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07-16-2005, 06:12 AM | #1 |
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megan racing coilovers installed on my gc body subaru
When one thinks of megan racing, one would think of those cheap products on ebay that are cheap in quality. that's what I thought when my friend put some on his wrx. Helping him install it on his wrx, I was very surprised on the build quality of the coilovers. They don't look like sub-1000 dollar coilovers at all. Well made camber plates and pillowball uppermounts along with its anodized spring perches and adjusters and its dual height adjustability, the megan racing coilovers looked very well made.
After helping my friend with his wrx take out his hks hipermax 2's and putting in the megan's, I was eager to feel the difference they made. First impression was fantastic! These coilovers felt more firm while being more damped. I'm sure this is mostly because the hks units had 7/5 spring rates while the megans had 8/6 spring rates.I soon picked up a set and began installing them. Installing them on a gc, I felt that it would be very similiar since the coilovers seem to be build the same except for the top hats. I have previously run zeal b6's and the tein ra's which were then replaced with megan racing units. I expected the megans to feel A LOT softer than my tein ra's, but was surprised on how well they felt. Almost similiar in feel except for the tein's aggressive damping. Other than that, they feel great.I'll have to test them at the track the next time around, but will give more insight when I do. Suspension mods as follows: cusco rear sway bar for wrx poltec lateral links megan racing coilovers cusco front strut bar cusco rear bar with v-brace nagisa auto fender braces nasa spec cage enjoy! Peter
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07-16-2005, 06:36 AM | #2 |
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Nice, Peter. You'll have to give me a ride in your car. It looks like you had rubbing issues before...the Teins?? I love it that you kept your "stealth" Prodrive 330s.
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07-16-2005, 02:04 PM | #3 |
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Peter, just curious, how much strut tube/bracket overlap do you think you have in the rear at that ride height? does megan make any recommendations on minimum overlap in their install instructions?
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07-16-2005, 03:07 PM | #4 |
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These look nice. A bit softer spring rates than the TEIN flex, which, I think is good. I think my FLEX's are a bit too stiff. It's all personal preference though. I heard Megan is coming out with something like TEIN's EDFC.
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07-16-2005, 04:59 PM | #5 | |
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07-16-2005, 11:21 PM | #7 |
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Those look very nice. How much did they set you back? I didn't know Megan made anything other than the cheapo coilover kits I saw (and bought and returned) on Egay. Where did you find them?
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i love the homemade front strut bar
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What are the red rings at the bottom for? I pretty much understand what the top ones are for.
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07-17-2005, 02:26 PM | #13 |
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it's the dual height adjustability so it doesn't load the spring when lowering the car
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07-17-2005, 05:23 PM | #14 |
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while allowing the car to be lowered without preload, it also enables the shock to keep its full length of travel.
looks purty! can you get a pic of the uppermount from directly above? just in the second pic, (because of the strut bar) it looks as if its running a bit more + caster. (where'd you pic that bar up from anyways?) and how wide a tire are you runnign to be ruibbing like that? lol |
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You said you have ran the Zeals, but didn't say much about them.
How do these compare to the Zeals? I've heard the Zeals are awesome, why did you change? |
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07-19-2005, 03:27 AM | #19 | |
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Petawabit,
What spring rates were on your Zeals that you said felt too soft? If you're saying that they feel softer than other coilovers with the same spring rates, then doesn't that mean they are under-damped? {Why do I get the feeling that Myles is about to chime in to defend the Zeals?} |
07-19-2005, 01:06 PM | #23 |
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8/6 as are they teins and megans. they soft, but the damping feels fine. maybe the tein's damping is too aggressive?
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