Ground Control coilover sleeves - discussion

[20-CG5-01]

You should have no problem with 18's. What tire size and spec of the rims are you going for? If I had some 18's laying around I would take a picture for reference haha.

My setup is basically the lowest setting possible for the ground control sleeves and the koni yellows. Its low enough to give a nice look, but also to get over speed bumps and driveways easily without scrapping my whole car.

 

[kamozee]

There are some speed bumps in the plaza where I live that feel like mountains

 

[20-CG5-01]

There are some speed bumps in the plaza where I live that feel like mountains

Lol, I know what you mean. The mall has a good amount of speedbumps where I am at so I just try to take the back road so I don't have to go over those speedbumps and have people looking at me like hurry the **** up lol.

 

[kamozee]

I hate when there are people behind me because the honking isn't going to make me go any faster! I also try to take the back entrance and drive all the way around to avoid speed bumps

 

[RedRyder]

I'm at no finger gap all around, though I do wish I can go a bit lower. To be honest, I run 17x8 +38 and 17x9 +38 in the rears and at the lowest setting I don't even rub, maybe on some crazy dips or pot holes, but daily driving my car like this I haven't had any control arm hitting or rub my fenders. I'm only slightly rolled also, plan on rolling it some more after I get some 15mm spacers.

Sweet, so I guess even with no fingergap these coils are stiff enough to disallow any contact with the fenders unless a pretty big bump is hit. And you said your Koni's are on their softest setting? I have mine turned up 1.5 turns, so I should have no problem.

I'm not rolled at all, and don't plan to since I am not interested in tucking tire. But my new wheel specs are similar to yours, at least in the front which will be 18x8 +38. Rear will be 18x9 +25, which is why I'm wanting to go lower in the first place, to pull the rears in a little with natural camber since the rear specs are somewhat aggressive.

Sir, you have been repped. Thank you for your attention in this thread, and helping me with the info I need!

CB, were you looking at getting the default rate(12/8)?

If so, I don't think you will want to go stiffer in the back, since you don't have alot of extra weight in the trunk.

Based on what 20-CG5 just said above, I think I am good with the default rates. Only reason I would change them is if I call and they tell me the default rates are much much harder than Sportline rates. Then I may want to soften them a bit. But I probably won't either way since softening them may cause me to rub and negate what I said above. The default rates can't be that hard I wouldn't think.

I think I got what I needed. Now I just need to find some money to buy them, lol. I'll know where things stand after we close on our house.

 

[SykVSyx]

@Steven - the temporary set are 18 x 8(8.5) at most? I could be wrong because they currenty have 235 tires on them, which I would not be using. The tires are also not stretched either.

The set I plan to get are 18x9, and I would probably run 225's on those. The offset is +24 F/R.

@Fairoze - I got a "Be patient, I'm Lowered" decal for just that reason.

@Chris - If you plan on getting them through that ebay seller, of course you can confirm the default rate, but I am pretty sure it's 12/8. You would think to stay competitive with full coils, they would lower the price on them, but I guess since they are pretty much the premier brand, they don't have to.

What's this new news......a house purchase? That's fantastic, congrats!

 

[20-CG5-01]

I'm at the stiffest in the front and rears are about 50:50. It still makes a comfortable drive and yes my upper control arm has never hit my shock tower. To be honest I could have not rolled my fenders and gotten away with it, I would just have to drive careful as **** though lol. But after a slight roll, some small bumps on the road my tires won't even get into contact with my fenders. But I beleive that your rears are going to for sure need some work since the offset is a lot lower than mines, can't wait to see the new setup!

 

[RedRyder]

Derek, I think when it comes to coilover sleeves...GC is probably king.

 

[SykVSyx]

Derek, I think when it comes to coilover sleeves...GC is probably king.

The price, even after all these years, seems to confirm that!

 

[20-CG5-01]

@Steven - the temporary set are 18 x 8(8.5) at most? I could be wrong because they currenty have 235 tires on them, which I would not be using. The tires are also not stretched either.

The set I plan to get are 18x9, and I would probably run 225's on those!

You should be fine with 225's on those. Are you planning to run 225/35-18 all around?

If I'm not mistaken, you should have a slight stretch with those tires and with the ground control sleeves and koni combo, they should sit very nice.

Edit: thanks for the rep Chris.