Thread: HELP! BC Coilovers or Tein SS

Let us know how they perform.

I hear better things about the Fortune auto than I do the BC coil overs. Also the fact that they can be serviced helps. The BC's are like my D2 coil overs, they go bad they send you a new insert. They also don't provide you with a shock dyno of your coilovers. Anyone ever see a BC shock dyno?

Nasioc has a thread like 90 pages long on there about how great BCS are, theres a shock dyno on there somewhere. Fortune auto doesnt list b13s as a product they make. Im not gonna be the first lol. And the warranty and turnaround time on BCs is awesome.
Im buying them from Import Image, So far their customer service is awesome.

i am rolling on BC Racing coilovers. but then again I'm in an N13 Pulsar NX and not a b13. So my rear weight is different from sentras. However, I do have spring rates of 4k/6k and they are pretty comfortable when set at medium soft settings. For comparison purposes, I have rode in kyb agx w/ road magnets and kyb agx w/ hyperco setups. BC coilovers are a bit harder even on softest settings than the hyperco's. Nonetheless still comfortable enough that it's not a PITA to drive in as a daily. As far as track use, I have no clue cuz I've never taken it on one.

I personally have no gripes against them because they have lifetime warranty on their coilovers. Haven't used it yet though. It's only been a year with them on in NJ pothole roads and they're still holding up. We'll see in another year or two.

As far as travel height, my chassis is different so i don't know if it'll help. I have the rear set at max height and have about 1/2 in clearance on my rear fender with 225/50/16s with rub on fast cornering and hard bumps. The front height setting is about 4cm above the lowest setting and I have about 3/4 in clearance with no rub on the fender fast cornering and hard bumps.

I think the fronts have soft-hard settings of 0-32 and the rears have soft-hard 0-16. Not 100% sure but it's something like that.

Thanks Penguin, great info.

A good friend of mine was sponcered by BC as they have their office here in Orlando. He had them on his Miata, he really liked them. He did have one of their higher end models on his car tho. He said that he perfered them to the Tiens that he previously had on the car. If you are familiar with suspension setting you can request them to valve them to your specs and they will build them. It does take a little longer to get them tho.

GTirb13----- I might have some other info that you would be interested in. Give me a PM and ill drop some knowledge on ya

Those are prob the external reservoir dual piston ER series....

Thanks , I'll hit you up if I need anything...

They were fast for me. I spent more time making sure they understood what I wanted than it took them to build them. For custom valving, I think they are as fast as it gets.

I think you've already decided on BC, but I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents with them. I went with a set of their RAM dampeners rated for 8k with 7k springs both front and rear. Though this is on a B14 I'm sure the feeling isn't much different for you. Personally I love them. I went with them over Tein mainly because I got a great deal on them over the winter but also because I've heard nothing but great things from track guys all over OZ and here. They came all nice and pretty, mounted up nice and were very easy to adjust to my liking. I'm still finding what settings I like best for DD use so right now I'm running 13 (with 30 being the hardest setting) in the front and rear and they are doing nice. I love the fact that ride height is adjustable without sacrificing suspension travel. I went from an AGX+RM combo and I think the ride is a little smoother and it holds corner much better.

Just me two cents. And you can’t bet the warranty and the fact you can value your dampeners for your softer springs for DD use and harder springs for tarck use. Like I said, I went with 8k valued dampeners so I can run as little as 6k springs or as high as 10k springs without going outside their range. And extra springs aren't that much so you really can't go wrong in my book.

I'm picking up a set for my B15, those guys love them.