STI ABSORBER ASSY & KW V2 , which one you choose?

[HarryZ]

STI - STRUT / SHOCK ABSORBER & SPRING ASSY

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/9/web/657000-657999/657276_46_full.jpg

 

 

 

KW V2

http://www.mini-madness.com/ProductImages/suspension/KWsuspension.jpg

 

 

 

WHICH ONE YOU THINK IS BETTER , WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE?

 

BOTH ARE Vehicle Height adjustable

[HarryZ]

STI - STRUT / SHOCK ABSORBER & SPRING ASSY

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/9/web/657000-657999/657276_46_full.jpg

 

 

 

KW V2

http://www.mini-madness.com/ProductImages/suspension/KWsuspension.jpg

 

 

 

WHICH ONE YOU THINK IS BETTER , WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE?

 

BOTH ARE Vehicle Height adjustable

[Guest]

ASSY is better

 

These are actually Bilstein coilovers rebadged by STI and likely done to their specs. I have the original Bilsteins and they are far superior to KWs, which I also had.

[Ridgeracer]

Unclemat....do you think the helper springs on both units help with small to medium bumps and a row of small bumps.....?

[terrangama]

now the real question, where are you getting those sti's from?

[Guest]

Unclemat....do you think the helper springs on both units help with small to medium bumps and a row of small bumps.....?

 

No. Helper spring is there solely to prevent the main spring bouncing around when the suspension is fully decompressed (extended, e.g. when jumping over an open draw bridge ). The helper spring is fully compressed under load.

[TPLGT]

I bet those STI coilovers are $$$$$

[SubyShop.com]

Good luck sourcing a set of those STI ones? I think the KW's would be much easier to purchase and get serviced, if necessary. And, you could get camber plates with them from the get go. The STI win the bling factor though

-Franz

[ClimberDHexMods]

+1 where did you find the sti coilovers?

[Mindspin311]

I would recommend the RaceComp Engineering T1's. Many informative threads in the Vendor FS forum.

[Leke]

JapanParts has them. AvoJDM has them too. Last time I checked they were in the neighborhood of $3400:eek:

[jamal]

KWs.

 

Those sti shocks are most likely a 4-click KYB like the old ones. Not terrible, but not a kw.

[Guest]

These coilovers have been available since 2005 or so... nothing new (in Japan only).

[underground000]

well...since i have 5.3 more years on my extended warranty ill go with the sti if i have the money. i could only use genuine subaru parts. i was looking for sti suspension last year when i got the car, thanks for finding it!!. plus i want to do mostly spt/sti parts on my gt just for something different

[Guest]

well...since i have 5.3 more years on my extended warranty ill go with the sti if i have the money. i could only use genuine subaru parts. i was looking for sti suspension last year when i got the car, thanks for finding it!!. plus i want to do mostly spt/sti parts on my gt just for something different

 

Sorry to disappoint, but even if it's OEM Subaru parts if it's not sold by Subaru here it "voids" your warranty (even some parts sold by Subaru create warranty problems)

[camber]

STI ones are STI tuned bilstien shock IIRC. Unclemat has bilstein coilovers and likes them but I'm not sure what the specific differences in tuning between the two models could be. IIRC, the STI are much more expensive then the plain Bilstein model.

[ClimberDHexMods]

So it's just a question of how much money do you (the OP) want to spend on coilovers.

[integroid]

KW's. Probably better overall and you can get them serviced pretty easily in the US.

[underground000]

Sorry to disappoint, but even if it's OEM Subaru parts if it's not sold by Subaru here it "voids" your warranty (even some parts sold by Subaru create warranty problems)

 

yea i know, theres only soo much modding you can do before they say something

 

if i really want power with warranty i should get the super snake

[PhilT]

But the pink ones are so puuurdy

[praedet]

Merged, and put in the right forum...

 

Is it really that hard

[Guest]

KW's. Probably better overall and you can get them serviced pretty easily in the US.

 

Better overall? Far inferior compared to Bilsteins. I had both. And compared them back to back (Bilsteins on one of my LGTs, KWs on the other).

 

The JDM Bilsteins coilovers can be serviced by Bilstein USA no problem. They rebuild two of them for me.

 

KWs are overhyped, overpriced, vanilla shocks in glorified coilover package. They don't suck, they are just mediocre and they don't deserve the price tag.

[ClimberDHexMods]

Better overall? Far inferior compared to Bilsteins. I had both. And compared them back to back (Bilsteins on one of my LGTs, KWs on the other).

 

The JDM Bilsteins coilovers can be serviced by Bilstein USA no problem. They rebuild two of them for me.

 

KWs are overhyped, overpriced, vanilla shocks in glorified coilover package. They don't suck, they are just mediocre and they don't deserve the price tag.

 

had this same conversation with unclemat, then took a ride in the car. they are better (I have KWs)

[integroid]

Holy cow....$3200 for the STi's? Doesn't AST make coil overs for our cars? I just don't see it being worth $1200 better than the RCE Tarmac 1's?

[Ridgeracer]

Hey thx Unclemat for answering my question. I totally forgot about this thread. BTW...I saw a vendor on here selling H&R coilovers. Anyone use these yet on a LGT or other??