No there not! Standard will be focused more towards handling as they need to make a car that handles well, and they did superbly well, which is why they are epic cars.
Cheap coilovers are made for chavs to get lowzzzz as said earlier, not focused towards handling. This is why they are so cheap, no development cost.
Not a chav, but they did create the lows.
I sacrificed a chunk of handling for some lows at the time, couldnt stomach the 4x4 ride height.
If people think that cheap coilovers are good, then they probably dont know any better.
Ktec coilovers on MY car in my eyes...
Not a very harsh ride, but the damping seems all over the place, the way they handle multiple bumps at the same time is pathetic. I hate coming off a fast road onto a fairly tight corner and lighting up a wheel, having crazy understeer...it didnt do it as standard.
They ride ok for day to day, but to the people defending cheap coilovers in the handling department...give it a rest.
I can only imagine that developing suspension aimed at being to the level of standard suspension or better costs a fortune, hence the prices of some of the better kits about.
It wouldnt surprise me, if a decent driver thinks that the likes of the spax/bilstein arnt 'night and day' better than New standard equipment on a B-road.