

7. Daily driving.

8. Only maybe a few millimeters of tire tucking.

[ash7]

Feel free to just fill out the following:

1. 1998 Civic EX

2. Toda Fightex ST

3. 12 points bound - 12 points rebound

4. 8 on both bound and rebound

5. 22k Front 14k Rear

6. stock front swaybar,
-no rear sway installed at this time
-front strut tower bar

7. Daily Driving usually, circuit track when i get the chance (its been a while - work runs my life) A quick jog through the twisty backroads when i get a chance.

8. Moderately low is my preferred ride height. A good reference point would be .25" of tire usually (see sig for reference.) Unless I'm feeling like hardparking at a show and then the rim is where the fender is at.

That is all
-jonathan

[Z0_o6]

Good idea for a thread man! :goodjob:

1. What year/make/model car do you drive? 2004 Subaru STi

2. What brand FULL Coilover/Spring & Strut/Slip on Coilover & Strut are your running? BC BR+ Coilover system (full setup)

3. What is the span of damping adjustability? (softest to hardest if applicable) 32

4. What your preferred damping setting? (if applicable) 8 stops from soft Front/ 16 Rear

5. What spring rates are being utilized? (front and rear) 10K F/ 8K R (IIRC)

6. What other suspension mods are being utilized? (sway bars/strut tower bars/sub-frame braces/pillar bars/tie bars/etc...) Cobb sways F/R, Whiteline endlinks F/R, Cusco rear strut bar

7. What type of driving do you prefer with your setup? (daily driving/track use/drift/drag/hard parking lol) Occasional street, mainly drag, future track use and every so often hardparkin' hehe

8. What is your choice in ride height? (flat out slammed? moderately lowered? or just a lil drop? approximate drop from stock height... i know for some this will be difficult to measure just do your best) Currently slammed out approx. 3-3.5" drop, will be raised back up though



Also, include a pic if for reference if you'd like.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p196/shuffler_01/chrisspics221.jpg

[xlilvi3tx]

Nice to see some folks on here appreciate suspension as much as i do :goodjob: and also i think this should be in the "car talk" section...

1. 96 DB Integra

2. Buddy Club Racing Spec Full Coilovers w/Pillowball Mounts

3. 15 way adjustable

4. 7 front, 9 rear

5. 12K up front, 8k out back

6.
ASR Subframe
24mm ASR Rear Sway Bar
25mm ITR Front Sway Bar
ASR Spherical Endlinks
Beaks Rear Tie Bar
Benen Front Tie Bar
Mugen Front Strut Bar
PasswordJDM Rear Strut Bar
Function7 Rear LCA
Buddy Club Camber Kit (F&R)

7. Just got the car running recently with intentions to autox NO DD lol

8. Not too big of a drop, just enought to get rid of the gap only

[FRYLOCK]

1. 2000 dc4 teggy

2. Ksport full coilovers
3. 36 dampening adjutments
4. bout 6 past hard

5. front 10k rear 6k
6. ksport lcas asr subframe with tie bar

7. dd and a lil autox

8. barely above tire for dd shows all the way auto x about 2 finger gap fender and tire