tigercrazy718

ok so on american muscle the H&R super sport springs are on sale for 200 bucks. for a while ive been saving up for strano's handling pack 1, but if i buy these springs then the konis separate from sam, i can save some money. so i have 2 questions:

1. im assuming that they are, but are the koni's going to be able to compensate for such a drastic lowering (1.7 front, 1.9 back)?

2. is my car gonna look slammed? half the customer pix on american muscle look slammed, the other half dont. sucks that none of the pix have my rims on them (18's 2010 GT500 rims)

btw what i plan to do with my car is keep it my daily driver and also auto-x every month or so and hopefully some road courses as well.

Sam Strano

That's a bit drop.... that leaves very little working travel for the shocks to do their job and for the suspension to move before smacking the bumpstops that much harder (because the shocks didn't have as much travel to do their work).

Those are looks springs above all else. They are lower than the H&R Race springs which should tell you something. If you were to get those, you will compromise ride for sure. You also would be served to get an adjustable damper to use with them. Anytime you increase spring rate and/or lessen working travel the dampers need more damping force to control the spring rate in the lesser range of travel available. Add more spring rate and that just becomes more the case.

tigercrazy718

o ok then i wont get those because i plan on making my car a serious auto-xer someday
thanks for the input sam! and looks like you got some more of my business back once i get the money lol

tigercrazy718

well while i have u looking at this thread sam, would u suggest the tokio d specs over the koni yellows? i see they are what you used to win some SCCA stuff with, and with the lowering springs seems to be a very good deal since they cost as much as the yellows by themselves

Sam Strano

Ahhh, would I recommend D-spec over Koni Sport??? Only under one condition: If you want to have adjustable dampers and you no way, want to spend (or can't spend) the extra bit for the Koni's. That is the only way I'd recommend a D-spec over a Koni Sport. Including myself, a number of customers (some of whom are on this site) have changed form D-spec to Koni and to a person prefer the Koni's.

D-specs aren't bad bang for the buck but aren't as well built, certainly not as well warrantied (despite the claim on paper) or as capable and composed a damper.

Yes, I won my first title in a Mustang on those dampers. Mostly because the Konis did not yet exist and I needed some adjustment to tune the car. The minute the Koni's came out I had some. In fact I had the first production set that made it into the US.

Now, I still sell D-specs because some folks just want them, and other times Koni's are out of stock and folks are in a hurry.... So either way I've got you covered.

tigercrazy718

ah ok gotcha
gahhh i guess ill have to wait longer then to buy the konis lol

Sleeper_08

I'm one of the people who started with Tokico D-specs, primarily on cost, and after running them for 2 1/2 seasons switched to the Koni's in the middle of this season.

Let's simply say that I should have listened to Sam the first time.

gmoran1469

I have the Koni's with some Steeda Sports and it looks great/handles amazingly.