So last Sunday I ordered a set of ST coilovers from Emnotek.com and the coilovers arrived at my house that very Wednesday! And I even chose the free shipping option. So anyways, aside from the amazing shipping, we started the install for these coilovers on Friday and finished the install on Saturday. In all reality, the install wasn't that bad. The first front shock took forever because we had no idea what in the world we were doing, the other side however took no long than an hour and half to get the shock out, switch over the necessary OEM hardware to the ST coilovers and reinstall it. The backs took a long time because the bolts were all rusted. The ones we really needed to get off we couldn't even loosen so there was some extra prying and finagling mixed with a bit of extra cussing than normal but we made it work. And now to my thoughts on the coilovers.
The ride is very smooth and the suspension itself is still way more responsive than my stock suspension. There is not near as much body roll well going around corners and the rear doesn't feel like it's going to slam into the ground when I punch it (that was a bit of an over exaggeration). I love the look of the car now, that gigantic wheel gap that drove me nuts is gone and now you can really see the lines of the car. For some reason, it's turning heads left and right and now people are actually stopping me to talk about the car. I guess just changing one thing can make that big of a difference.
My complaints would be that they are a bit noisy. You can hear them clunk over smal bumps at low speeds and the back passenger side make a rubber on metal squeak and sounds like it's coming directly from strut itself. Other than these annoying and odd noises, I love them. Next thing to do for now is buy some wheel spacers and redo the exhaust. After that I might focus on the interior a bit, I'm not sure what I'll do after these next modifications.ball I know is it will be a while before I try to buy rims haha. I will put pictures of the car up later. I still need to set up a picbucket or something.
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