i had a set of jic magic flt-a1 that i used for both track/street that were great. now i've upgraded to hypermax III's and will upgrade to SRC's later on. Reason why I didnt go straight to SRC's is because i'm not that fast of a driver yet and wont be able to maximaze the full potential of them.

 

I think it depends on the person. Some people will take the time to figure things out and others will just ask around. I can safely assume that Robert does know enough about suspension because of his comment about the rear. I know my06 & 07 felt exactly the same as he described. Justin felt the same thing but was explained differently. Knowing what your car is doing is half the battle. If you can't feel what your car is doing with stock suspension than you really shouldn't upgrade unless you just want to lower the car for looks.
If my suspension felt like the CR suspension I would still be on that because it feels great compared to my06. The rear is controlled properly and the whole package to me feels good.

I bottomed out the rear chassis in a corner on the way to the oyster run with my06 and didn't want that to happen with my07.

 

I didn't think about those. Are they double adjustable? I tend to feel the V3's are a decently advanced track system, are they not? I know nothing about the mono flex, how do you think they compare?

You have track days under your belt, I don't so I'm just speaking out of what I've learned, not experience.

 

i'm going to second the sentiments for the kw v3. i know that there are a lot of fans here that post a lot w/ the tein stuff, but i don't have any negative complaints about my coilovers so far.

1 track day, 1 autocross, and about 8k miles daily driving and it's great. not too stiff for the street (i was driving to oakland a lot for a while), and definitely shines on smoother roads.

i adjusted it per the recommended specs from KW, but eventually plan to tinker with it as i do more events.

 

I hope you take your car to the track/auto-x. I think it's a waste of $3k-$4k to spend on just coilover that never/rarely come close of what it's capable of. On the other hand, If you want the best just because you can then I would say Tein-SRC because EDFC make it effortless to adjust.

 

That's like telling someone who's buying an S "I hope you take that car to the track because if you don't it's a waste of thirty thousand dollars"
The guy at least has a reason for his action.
I thought it would be nice to have EDFC's but there is no need IMHO.

 

Yes, in my dreams

 

 

I was mulling over the lack of good available coilovers for a good value. Because I don't generally trust Japanese damper mfgs, and the alternatives were just too expensive. I wished I had a set of Motons but I'm not prepared to drop 5K. I went with some monoflexes just to try them out, if I don't like them I'll just sell them off.

 

It's unfortunate that a damper made in China or elsewhere can be sold as a Japanese made damper and that is most likely where you are confused. If I remember correctly JIC is one of those.

You will never find an innexpensive damper that works properly. The R&D time invested to produce properly valved units is insane let alone the fact that they're having to figure out spring rates, preload, overall length, stroke, low speed compression/rebound, high speed compression/rebound and many other factors.