E30 Coilover kit

[Chris_XIII]

I prepair my car for drift so I need a good suspention but cheap too... I found this coilover kit http://mimousa.com/home.asp?dir=products&prod=2262  It is a product of mimousa. I'm thinking to buy it and 4 hard shocks making my own cheap coilover suspension. what do you think, can it work for the use I want?? please tell me your oppinion...

[e30guydownunder]

For the price you can't go wrong however.

The rates are likely to be horribly wrong factor in buying a set of springs off eibach or similar.

that spanner to tighten/loosen the spring seats will probably break when you try to loosen the seats after any period of running.

Have you looked at the cosmo or GC coilover kits, both are of seemingly much better quality with GC prefered over cosmo by many.

[Danny707]

Go get GC.

Best coilovers out there.

[Chris_XIII]

GC is GC/Eibach Coilover? And I bealive that it is much better than the other but it has the duble price:( ...do you knew any site to find it cheap?? is this cosmo coilover good? I want very hard springs :rolleyes:

[RustyTheDriver]

Hate to break it to you man, but a majority of the time, when buying car parts, you get what you pay for. I've had everything from Moroso's to Bilstien's to Tochiko's and let me tell you, expect to spend some coin. And if you're really serious about drifting, you'll spend the money.

[e30guydownunder]

I can't say whether the cosmo is good personally. I would think its better than the one you showed us, but of lower quality compared to GC. But like i said by the time you factor in changing springs on the kit you showed us it will probably be close to the same cost as GC anyway.

just go GC, atleast you get to pick what rates you want. Dont forget shocks either, you'll need specially valved bilsteins or konis to cope with very stiff springs

[Chris_XIII]

I'm thinking to use koni (yellow) adjustable shocks + coilover kit. I think I will buy this GC coilover kit us you say it is so good. it cost 400$ + shipping, isn't it? what do you think about Eibach Anti Roll Bar Kit??

[gearheadE30]

I have the GCs with 350/475 rates and stock sways and there is very little body roll. Maybe a slightly larger front bar would help at the autocross, but it is great on the street.

I looked at cosmos as well, but they are not made specifically for the e30 (the sleeve requires internal plastic spacers to fit snugly. Doesn't seem right to me) and the springs are 2.8" diameter. The springs alone make them worthless as coilovers, because you can't swap out spring rates easily. 2.5"/60mm springs are far more common.