Originally Posted by
Mizzat508 So, has anyone ever thought about using the $460 racelands in place of $950 d2s or ksports? If I can save 500 bucks by redrilling the strut tower then why not? My car is not a track car, but i'd like a decent ride and something that'll keep up when I feel like hucking it side to side somewhere.
I was going to order coils in a few weeks anyways, so why not save myself some muns?
So am I crazy, or has anyone else done this/thought about it?
YOU just asked for feedback and opinions.
When YOU do that, start any thread on any forum, you get the feedback you get. You do NOT get to dictate the responses, that you fucking asked for in the first place.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508To everyone else with their heads up their asses,
Fuck you kiddo.
Brilliant to insult the folks trying to help you.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508I paid 700 for this car in a pinch. A week or so later I pulled a few parts off if and noticed it had been in an accident and the frame rail in front of the drivers side strut tower was bent a little. I have a total of just under $2000 total into this car. That includes all the repairs when I first bought it and then boosting it. My next project is the suspension.
So I obviously think its worth spending twice as much on the best product I can buy to get the best handing out of a chassis that isnt even perfectly straight. Not really.
You never mentioned a bent chassis, nor your exact budget. Not one fucking time.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508I agree with kaotekxe, i have driven in, riden in, etc mutliple cars with racelends. Several of my friends have vw and run racelands. I even know someone who had racelands in his impreza wagon. They arent a bad option.
Are they as fine tuned for each car as other options? No.
Do they cost half as much as the other options? Yes.
If your mind is made up, and was before you started this thread, then why did you start it in the first place? To see if we would all be "gung-ho" on your ridiculous idea to waste your money? To see if we would all praise your "innovative and trail-blazing" idea to use the wrong parts on your chassis?
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508Also, I really don't appreciate the comments on the fact that I dont know what I'm doing. I do.
Lowering a car doesnt always imply that the car cant handle.
Bump steer only happens when you hit the bumpstop and there are a multitude of ways to avoid this, even when you are completely slammed.
You do not know what you are doing. You don't even know what bump-steer means.
In the case of a B13, yes lowering the car beyond 1.5 inches does in fact mean, with a certainty and for a fact, that the car cannot and will not handle worth a damn. Unless you start re-engineering the rest of the suspension pick-up points, lower control arms, etc.... Which you have NOT done, nor will do on your uber-cheapo-budget and with your minimum understanding of the B13 chassis.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508Currently my tire tread is just starting to tuck into the fender. The car doesnt look retardedly slammed, and I can still drive it normally. Height wise it's right where I want it, I just want to get some suspension travel back.
Do you even have a clue what the factory OEM suspension travel happens to be?
Because right now, you have about zero to one (1) inch of suspension travel Brainiac.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508As for the WRX coils, I was thinking about the weight differences and was thinking about going with a 98-2000 2.5rs set. Those cars weight around 2400-2500 iirc. Thats the difference of a passanger or two. And I was planning on measuring out a stock set of suspension and my own suspension before I order and "gamble on a $500 idea."
You are indeed gambling on a $500 dollar untested and ill-advised idea.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508Honestly guys, you can talk my ear off about what set up would perform the best and how raceland doesnt do any r&d, and I know. I'm not an idiot, and I do know what I'm doing, however I've weighed my options, thought about it some more, and decided on what I, personally, me, not you, would like to do in my situation. Racelands would offer me the price I like, the ride that I had in mind, and still be stiff enough to handle the occational beat run. All while keeping suspension travel and the ride height I want.
Then why the fuck did you start this thread? Are you stupid, trolling, or both?!?
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508Also, thank you for the typical warm "he must have no idea what he's doing because he's a noob" welcome. Much appreciated guys. I intended this thread to be a different option, not the end all be all of suspension.
You're welcome noob.
"Different Option"?!? Awesome, and we are inclined and obligated to point out the absurdity of your lame-brained idea so that others are not swayed to follow in your foolish and pig-headed footsteps.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508There is no wrong way to modify your car.
Yes, there is
definitely wrong ways to modify a vehicle. Plenty of them.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508Everyone does things differently. Everyone has different needs and ideas. My ideas hold no ill will towards anyone running expensive coilovers. So why does everyone else running a better thought out suspension set up seem to have an ill will on my ideas? I will continue this thread because I still think it would be a neat idea. I still think it'd be easier then shortened konis, cost the same as some agx and gc, and maybe even ride a little softer then agx's.
Everyone is (was, past tense) trying to help you out and point you in the right direction.
Remember, YOU asked for input the minute you started this cluster-fuck of a stupid thread about your brilliant new engineering idea on the B13 suspension. And a whole bunch of very, very smart guys (coach, Squirlz, McCarp, JimR, etc...) are trying to HELP you. You ungrateful, obnoxious, stupid, mule-headed,
jackass.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508If you dont agree, dont read.
NO. That is not how a forum works Cupcake-Noob. Get a fucking clue.
IF you don't like the answers and opinions presented, then DO NOT FUCKING START A THREAD and
ask for fucking feedback and opinions.
Originally Posted by
Mizzat508If I end up installing racelands and love the ride then I dont think I did it the wrong way.
More power to you noob. Rock out with your...sock out.
Do it any-gawd-damned way you want.
But DO NOT bitch, whine, cry, moan and disrespect those trying to HELP YOU, because you did not get the kumba-ya, circle-jerk, way-to-go Champ, answers you expected or wanted.
Shawn B