Cheap Adjustables ... Reliable ?

[SYeNi69]

Hi i am currently interested in getting a new set of coilovers for my car ...

Been Brosing around ... I have chosen a few brands ... which are in my budget
all below 1K

1. HWL
2. GAB (Red)
3. Mines GAB (chrome)
4. SusTec

Feel free to add a few more with comments

just wanna ask forumers about their thoughts on the brand ... and please share ur info if u have used them ...

thx

 

[DanzEterna]

for wat car bro?
the cheapest seems to be GAB, get it from HUGO, there are the cheapest.
hotbits also kinda cheap.

 

[karl_razlie]

from this cap ayam brand i prefer hotbit and hwl or titan...
1. HWL
2. GAB (Red)
3. Mines GAB (chrome)
4. SusTec

 

[amrancharger]

u driving wat car?
i m using hwl on my ol skool toyota...its not bad...
but some myvi user said hwl is quite harsh...

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

yeah....

top rank to bottom...(my own preference)

titan
hwl
hotbits


1-titan due to flexibility on setup during installation (in package)
2)hwl durable especially for rally abuse
3)hotbits was reliable name in tuning scene....but price wise i think it was abit on high side thus lower ranking from me

btw...all those adjustable not that hard if u choose the spring stiffness wisely....

 

[DanzEterna]

but titan considered cheap ah?
its custom made should be expensive rite? ride side by side with tein, blistein etc......:)

 

[amrancharger]

titan is not dat super expensive...tein can cost up to rm4k per set...
titan is only ard rm2k ++...so titan is not too expensive nor too cheap.

but i believe TS want the cheaper alternative of adjustables...below rm1k budget.

thus for me...the gud choice wub be:
1)hwl
2)gab

coz malaysian made and abundance of support for aftersales service...

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

for cheapest can get gab lor....but one of my fren have leaking gab unit less than a year....the default setup was so so only....

best is to go with hwl.....proven in heavy duty offroad as well as rallying.....i saw some ppl selling around 1.2k-1.4k per set (depends on car model)

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for cheapest can get gab lor....but one of my fren have leaking gab unit less than a year....the default setup was so so only....

best is to go with hwl.....proven in heavy duty offroad as well as rallying.....i saw some ppl selling around 1.2k-1.4k per set (depends on car model)

 

[DanzEterna]

i give a rough budget for perdana k.
1. GAB hilo only RM1280 (RED)
2. hotbitz hilo RM1380 (SILVER)
3. TITAN -hilo soft hard RM3k++
4. TEIN RM3k++ super street hilo soft hard
5. HWL RM1.5-1.6k hilo.

so for car like wira, civic..should be cheaper.....price depends on wat car u drive.

 

[amrancharger]

boss....titan is hi lo only rite?no soft hard but they can custom the damping to user preference...
some sifu explained that damping is not same as soft hard function...

 

[lamedrvr]

alo all!

bro danz, if i'm not mistaken, all adjustable suspensions are serviceable, right? so, how about the maintenance ye? how much if want to service? have any recommended workshop?

btw, i'm using APM adjustable (hi-lo) for my V6. i think my APM also consider cheap one! should give a try la SYeNi69...

 

[kumar22mostwanted]

TITAN adjustables with top mount and all the other options should be around close to 4k as well for wira/satria/putra
at least thats what i remember maybe my memory is a bit vague but still best to call them up
a properly set up MONOTUBE is awesome

 

[DanzEterna]

alo all!

bro danz, if i'm not mistaken, all adjustable suspensions are serviceable, right? so, how about the maintenance ye? how much if want to service? have any recommended workshop?

btw, i'm using APM adjustable (hi-lo) for my V6. i think my APM also consider cheap one! should give a try la SYeNi69...

hi bro, yeap all adjustables are servicable. even std absorbers can be customed, inject oil inside to make it as hard as adjsutables also can.

that 1 dun worry.....u just contact fstrader he got shop can service it for you, price sure cheaper than anywhere else.

 

[lamedrvr]

hi bro, yeap all adjustables are servicable. even std absorbers can be customed, inject oil inside to make it as hard as adjsutables also can.

that 1 dun worry.....u just contact fstrader he got shop can service it for you, price sure cheaper than anywhere else.

thanks danz! i know i always can get good answer/respond from you...tqvm!

(err...how to contact fstrader? is he around the forum? tehehehehehe..! )

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

definately that was the nick in ZTH forum

 

[lamedrvr]

definately that was the nick in ZTH forum

already PM fstrader....hope to hear good news! tq!

 

[DanzEterna]

thanks danz! i know i always can get good answer/respond from you...tqvm!

(err...how to contact fstrader? is he around the forum? tehehehehehe..! )

haha no prob bro.....here u go.
http://www.zerotohundred.com/newfor...air-your-adjustables-and-standard-shocks.html
if he never reply your pm u need to call him, he might be bz & cannot online.