Which coilovers?

[DoctorDee]

Thinking of putting aftermarket coilovers on my Z4 for a small drop in ride height.

I’ve looked around and seen these:

Spax £630
D2 £640
KW V1 £900
H&R £1100
KW V3 £1400
Bilstein £1900

Clearly a wide range of prices there. Are the cheaper ones worth touching?
Any idea which offer the best value for money?

 

[Machine monkey]

I have the spax on a e85 and i think they are great.

 

[DoctorDee]

Cheers Jonny, Machine Monkey - if you are happy with the Spax, I'm not going to spend £2K on Bilsteins.
Might investigate the D2s, because they look pretty and have a camber plate.

 

[NeilP]

Ba3bas has BC coilovers and like others who run the kit, seems to rate them.

I have KW v2's on mine and have nothing but good to speak about them (with only the Sport suspension to base my comparison on).

If you're looking for something a little more budget friendly, AP make a kit which is essentially a KW V1 kit but with less weather protection and a shorter warranty. In short it just means more washing carefully and a dab of copper grease once in a while to prevent seizing.

Your post however is a little vague. What are you after that's made you want coilovers? Price is hardly a sensible base for comparison.

 

[DoctorDee]

I wish to drop the car slightly without spoiling the handling, or the ride if possible. Improved handling would be a bonus.

Price is not the criterion, value is.

I am happy to spent the £2k if I am told this is the only way to achieve my objective. But if I can get 90% the performance for 40% of the price (30% in the case of the Spax), I'd prefer that.

 

[jan_tekin]

I have a set of KW V2 on back order, hope to have them by mid July as they have to be made, paid something like £1200.




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