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02-07-2010, 02:19 PM | #1 |
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New springs for Megan coilovers?
I noticed some of the paint is beginning to flake off of my Megan Racing coilover's springs, and am thinking about replacing them. Can I put another brand of springs on these shocks, or do I have to stick with Megan-brand springs?
Is anyone running other springs on their Megan shocks?
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just measure the coil inner diameter and length. You can get Eibach coil over springs, Swifts, many others.
If it was me though I'd scrap the megan racing coil-overs all together as the valving is no better than the paint on those springs.
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The problem is, the Megan springs are extremely short in the rear. I doubt I'd find any stand-alone springs that would fit. Then again, I could be 100% wrong. I may just replace them with Tokico HPs and another set of springs.
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Before you spend $ to keep your Megan coil-overs alive consider holding off and saving that $. But yes, you can replace the front springs easily, rears are not coil over springs but as you said you can easily just put any lowering spring in place of them (meant for that car) and omit the perch.
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02-07-2010, 02:49 PM | #5 | |
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As I mentioned, I think I may go for a traditional spring/shock combo, as I never adjust the height or the dampening on the coilovers.
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A good shock/spring combo should do just fine, Tokicos are good shocks. A proper coil-over will generally out-perform a spring/shock combo on the track but then again it doesnt mean much if some dude with $6000 coil-overs can't drive lol.
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Which I still find very strange. I think I'd still stick with a Yaris spring. The S-Techs have OK spring rates, and since 99% of my driving is on the street, I think that'd be just fine.
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this whole spring/shock vs coilover thing gets heated. Springs/shocks are so much cheaper, but i'd have to believe that Silk Roads, or other almost $2000 coilovers have to be better overall.
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I would say high-end coilovers are definitely going to get you the best performance on the Yaris (Silk Road, KW, etc.). The KWs look beautiful. However, they're nearly $2,000!
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kw? and if they are really better it is worth saving the money for them.
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even in the rear, buy longer eibach springs if you have to and lower the perch...mines all the way up in the rear and im still -1.5" ride height
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How's the ride?
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02-10-2010, 01:34 PM | #17 |
i have eibach race springs 2.5" id. 400lb 7" height in the rear and 375lb 8" height in the front on my "megan" coilovers. heres the thing, 98-present focus rear shocks are the same as yaris shocks so i have focus koni's in the back and koni inserts for the front of a 04-07 WRX fit inside the megan front shock bodies. also 2006-up ford focus swaybar endlinks are perfect replacements for the crappy megan ones. real valves, megan stickers
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