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I’m looking to get coilovers for my 2005 Mazda 3. Looking at coilovers, I simply don’t know enough about the specs to compare them. Here are 3 coilovers:
1: https://raceland.com/mazda-3-coilovers-2004-2009.html $379
2: http://www.andysautosport.com/products/ksport__CMZ010-KP.html $900
3: http://www.andysautosport.com/products/ksport__CMZ010-AR.html $1350I’m pretty much looking to lower my car with a method better than simply swapping out to lowering springs. Suspension is stock right now. The $900 and $1350 pair, I simply can’t figure out whats different that makes a $450 difference, specs are identical?. And the cheap $379 pair, why? What makes one pair be worth quadruple the value?
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With coilovers, you are paying for the quality of the damper, the behavior of the damper (adjustability – the KSport units have 38 different damper settings), and things like that – the two KSport units have different applications – the cheaper one is street oriented, while the other is rally oriented. Almost certainly differences in the dampers, as the rally ones will be built to handle more abuse. Travel is also going to be different – the KSport rally unit can be OEM height or lower, not sure about the street kit, and the raceland kit lowers a minimum of 1″, and up to 3″. the raceland kit is coilovers in the front, but not really in the rear (more of an adjustable perch)
the spring rates are also pretty different – the ksport rally units are much stiffer than the raceland kit – the spring rates for the ksport street units wasn’t listed.
Found more info on the KSport site – the rally shocks are an inverted design, and larger in diameter (so they will be more rigid) – also stiffer springs in the AR version. So increased cost is due to inverted design, etc.
http://ksportusa.com/products/coilovers/rally-spec-ar/
http://ksportusa.com/products/coilovers/kontrol-pro/
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