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I'm looking at coilovers for my 180 and I don't have the cash (and the car is a box anyway) to stretch to euro brands. The GReddy units, as discussed in the R34 poll thread, are looking alright at $1,150, $650 cheaper than the Tein Mono Flex (used to be RA). I'd love to hear some feedback on both of these if people are using them or know anything about them, as well as the equivalents from HKS (Hypermax 2(now 3),$1,500 and D',$1,950) and Cusco (Zero-2R,$1,900). I've heard the you get what you pay for rule but if someone can't convince me that they are crap, then I might end up getting a set.

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Nothing wrong with the quality of alot of the Japanses coilover kits, except ride quality. Very hard riding. Some which i wont name are very well known for their rate of failure. Cheap parts are used like seals etc. Saw some the other day with spring rates of 9kg front and rear in an R33 GTS-t. Anyone who knows these cars (and even some that dont) will tell you that is way to hard. 4-5kg front depending on use, and 4 in the rear is more than strong enough. The car was frankly shite!!!

Thats my 2cents. Good luck with your search :P

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Where have you seen the Greddys for $1150? Last I saw they were selling for around $2000. And the cheapest price I've seen on Tein Mono Flex is $2500 (granted I havn't looked very hard).

The prices there seem pretty cheap

Have you thought about the Whiteline/Bilstein groupbuy? The S13 version should be completed soon.

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The GReddy units, as discussed in the R34 poll thread, are looking alright at $1,150, $650 cheaper than the Tein Mono Flex (used to be RA).

NOT an chance in hell of picking the GREDDY units up for $1150 LOL even out the back door of TRUST. I ended up going the GREDDYS in my daily (8kg and 6kg with whiteline sway bars and it is awesome) and a special order set in Cats S13 drift car as the rates are too low for serious drift with a rb up front.

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←I am living, and shopping in Japan.

Which also means the whiteline group buy is not going to happen.

I've just sent off an email to confirm the price of the GReddy's, but they should be a fair bit cheaper than Australia. One reason is the market here, there are more brands of coilovers than you could ever test in one year. It's insane!!

I'm no sus pro, but is 5kg front and 4 rear a bit low?? The average rates sold with the kits are 7/8 front and 5/6 rear. I had Teins in my Evo and they were 6f and 5r and were definitely not too hard. Not having wife/kids to hurt my ears might mean I'm am a little more accepting of a firmer ride.

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←I am living, and shopping in Japan.

Which also means the whiteline group buy is not going to happen.

I've just sent off an email to confirm the price of the GReddy's, but they should be a fair bit cheaper than Australia. One reason is the market here, there are more brands of coilovers than you could ever test in one year. It's insane!!

I'm no sus pro, but is 5kg front and 4 rear a bit low?? The average rates sold with the kits are 7/8 front and 5/6 rear. I had Teins in my Evo and they were 6f and 5r and were definitely not too hard. Not having wife/kids to hurt my ears might mean I'm am a little more accepting of a firmer ride.

EVO's have different movement and leverage ratios that Skylines. For example 8 kg/mm spring rate in the front of an an EVO is the same rate at the wheel (which is all that matters) as a 6.5 kg/mm in the front of an R32/33/34 Skyline.

:) cheers :laugh:

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EVO's have different movement and leverage ratios that Skylines. For example 8 kg/mm spring rate in the front of an an EVO is the same rate at the wheel (which is all that matters) as a 6.5 kg/mm in the front of an R32/33/34 Skyline.

:) cheers :laugh:

Yea comparing spring rates on totally different cars isn't going to prove anything, sorry m(__)m

The springs that come with the GReddy kit are 8f and 6r. Is anyone running similar spring rates in a 180/S13? Are they going to be too hard?

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Like I said, it's a box. 140,000km red head and it had no front bumper and the left front fender needed replacing due to an accident, and it had no shaken (road tax). It was left at the workshop that I go to, and I was after a drift pig so they gave it to me and told me to fix it myself. I also got a front pipe, R200 diff, tension rods and a boost gauge they had lying around to go with the cat back and exhaust manifold that were already on it. Should be some fun. Pick it up this week when the shaken is done.

But hows about those springs? 8 and 6 too hard? Anyone running something like this on a 180? Advice??

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