My 07 S started clunking and I see that my strut is gone in the front,lots of oil. SO was going to replace with the Koni FSD but then saw https://www.waymotorworks.com/megan-...7-r58-r59.html which are basically the same price and come with springs so was thinking why not go with these and not have to deal with swapping springs and maybe have better shock but not sure. This car is my daily driver and I might maybe once take it to auto cross this year. So day to day driveing performance is the most important thing to me.
thanks

 

Coilovers will offer a lot more adjustment potential down the road over just shocks and springs. You can set the shock stiffness, spring stiffness, ride height, and often camber to your liking. And as you noted, coilovers that come assembled out of the box will be a quicker swap than having to transfer hardware.

I've been daily driving on BC Racing BR coilovers for over 2 years now. The overall ride is a bit stiff but I could very easily adjust everything much softer than what it's set at right now. For when I go to the mountains for some spirited driving they are amazing, great bang for buck suspension option. And when I made a wheel fitment change by adding spacers and found I was rubbing, it took me all of 10 minutes to raise the ride height a quarter inch and not rub anymore.

 

+1 pretty much on the bombardier's post, except I'm running on FSD's. Only thing I would add to the conversation is to upgrade your RSB to a 19 or 22 MM adjustable, another 'great bang for the buck' option.

 

hi
Thank you both for taking the time to reply I appreciate it.

 

Another thing that often gets overlooked... even though some mild bypass adjustment in both compression and rebound directions CAN be available in SOME replacement strut/shock or coil-over combos.... they are valved to optimize performance inside of a given spring-rate and starting force for that spring.

I often see people changing out springs that may actually lower the handling-performance of a given chassis because the spring is not well matched to the valving in the shock... this is especially true for non-rebuildable strut/shocks or coil-overs (like the ST''s that I have are non-rebuildable)... that you cannot change the valving.

Case in point... the KONI FSD's really dont work well with any kind of lowered/non stock spring.... and recently... I rode in a car with FSD's that improved in road holding abilities and NVH when the owner switched from his JCW springs to MCS springs that I gave him on his R56-JCW.... I believe that KONI optimized valving for these FSD shocks with the factory MCS springs and NOT the less popular JCW springs with different rates and installed heights.

Something to chew on... my 2¢




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