Drakon

I'm researching K-sports and trying to find some real information but most of what I read it just hearsay. I know the whole you get what you pay for, so don't just throw that at me. I don't expect Tein or Silk Road quality for $700 range coilovers but I do want to know what the real world experience of people has been with them.

Can someone who has used them or does use them please comment?

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smelly240

ksport circuit pro coilovers were on the s14 that set fast time at willow and i believe pheonix - they arent the cheapies - but if u want ksports - they make nicer dampers than the kontrols. but with hte kontrols @ 700$ - u get what u pay for.

Edgar

save up a little more and get some STANCE

I have heard NOTHING negative about them

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shane_lxi

I have been told that stances get leakage from a local professional source :P, but I dont really respect his opinion on suspensions at all, lol. My friend bought a set of the $700ish ksports off of ebay, and right out of the box, they were bouncier then shit, bouncier then his cut stock springs even :P. I dont know about the more expensive ones, but the cheapies really suck. They just recently started leaking after a year of fairly heavy driving and no accidents. Megan is in that price range, and is a much better coilover imo. But like you mentioned, you get what you pay for. Aside from the one guy who told me they collapse and get leakage, I have heard great things about stance coilovers. Save up and extra $400 and do it right the first time!

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TougeNinja

ive had megans for about 9 months... just got a new car with stance.....


HOLY SHIT IVE WASTED MY LIFE.

do it right the 1st time, a little more $$$ goes A LONG way

Drakon

This is very useful info, thanks guys keep it coming.

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180sxsun

how about silk-road, i have them on never gave me any problems..

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LB.Motoring

^ for the win.

period.

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SC_S13

my megans run really nice actually, i like the ride height, and the stiffness isnt too intolerable for daily driving and sick for drifting. i run track coilovers fyi...

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Quigs

i run ksports for my daily driven car. stance for my track car. i agree, do it right and save the cash for the stance. granted i have no complaints on my daily driven car, but the stances are money.

UfoZ8myCow

I run the K Sports with custom spring rates and Swift springs on my other car and love them... No complaints so far on the street or at the track.

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redsuns3838

i love my silkroads.

Drakon

I'm sorta on a fixed budget. I'm a student right now so I dont have much income. I've been saving a while to get these and now they way I'm looking at it is. I can get the K-sports + RUCA's, subframe spacers and something else for the multilink. or I can get the megans and only the subframe spacers. and then with the Stance's I'm looking at trying to scrounge up more money just to afford them.

ksport-$700ish
megan-$900
Stance-$1100
Silk's - $1500

Also keep in mind I have yet to do a track event and most likley wont do more than one or 2 a year. (but I might do alot more once I get coilovers) I do drive twisty roads in TN all the time since I'm going to school up there so they won't be wasted, whatever i get

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drifts135

I used and enjoyed K-sports for 9 months on my old rb s13.

I had megan on my g/f's S14. They bound up and became un-height-adjustable after like 2 months in SC in summer time no less....

I am now on Stance, and life is so much better....but I came REALLY close to buyin' K-sport again.

Ps. when I had K-sport, they were still 550 shipped (back in the day)

ayuaddict

dont forget KTS. pretty damn good shit.

www.splparts.com

DoriftoPnoy

ksports are so good that they make my bro's s14 chassis twist on turns. this is cuz the retarded previous owner decided to have a sunroof installed which pretty much fucks the chassis over

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TougeNinja

dude either get RUCAs and toe-arms at the same time, or get neither and deal with the redonkulous camber. if you adjust your camber, toe changes and vise-versa... i made the mistake of just getting RUCAs. i raped my toe, lost all highway speed tracking, and lost my rear tires in like a month (keep in mind i have a welded diff).

whatever coilovers you buy get RUCAs and toe-arms at the same time. subframe spacers can wait.

JSpecBnr32

well said Alex^ i had megan 8K/6K on my old rb hatch and loved them, on my coupe i have jic flta2's and they are my most favirote coilover ive tried save up your money don't get Ksport/D2 shit, Id say at least megans or better yet stances or KTS.

-Gleb!

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Anto

I've heard Stance > Silkroad simply because of the company SUPPORT for the product.

Sure, they're okay now, but in a few months when something happens to one of them...

Remember that guy in the B/S/T forum selling 3 Silk Roads for like $400? That's because they wanted like $700 for a single replacement. Meh

shane_lxi

KTS is great too for the same reason. Replacement shocks can be found for like $600 a set. So if something does go wrong, no biggie really.

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Edgar

Reason for that is because they don't just want to sell one out of a set. I mean what will they do with the rest of the 3 coilovers? I do know that the KTS's are serviced here by SPL Parts and STANCE well they are simply awesome and can answer that question for you. I don't know what their company policy is on the rebuild kits or anything since they are a fairly new product still. On the Silkroads ive heard alot of people needed rebuilds this and that but again that just might be because of wear and tear. I mean I guess it is true you get what you pay for. Honestly on my next S Chassis I get no doubt I am doing STANCE for one because of their company back up support on the product and two because I have heard nothing negative on STANCE. KTS is a good product to. Ive ran them on 2 of my S13's.

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e1_griego

Yeah, I went cheap on the set of coils on my first s13 and bought the Powertrix super streets (which are actually inverted monotube and I guess made by the same company that makes KTS). In any event, I've got Stance on my fb and the ride quality is WORLDS better, plus the damping actually keeps up so the car doesn't skitter around when you hit bumps mid corner. Couldn't be happier and the customer service is most excellent as well.

Alex

Ameerov

I have tein super drifts and they kick ass. Track use only but as a daily driver I unintentionally slide the onramps of the 405 freeway at 80MPH....LOL Ksports are cool for beginners but if you want competition, spend more money and get Tein, Zeal, or cusco.

babowc

i had ksports..
decent cheap coilovers.
mainly to learn on.

wouldnt buy em again.. unless they were 400 again lol

Drakon

If I just slap something like the stance's on my car. I'm looking at problems with rear camber right?

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holemilk00

I've had tein SS and flexes, both are over priced for what you get, my DD right now has D2s because I bought them for like $400 brand new, the car I sold in the summer had Ksports on it, for the money, I couldn't beat it, even now at $750 I still think they are a better buy then anything Tein has ever made when you look at how much they want for that s*!t. But if you want the most for your dollar, silkroad all the way, I'm about to tear down my DD car and that will be in the mix, I have them in the garage. People need to realize that tein outside of the US, is just an over priced midgrade coilover, stop reading your superstreet mags and going with what you think are the JDM TYTE coilovers, if you just want to over pay for a name, go buy teins, if you want to know what actually works, start going to track events, hell go the the local mall parking lot autoX events, and look at who is actually running good times without a massive motorswap. One of the guys down in MB back in the summer was running the some of the fastest times there on ksports, because they were set up CORRECTLY and he was still on an NA KA motor. Which is the main reason so many people complain about coilovers in the first place, they simply don't know how to adjust them. The best advice I can give you, would be go to meets, events, or anywhere you can, and just ask guys what they are running, and then ask for a ride, in the end its going to be your opinion that matters, and you have to find the ride that YOU like and are looking for.

Drakon

So if it was between KTS or Stance which is the better choice?

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Jefferson

KTS vs. Stance has been argued so many times over and over, and I think there still isn't really a winner.
I say just go for whichever one you can get a better deal on
I personally am going with Stances after the holiday is over

Ameerov

Thanks jefferson for clearing up the choices.

shane_lxi

You are going to have negative rear camber with any coilover if you dont get rucas or the like. It just comes naturally with lowering most cars. You can adjust it with stock parts to a certain extent though...

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