Coilovers

[Ian C]

A quick poll on what car enthusiasts think "coilover" means

[Gazboy]

Right that's that settled.

[Ian W]

I'm sure there's a thread of me and one or two others argueing about this.

 

Basically I was trying to highlight the difference between the technical definition and what people commonly refer to as 'coilovers'.

 

[Jezz]

Is this a trick question? The correct answer isnt on the poll. Its clearly a female contraceptive device.

[Jake]

I'm sure there's a thread of me and one or two others argueing about this.

 

Basically I was trying to highlight the difference between the technical definition and what people commonly refer to as 'coilovers'.

 

 

That'll be this one : http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=1883018

Edited December 4, 2008 by Jake (see edit history)

[Swampy442]

I wondered this myself, surely the stock set up is a coil over set up, a coil over the damper...

[Gaz6002]

It's obviously the second option. The first refers to adjustable suspension.

[SteveR]

That'll be this one : http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=1883018

 

Or this one

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=2195081#post2195081

[Tricky-Ricky]

Both!

[Carl_S]

i said coilover. becuase "I got some coilovers innit". pej innit.

[Ian W]

That'll be this one : http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=1883018

 

That's the one, Jake.

 

FWIW I voted for "coil spring over shock absorber"

[Pig]

i went for number 2, was i right?

[Gazboy]

i went for number 2, was i right?

 

Do you see inboard springs, remote dampers or a torsion bar, or a transverse spring or a leaf spring or hydragas struts where your suspension components reside?

[JamesF]

Macpherson struts?

[AndrewOW]

Macpherson struts?

 

 

Or some nice leaf springs?

[JamesF]

Thats the stuff. Get me some lowering blocks and Ill be happy. None of this EDFC malarkey

[SteveR]

Thats the stuff. Get me some lowering blocks and Ill be happy. None of this EDFC malarkey

I use my EDFC

(BTW it doesn't adjust height, which you seem to suggest)

[Pig]

Do you see inboard springs, remote dampers or a torsion bar, or a transverse spring or a leaf spring or hydragas struts where your suspension components reside?

 

WTF are you going on about

[JamesF]

I use my EDFC

(BTW it doesn't adjust height, which you seem to suggest)

 

I *knew* Id get pulled up for that lol. I know it doesnt adjust height, I just couldnt think of anything modern and suspension related. Pillow ball top mounts! Thats what I should have said. But then Id have to know what they were.

 

Id actually kill for EDFC to be honest

[SteveR]

I *knew* Id get pulled up for that lol. I know it doesnt adjust height, I just couldnt think of anything modern and suspension related. Pillow ball top mounts! Thats what I should have said. But then Id have to know what they were.

 

Id actually kill for EDFC to be honest

 

It's useful, if you understand what impact you will have when fiddling. I actually pulled over less than a mile into a lap at the Ring earlier this year as the car just didn't feel quite right, checked the EDFC and I'd set my F/R settings the wrong way round. 3 seconds later I'm away again, a happy lad.