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Old 07-16-2005, 06:12 AM   #1
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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.
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cusco rear sway bar for wrx
poltec lateral links
megan racing coilovers
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nagisa auto fender braces
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Old 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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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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Old 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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Old 07-16-2005, 04:59 PM   #5
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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?
Arnie, I have quite a bit. the bottom of the shock body is almost at the bottom of the upright, maybe an inch before it becomes flush. With that setting, it is VERY low and I may need to adjust it a little bit to get my desired height. As far as I know, there aren't any recommendations from what I've seen
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Old 07-16-2005, 05:03 PM   #6
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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.
For sure, but it might not be for another month or so since it's going to be torn apart for the swap soon. The rubbing issues were caused from -3 camber and 17x8 with 225 tires. That and I bent a control arm I'm going to need those brakes soon enough
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Old 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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Old 07-16-2005, 11:32 PM   #8
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i love the homemade front strut bar
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Old 07-17-2005, 04:28 AM   #9
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i love the homemade front strut bar
Maybe if you live at Cusco HQ in Japan and are handy at welding titanium...
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Old 07-17-2005, 04:49 AM   #10
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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?
yeah, they're definately worth it for the price. let's just say I got them for cheap
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Old 07-17-2005, 04:51 AM   #11
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Maybe if you live at Cusco HQ in Japan and are handy at welding titanium...
I thought he was joking
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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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Old 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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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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I thought he was joking
don't think so; many people think cusco's titanium strut bar is some cheap bar when not told what it is. Sure it doesn't look great, but it does the job well. it's form over function.
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don't think so; many people think cusco's titanium strut bar is some cheap bar when not told what it is. Sure it doesn't look great, but it does the job well. it's form over function.
Exactly.
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Arnie, I have quite a bit. the bottom of the shock body is almost at the bottom of the upright, maybe an inch before it becomes flush. With that setting, it is VERY low and I may need to adjust it a little bit to get my desired height. As far as I know, there aren't any recommendations from what I've seen
good to know there is decent overlap. i've seen a few of these type of coilovers that when you raise them to an actual usable ride height for the impreza, there is very little overlap and just loads of stress on the parts.

yeah, and what's up with your zeals? didn't like them? needed the money? can't stand myles and this is you silent protest?
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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
i'll try to get more pictures. picked up the bar from z1 auto. Adam is great to deal with. was running 225's on a 17x8. bent a control arm that forced the tire into the fender+ negative 3 camber in the front
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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?
the zeals are great units, but felt VERY soft compared to the teins or megans. reading about them more and more, I think it's the damping that made it feel that way. you see people saying that 12/10 spring rates are streetable on those coilovers. they feel softer, but I feel that they held greatly on the track
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good to know there is decent overlap. i've seen a few of these type of coilovers that when you raise them to an actual usable ride height for the impreza, there is very little overlap and just loads of stress on the parts.

yeah, and what's up with your zeals? didn't like them? needed the money? can't stand myles and this is you silent protest?
the zeals were fine, but I had two sets of coilovers at the time, the tein ra's and the zeals, and figured it was easier to sell the zeals. I'm going to get zeal v6's with 12/10 spring rates soon when I do my conversion so I'll be sure to post a review on those as well
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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?}
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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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8/6 as are they teins and megans. they soft, but the damping feels fine. maybe the tein's damping is too aggressive?
Perhaps, but a popular criticism of the Teins is that they are over-sprung and under-damped. So I've read.
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Perhaps, but a popular criticism of the Teins is that they are over-sprung and under-damped. So I've read.
maybe when it comes to the flex.when most people have "teins" on their cars, it's the flexs that they have. you probably won't hear that from ra owners. it's surprising how well the megan racing coilover's damping feel seeing how affordable they are
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