[Jason84]

Well car has 70k on it now and I can hear the shocks making a slight air noise when going over bumps and they are starting to go.

I do not want to go much lower than sport ride height that it is at now. So I am debating on going with a nice coilover setup or just doing new shocks ? I am not apposed to changing springs too if I can keep a good ride.

Planning on doing M3 arm swap at same time as well.

Problem is the roads in Wisconsin SUCK and there is way to much road construction around where I live right now all the highways are being redone and is terrible to drive on which is the only reason I am not buying wheels this year for the car.

Previous vehicles I have had Hot Bits coilovers , Stasis engineering coilovers, and also Ohlins coilovers and was pretty happy with all of them. I dont want it stiff and bouncy but good enough to do a weekend auto x maybe a few a year only.

[cpie168]

Do a search on Koni FSD

[cvc 22349a]

Most coilovers will drop the car lower from sports susp ride height even when their height is maxed. Ohlins might not ? The guy above me mentioned Koni fsd. They are inconsistent and underdamped. A few of us found that out through trial and error. Koni sports are a great damper with oem sport springs. I've had both with oem sport springs and can't recommend the Koni sports enough

[benton0311]

My rear shocks started to get a little bouncy at 70k miles so I replaced shocks and springs at 73k with Koni sports and Tein springs. I used Koni sports on my STi as part of a coilover setup and loved them. You can set the damping so that it's not too stiff or too bouncy and they can handle a wide range of spring rates. I'm on Tein springs which at ~191/594 are a bit stiffer than stock sport springs (145/450) but I hear great things about the Swift Spec-R springs which are a little stiffer than the Teins. It's probably not worth running Eibachs since they lower the car at basically the same spring rates as the stock sport springs.

If going the shock/spring route vs coilovers, you can always use an E30 spring perch on the front ($10/ea OEM) to raise the front 13mm and use a 1/2" rubber donut on the rear upper spring cup to raise that as well. That should reduce 1/2" of the lowering from aftermarket springs. I have both of those on hand for my car in case I decide the drop is too much.

[kevinlevrone]

Originally Posted by Jason84

Well car has 70k on it now and I can hear the shocks making a slight air noise when going over bumps and they are starting to go.

I do not want to go much lower than sport ride height that it is at now. So I am debating on going with a nice coilover setup or just doing new shocks ? I am not apposed to changing springs too if I can keep a good ride.

Planning on doing M3 arm swap at same time as well.

Problem is the roads in Wisconsin SUCK and there is way to much road construction around where I live right now all the highways are being redone and is terrible to drive on which is the only reason I am not buying wheels this year for the car.

Previous vehicles I have had Hot Bits coilovers , Stasis engineering coilovers, and also Ohlins coilovers and was pretty happy with all of them. I dont want it stiff and bouncy but good enough to do a weekend auto x maybe a few a year only.

I think there is no such thing, you have to compromise somewhere. I think that a KW V2 (of V3 if you have the money) is an option that can work for both with adjustments before each racing event. KWs are very well tested on each car model before release. Of course, the everyday ride will be a little stiffer but you may actually like it.