Coilovers..

[imi]

I am considering in investing for some coilovers, looking at what other members have and what is available .. i.e. HKS, Tein or TTE...

What are your opinions on coilovers and which is a good make of coilover for the IS200..

[Monster-Mat]

TTE..good quality made by bilstein

HKS...expensive, but the daddy of coilovers, a bit extreme for normal road usage only

TEIN.....heard good and bad things about tein..they can have noisy springs

[dark_is200]

The HKS are very good, you can leave them on their softest setting and comfort is very good, wind the down a bit and handling is much, much better. Only problem is lack of in-car adjustment, I plan to fix that soon though.

[imi]

Dark_IS200

Only problem is lack of in-car adjustment, I plan to fix that soon though.

Thanks Supracharged and Dark IS..

just aquestion for Dark IS - What do you mean by "Lack of in-car adjustment", i don't quite understand that bit please?

[GRiM]

TTE Coilover suspension See HERE

HKS Hipermax Damper II See HERE

TRD also do a complete suspension make over kit, including anti-roll bars for the Altezza/IS200.

See here TRD Sportivo

"Lack of incar adjustment" means you can't adjust the suspension stettings from within the car.

On the HKS hiperdampers for example, you'd have to stop the car, open the bonnet/Boot and use an allen key to change the settings. (Takes about 30 seconds).

The hiperdampers also allow ride height adjustment. But this requires taking off the wheel and using a special spanner to raise or lower the car. (About 10 minutes a wheel). Both the allen key and the spanner are supplied with the HKS coilovers.

I assume dark_is200 is looking to adapt the HKS hiperdampers to allow suspension adjustment from within the car.