How urgent might this suspension repair be?
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How urgent might this suspension repair be?
I was changing out my front sway bar end links as I've been hunting down knocks and rattles over this weekend and noticed on the front passenger side, the fork at the bottom end of what I'm guessing are tein aftermarket shocks was bent upward. I measured the difference in ride height after that, and it's just shy of 1/2inch height difference between the front driver side and passenger side wheel. No abnormal driving symptoms. There's no cracking or split metal on visual inspection, some light rust.
How urgently do you all think this repair is? I'd like to research and shop around for suspension as I intend to replace it, but if it's an imminent danger...
Suggestions for $1k and under suspension welcome and appreciated, I'm not racing or tracking, just the occasional spirited drive so ride comfort is a factor along with performance. Based on another posters list and some responses, Bilstein B14 PSS is the top contender, just not sure how stiff a ride it is.
Anyone try megan racings suspension? Pretty well priced but split reviews from what I've seen in 15 min of searching.
How urgently do you all think this repair is? I'd like to research and shop around for suspension as I intend to replace it, but if it's an imminent danger...
Suggestions for $1k and under suspension welcome and appreciated, I'm not racing or tracking, just the occasional spirited drive so ride comfort is a factor along with performance. Based on another posters list and some responses, Bilstein B14 PSS is the top contender, just not sure how stiff a ride it is.
Anyone try megan racings suspension? Pretty well priced but split reviews from what I've seen in 15 min of searching.
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It's not great for sure. Must have been some impact, is everything else straight?
Megan is junk, you won't be comfortable in it. The stock suspension, especially that for an R3, is very good and also comfortable. Bilstein PSS is a great choice as well, but if you're just driving around, I'm thinking stock is fine for (hopefully) cheaper
Megan is junk, you won't be comfortable in it. The stock suspension, especially that for an R3, is very good and also comfortable. Bilstein PSS is a great choice as well, but if you're just driving around, I'm thinking stock is fine for (hopefully) cheaper
#3
From what I have seen and know enough to look at/for yea things look pretty good, just a bad hit like you said I guess. I've only had this car for ~4k miles.
Anyone have experience with Koni shocks and racing beat springs, I trust racing beat and koni, just wondering if they'll be harsh? They're not super far from me and the prices aren't terrible. Since I don't plan to track/race I don't really require a coil over system now that I think about it.
All this reading about suspension and heights also has me wondering, what is the stock ride height? I've read 14.75" and that it can range from the factory from 14.5 to 15.5, the post didn't mention s1 or s2 though so just in case... while I research.
Thanks Loki for pointing me in additional directions of research!
Anyone have experience with Koni shocks and racing beat springs, I trust racing beat and koni, just wondering if they'll be harsh? They're not super far from me and the prices aren't terrible. Since I don't plan to track/race I don't really require a coil over system now that I think about it.
All this reading about suspension and heights also has me wondering, what is the stock ride height? I've read 14.75" and that it can range from the factory from 14.5 to 15.5, the post didn't mention s1 or s2 though so just in case... while I research.
Thanks Loki for pointing me in additional directions of research!
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