coilovers

[luke j]

What are coilovers and are they better than lowering springs any help would be greatfull

 

[Turkish]

Techincally coilovers are any spring/damper assembly where the spring sits on a spring platform thats part of damper and the top part of the strut/piston goes through it. "coilover" usually gets used to describe any height adjustable kit that has a strut with an externally threaded body with a lower spring collar that can be wound up and down the strut to set ride height.

Matched sport dampers and springs and coilovers are better than just springs with standard dampers. Depending on the manufacturer be it coilovers or sports spring/damper kits you get very different results in both handling and ride comfort.

 

[luke j]

Thankyou very much for that much helpfull

 

[Turkish]

If it makes it more obvious than my rambling explination standard shocks look like this

http://k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=610

the spring sits on the cup/platform half way up the strut.



and coilovers look like this
http://k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=1573

Some people use them because the spring is smaller and it means they can fit wider or different offset wheels compared to standard shocks and springs.