Coilovers!

Now that I have some R-comp tires and some lightweight wheels to go with them, I needed some suspension goodies to replace my monster truck status. I compared the Ground Control AST setups, but ultimately went with the GC coilovers due to their cheaper price.

I decided to send in my stock shock housings to have them shortened, support tabs welded on, and to be powder coated. The kit included some Koni Yellows revalved to my desired spring rates, Eibach springs, and some Ground Control race camber plates.

Apparently Koni was way behind at their factory in Denmark, so long story short, I waited about six weeks to get them back. They looked great when they arrived. Each spring came with a ride height adjuster. I figured that I would just leave it at the middle for now and adjust later.

I ran into some problems with the install. First, the front right wheel bearing was shot, so that got replaced. Also, as a best practice, I ordered new axle nuts and dust caps. However, neither fit. Oh yah, and I got them from a BMW dealership!! They were poorly made and manufacturing flaws made them unable to fit. That was another setback. Also, there rentable spring compressor from O'Reilly Autoparts sucks and is the hardest thing in the world to use to get stock springs off. 

Here is the car after I pulled it out of the garage and gave it a test drive. It was VERY wet out, so the test drive was slideways for sure.

CAMBER!!

I took the car home and threw on my race rubber to make sure that it would fit and there would not be any rubbing issues.

I am very happy with the setup. I think it looks great. Worth noting is that the camber is set to max negative right now. Not sure the actual number. Now I need to go racing!