Raceland Coilovers
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Raceland Coilovers
Yay! Now that I can finally make a thread outside of the newbie section and I'm no longer a lurker on the site I would just like to inform everyone that I am working with Raceland US to develop coilovers for the 2004-2008 Rx8. They are using my car as the test mule and in January I took my car in for measurements. I just received word on Thursday that we are a few more weeks out until the prototypes are fitted on my car at which time I will post some pictures. If you are not familiar with Raceland just know they are a good affordable street coilover. They go really low and don't sacrifice much in the ride department. I've been told they are not the best to track on but then again we will be testing that when we get them fitted. Please ask any questions you may have below. Thanks for reading(:
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Wheels, not rims!!
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Yay! Now that I can finally make a thread outside of the newbie section and I'm no longer a lurker on the site I would just like to inform everyone that I am working with Raceland US to develop coilovers for the 2004-2008 Rx8. They are using my car as the test mule and in January I took my car in for measurements. I just received word on Thursday that we are a few more weeks out until the prototypes are fitted on my car at which time I will post some pictures. If you are not familiar with Raceland just know they are a good affordable street coilover. They go really low and don't sacrifice much in the ride department. I've been told they are not the best to track on but then again we will be testing that when we get them fitted. Please ask any questions you may have below. Thanks for reading(:
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BECAUSE RACECAR
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I guess this just shows how terrible the resale value is on these cars nowadays lmao...
Also sorry but Riceland makes dirt cheap, absolutely terrible riding coilovers that have no performance benefits over stock. No idea where you got the impression that they have a good reputation...
Also sorry but Riceland makes dirt cheap, absolutely terrible riding coilovers that have no performance benefits over stock. No idea where you got the impression that they have a good reputation...
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I guess this just shows how terrible the resale value is on these cars nowadays lmao...
Also sorry but Riceland makes dirt cheap, absolutely terrible riding coilovers that have no performance benefits over stock. No idea where you got the impression that they have a good reputation...
Also sorry but Riceland makes dirt cheap, absolutely terrible riding coilovers that have no performance benefits over stock. No idea where you got the impression that they have a good reputation...
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I did buy some for my wifes EP3 to get it nice and slammed since she just wanted a fun DD. Well, less than a year later one blew out so bad that it wore out here tire super quickly. Its sad that the RX-8 is becoming so cheap and riced out at this point. I bought mine for $20,000 almost 2 years ago with only 10,000 miles on an 06.....but now all I see is 100k plus mile cars getting riced out. These so called "coilovers" aren't worth their weight in scrap metal-
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Sorry, I know you loathe Powertrix coilovers but they are not down on the same level as Racelands.
Shock dyno doesn't lie, they're not bad for an entry level unit. Yeah they had a bad run of bushings but their customer service handled it very well IMO. I didn't even know about the problem until Charles personally contacted me to inform me of the problem and to offer me free updated replacements. I didn't even have to pay for shipping.
Shock dyno doesn't lie, they're not bad for an entry level unit. Yeah they had a bad run of bushings but their customer service handled it very well IMO. I didn't even know about the problem until Charles personally contacted me to inform me of the problem and to offer me free updated replacements. I didn't even have to pay for shipping.
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Riceland makes GARBAGE.
Treat your car well: KW, Moton, Ohlins all make decent shocks.
If you can't afford them, buy non adjustable KYB or Koni Yellows.
If you can't afford them, keep the stock ones and enjoy the performance benefit over riceland's product line.
My NA miata is .5 secs a lap faster than an equally stock car with riceland coilovers and better tyres. And that means comparing 22yo blown shocks to "fresh" ricelands.
Treat your car well: KW, Moton, Ohlins all make decent shocks.
If you can't afford them, buy non adjustable KYB or Koni Yellows.
If you can't afford them, keep the stock ones and enjoy the performance benefit over riceland's product line.
My NA miata is .5 secs a lap faster than an equally stock car with riceland coilovers and better tyres. And that means comparing 22yo blown shocks to "fresh" ricelands.
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Well ladies and gentlemen,
The week is here. This Thursday I am taking my car down to Raceland to have the coils installed and I shall get the car back after work on Friday. We'll see how they work out!
P.S.
I spoke to one of the product design managers about seeing if they could develop a top mount turbo manifold and down pipe for less than the $1400 that other companies want for them. We'll see if that goes anywhere.
The week is here. This Thursday I am taking my car down to Raceland to have the coils installed and I shall get the car back after work on Friday. We'll see how they work out!
P.S.
I spoke to one of the product design managers about seeing if they could develop a top mount turbo manifold and down pipe for less than the $1400 that other companies want for them. We'll see if that goes anywhere.