charlessss
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Well I have been searching and debating for months now on whether to switch out my H&R coilovers to a spring/shock combo. Reason being is that my commute gets a bit rough on some patches and mann it just sucks. SO after much research, and the help of Protege garage, I picked up the H&R springs and Koni shocks. I knew I was going to sacrifice some peformance for this combo, but wanted to the adjustability.
After about two weeks of driving, and letting the springs settle I wanted to compare the two on a daily driver/somewhat aggressive driving point of view. The konis are way much more comfortable vs the bilsteins on the H&R coilovers due to their rebound adjustability, especially on rouch patches. I have them set to a 2/2 setting and it is a perfect compromise. During Aggressive driving they feel planted on this set up, But I feel like I can stiffen them more. They are really comfortable on the softest setting, barely feel anything on the road. This is a perfect agreement between me and the wife haha, and our 1 year old. I recommend this combination if you wont see a track day ever, want something decently low, have a family, and use it on the daily like me.
Handling is where the H&R coilovers shine. They are truely impressive, and I had them paired with Hankook ventus v12 evos. I have been in a bunch of different sports cars, and this set up really made it a worthy opponent for some. These suckers are amazing in the handling department, I am even debating keeping them if I ever wanted to put them on again. They are so so for me in comfortability, never gave me problems, and great when on decent roads. I even slammed them and had the hankook 225/40 tucked, but can't find any pictures. They definitely can go low without making any custom adjustment to the suspension.
But damn it my commute sucks. I recommend this set up if you dont mind some harshness, and want to rip a new one on that unsuspecting sport compact right next to you. Just wanted to give a comparison between the two, and you really cant lose with either set up.
Heres a picture of ride height from the Koni/H&R/new advans combo
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After about two weeks of driving, and letting the springs settle I wanted to compare the two on a daily driver/somewhat aggressive driving point of view. The konis are way much more comfortable vs the bilsteins on the H&R coilovers due to their rebound adjustability, especially on rouch patches. I have them set to a 2/2 setting and it is a perfect compromise. During Aggressive driving they feel planted on this set up, But I feel like I can stiffen them more. They are really comfortable on the softest setting, barely feel anything on the road. This is a perfect agreement between me and the wife haha, and our 1 year old. I recommend this combination if you wont see a track day ever, want something decently low, have a family, and use it on the daily like me.
Handling is where the H&R coilovers shine. They are truely impressive, and I had them paired with Hankook ventus v12 evos. I have been in a bunch of different sports cars, and this set up really made it a worthy opponent for some. These suckers are amazing in the handling department, I am even debating keeping them if I ever wanted to put them on again. They are so so for me in comfortability, never gave me problems, and great when on decent roads. I even slammed them and had the hankook 225/40 tucked, but can't find any pictures. They definitely can go low without making any custom adjustment to the suspension.
But damn it my commute sucks. I recommend this set up if you dont mind some harshness, and want to rip a new one on that unsuspecting sport compact right next to you. Just wanted to give a comparison between the two, and you really cant lose with either set up.
Heres a picture of ride height from the Koni/H&R/new advans combo
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