GMON

Tein Flex here. Ride height adjustment seperate from spring rate adjustment. In other words they are a true coil over. I have about 4k on them which is pretty much all pounding on the car. I have used a few different wheel setups and like the fact that I can raise and lower the car and not mess with the spring rate.



I absolutely love them. Everyone who has driven the car gives them a thumbs up.



On a side note *real* suspension starts at about $3000. Thats bottom of the barrel. That would be taking the flex and adding rebound adjustment as well as compression not to mention a larger diamater pistion and remote resivors.



Ive driven quite a few cars with stiffer springs and a good set of adjustible shocks. They stick to the road quite nicely.



GregW

One320B

Not sure what "real" suspension means...I'm pretty any car rolling off the assembly line has "real" suspension.. I mean, I haven't seen anybody on the side of the road because their "fake" suspension broke because the paper mache strut mount gave out....



Anyways... my opinion is that if you have a car that you want to beef up the suspension on, your going to go through a lot of trial and error to find what you really want. As far as shocks go, I like the Tokico's and the Koni's. Koni's offer a better rebound on the street(at least that what it feels like to me). Koni's however are harder to install compared to Tokico's. We've put tokico's on many cars, I currently have them on my eclipse that are using a set of Tanabe GP springs. Great ride quality. I've used Intrax and Eibach as well on other cars. The intrax were a little cheaper than the Eibachs, but performed equally..if not a LITTLE better then the sportlines (prokit is good, but didn't offer the drop I needed for my wheel/tire setup).



For coilovers, after much debate, I'm going w/ the HKS Hypermax II. I've read a lot of good things about them and their specs seem to be on par with what I need.



Ground controls are an awesome setup for weekend autox-ing. Our SM2 class Miata is currently running Tein FLEX coilovers with good success. Running #1 in his class and about 1.5s behind the EVOs!



There are a lot of good setups, there are even more "not so good" setups. It'll be up to what you want, how much you can spend, and your own driving skills/preference to find out what you like.



Side note *don't buy adjustable sway bars until later* adjustable sway bars are the last part i worry about when doing suspension. You can upgrade them to thicker, but when you've maxed out your suspension, and need that little edge..than go adjustable, but only then, lol....

GMON

I meant somethin along the lines of these.



http://www.proflex.be/engframeset.html



http://www.ohlins.com/car_36hmrc.shtml



http://www.intechrity.com.au/dms/default.asp?id=37



http://www.kw-suspension.com/en/30_Product...ant_3/index.php

One320B

That was better than the term "real"





BTW, Kei Office offers coilovers for the FC3S now as well... the japanese drifteres/racers alike rave about them, but I'm not sure if they are hype or not since its the "Drift King's" line of coilovers... worth looking into though. I read the specs on the XT/alpha line they have and it seems worthy, a good bit of cash though over the HypermaxIIs..

the solitaire

Proflex was once a bike company.



The KW suspension looks promising though.



Not so sure about Tein. Never found them very special for the incredibly high price they sell at

djgiantrobot

i'd suggest something which can be rebuilt in the US.

j9fd3s

thats important!

One320B

It is hard to find a rebuilder for the jap coilovers here in the US...



Kei Office is opening an office here stateside supposedly that will be offering rebuilds on their coilovers. Currently, you can send them off to be rebuilt...but will take two weeks to get back on the road.