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mid-priced Coilover concensus??

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Old 08-04-2003, 02:59 PM
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need your guys' help. I'll keep it short and sweet. Tein RA, Buddy Club Race, Bilstein PSS9, which do you choose and why?

EDIT: car is 80/20 street to track now, and that number will probably swing about 10-15% towards track every year from now until it becomes a dedicated track car (when i can afford a Ferrari for the street ). I really don't put a whole lot of miles on it regardless though, only 4000 in the year i've had it.


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I've heard onlygood things about the Buddy Club. It is not as good as the Spoon, but for the price it can't be beat.
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let me know if your interested, thanks!
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Originally posted by Xplosiv
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let me know if your interested, thanks!
that's what got me started on all this. i can get all 3 for about that price. if i decide on the BC's they're comin from you
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Don't forget the JIC Magic coilovers. PM docofmind for more details.
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looks like it's down to Buddy Club and JIC. Anything that should swing me one way or the other??

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I would personally go for the JIC. They have customer support in LA. I think this should be helpful to you in the long-term.
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check out T.O forum, one member recently ditched the JIC for Spoon, and he didnt say any good words on the JIC.

I never tried it myself so I am not gonna give you my personal opinion on it
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JIC - use the recommended settings and you'll be riding on the bumpstops. Bad. Add pre-load to get some suspension travel and you'll void the warranty. Also bad. There's a thread around somewhere that details all this. They perform well enough I suppose, but I like another owner's Tein equipped car much better. I wouldn't purchase the JICs if I could do it over again.
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Elistan thank your for the input, we were actually thinking of a JIC GB...but we decided to go on selling BuddyClub at the last sec

Rich
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