Looking to upgrade the old suspension

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As part of my ongoing saga (spending my financial aid money) I am now focusing on amping up my suspension. As the car is my quasi daily driver, I'd like to build a mild combination that will hook nicely and still maintain a decent ride quality. This is my plan:

H&R sport springs
Tokiko Illumina's Shocks/struts
MM Caster/camber
MM Upper/lower Control arms
MM subframes
Polyurethan bushing kit

Anyone have better ideas or am I missing anything?

 

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sounds pretty good to me, i couldnt really think of anything else that might work better. the only thing better than that, would be if you sent me the money so i could buy that stuff....haha

 

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How about a set of coil-overs instead of regular springs?

 

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Would there be a significant advantage? I already have the shocks/struts sitting in my closet.

 

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Andres2882 said:

Would there be a significant advantage? I already have the shocks/struts sitting in my closet.

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You can use coil overs with your stock style struts and shocks. Coil-overs improve geometery, allow for easy ride higth adjustment, and springs are cheap and easy to swap out.

 

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My stock shocks/struts are completely spent. I can use one hand and bounce the car all over the place. In fact, I'll probably hook worse once I get the good stuff, right?

If the coilovers would work with the tokico's I'd consider them, I really just want a good suspension set which I think them paired with the H&R's will give me. I dont want to have to drop the big bucks for a coilover setup.

 

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Anyone else think of anything?

 

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i just ordered the MM subframe connectors, ill let you know the difference once i get them welded in

 

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Andres2882 said:

My stock shocks/struts are completely spent. I can use one hand and bounce the car all over the place. In fact, I'll probably hook worse once I get the good stuff, right?

If the coilovers would work with the tokico's I'd consider them, I really just want a good suspension set which I think them paired with the H&R's will give me. I dont want to have to drop the big bucks for a coilover setup.

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Coil overs are designed to work with factory style struts, if you run billstiens you will need the MM special kit because they are wider, but standard C/O's will slip right on the Tokico's. Coil over's cost more but once you get them you will find it's well worth it. You can adjust the ride higth how ever you like it and you can buy springs cheap, they are easy to install, and there are so many rates and lengths you can buy.

 

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You won't feel a big difference with the rear coil overs. I'll save my money. The fronts would be like night and day. You'll love 'em.

 

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So what I'm hearing is to buy a set of front coilovers for my tokico's and just use a regular setup for the rear?

 

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If you want to hook look at the clasified adds for suspension