DO THE CHEAP COILOVERS ON EBAY WORK?

Jaime340 · #1 06-13-2007, 07:29 PM

if i get the cheap coilovers on ebay, will i have to get struts to? any struts?, and what about just cutting them? im not looking for the smoothest ride or performance. thanx

neon chic · #2 06-13-2007, 08:59 PM

the cheap coilovers on ebay will kill your car your better off just buyin new struts and springs

Reichstad · #3 06-13-2007, 09:25 PM

About 3 months ago, I wanted to test out the Ebay ones and paid about $40 shipped. After about a month of researching on them (the brand I got was BOMZ) showed that theyd slam your neon about an inch from the ground...and thats if youre lucky.

The stock springs you have are about 11 inches tall if youd take them off andset them on the garage floor or driveway. The Ebay ones (fully extended) are about 6-7 inches. Thats almost half. combine that with the cheap tension that they have and "viola!" you got a car that bottoms out when you get in!

Coilovers are a lot harder to install than new springs. The cutting and welding them on just kinda made me lose interest in the whole project of the installation. Just google search "DIY coilover installation" in google and you'll get everything you could ever want to know.

But, if you do wanna go with em, do it. Its almost worth the $40 for the experience. But I suggest saving for a nice set (usually in the $500- $800range or maybe even lower) or just treating yourself to someSKUNK 2's or Ebachs. Also, 1st Generation springs will work on 2nd Gens, they just lower them about 1 inch more than what they say.

Oh, I almost forgot. There is a ultra cheap way that I thought of for lowering your car. And when I say cheap, I mean like 99 cents per wheel (keep in mind that I dont really know if it is good for your springs, but if youre gonna buy newones down the road anyway, you might as well try it [&:]).

What you do is go find about 4-8of those metal clamps that you can tighten the rubber connectors that connect your CAI pipes together and then go jack up the front drivers side tire.

You might wanna take the tire off, but you really dont have to.

Make sure you've got it jacked high enough that the spring is compressed to where you want it.

Simply untighten the metal clamp with a screwdriver,loop it around the top and bottom of the spring.

Tighten it like you've never tightened anything before... like a madman...

Do the same to the other end of the spring.

Repeat with all four tires.

Ive had mine on for about two days, and I really havent noticed thestiffer ride too much. It really hits you when you speed over train tracks though... cheap thrill, eh?

Now,I strongly suggest using 2 on each spring, 'cause I dont know what their limit is at... and I really dont wanna be aroundwhen mine decide to kick the bucket... I know this is probably the most ghetto thing youve ever heard, but this is coming from a poor engineering student who has no cash

Oh well, hope this helps ya.

Jaime340 · #4 06-14-2007, 12:04 AM

wow, i would try it but my wife drives the kids around in it,maybe if i was the only driver. we do have 2 other vehicles though! , whats the diffrence between cutting them and compressing them? please keep us or me atleaset informed on those compressed springs. you know i just thought of something, last time i was at autozone i saw somethimg similer, they were some kind of clamps that u use to clamp springs, or flip them around and use them to separate the spring and lift the car or truck.so i think its possible.

neosmatrix · #5 06-15-2007, 01:06 AM

Sure..anything is posible. That dosent mean its the right thing to do...DO NOT ever cut your springs...If you dont believe what I say go to neons . org and search cut springs!!!!

Just buy some kyb's and eibachs or there is a dealer on the above site that sells a decent package..

Now say it with me!!!! "Ebay and performance USUALLY dont go hand in hand" AND
"You get what you pay for"!!!!
S

Jaime340 · #6 06-15-2007, 01:31 AM

well i was saveing my money to lower my magnum rt the right way with eiboch springs and was wanting to lower my neon for a CHEAP thrill, but now it sounds like ill have to spend more on the neon than the magnum., dose anyone know if i also have to buy struts for my magnum too, to my understanding its just springs? clamps on the springs dose sound ghetto but..... i might try it, but i defenitly wont cut them.

lblackneon · #7 06-15-2007, 05:33 AM

U get what u pay for. Those cheap ebay coilovers ride pretty hard too.

prpaster · #8 06-15-2007, 04:33 PM

Quote:

ORIGINAL: Reichstad

About 3 months ago, I wanted to test out the Ebay ones and paid about $40 shipped. After about a month of researching on them (the brand I got was BOMZ) showed that theyd slam your neon about an inch from the ground...and thats if youre lucky.

The stock springs you have are about 11 inches tall if youd take them off andset them on the garage floor or driveway. The Ebay ones (fully extended) are about 6-7 inches. Thats almost half. combine that with the cheap tension that they have and "viola!" you got a car that bottoms out when you get in!

Coilovers are a lot harder to install than new springs. The cutting and welding them on just kinda made me lose interest in the whole project of the installation. Just google search "DIY coilover installation" in google and you'll get everything you could ever want to know.

But, if you do wanna go with em, do it. Its almost worth the $40 for the experience. But I suggest saving for a nice set (usually in the $500- $800range or maybe even lower) or just treating yourself to someSKUNK 2's or Ebachs. Also, 1st Generation springs will work on 2nd Gens, they just lower them about 1 inch more than what they say.

Oh, I almost forgot. There is a ultra cheap way that I thought of for lowering your car. And when I say cheap, I mean like 99 cents per wheel (keep in mind that I dont really know if it is good for your springs, but if youre gonna buy newones down the road anyway, you might as well try it [&:]).

What you do is go find about 4-8of those metal clamps that you can tighten the rubber connectors that connect your CAI pipes together and then go jack up the front drivers side tire.

You might wanna take the tire off, but you really dont have to.

Make sure you've got it jacked high enough that the spring is compressed to where you want it.

Simply untighten the metal clamp with a screwdriver,loop it around the top and bottom of the spring.

Tighten it like you've never tightened anything before... like a madman...

Do the same to the other end of the spring.

Repeat with all four tires.

Ive had mine on for about two days, and I really havent noticed thestiffer ride too much. It really hits you when you speed over train tracks though... cheap thrill, eh?

Now,I strongly suggest using 2 on each spring, 'cause I dont know what their limit is at... and I really dont wanna be aroundwhen mine decide to kick the bucket... I know this is probably the most ghetto thing youve ever heard, but this is coming from a poor engineering student who has no cash

Oh well, hope this helps ya.

How are coilovers hard to install? there are three bolts up on the top hats and 2 at the base. They areactually alot easier than springs to install imo

das2123 · #9 06-15-2007, 04:58 PM

^^^Agreed!

greenjeanz · #10 07-01-2008, 08:47 PM

That and they pop and make all kinds of noisewhen you turn the wheel