Skunk2 Street Kit

Price Paid:  $286.00 from sportcompactonly.com

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 2000 honda prelude

Summary:
Great set of coilovers!!! I see bad reviews on SKUNK2 coilovers here and their, but I wonder if they went out to buy aftermarket shocks like your supposed to with any type of coilover kit...I use the SKUNK2 coilovers with KYB GRS-2 shocks...Great ride, smooth, a little bouncy but thats normal, and lowered my car beautifully...

Strengths:
Great way to lower your car...Much improved handling...Smooth ride for the most part...(aside from the normal bouncing)

Weaknesses:
YOU MUST BUY NEW SHOCKS TO HELP THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE RIDE, AND THE LOWERING...

Similar Products Used:
NONE...SKUNK2 is the only way to go!!!!

Price Paid:  $5.00 from da spot

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 Honda Accord

Summary:
looks really good dropped but of course the ride is awful..and when i say awful i mean its almost unbearable. i am selling my car and i am completely tired of it. never again will i buy some cheap coilovers like skunk 2 for my car..i made a huge mistake. my advice is to invest in shocks that arent cheap. if they cost 1,000 dollars then there is a reason for that.

Strengths:
car looks cool dropped...thats it.

Weaknesses:
awful ride, balancing becomes a monthly chore, pretty much the whole idea of adjustable coilovers is a joke.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $280.00 from nopi.com

Year / Model Reviewed:
1992 acura integra ls

Summary:
In parallel with Tokiko HP shocks. This system is nice and stiff. Initial break in was rough but once broken in it makes your car take turns like a go cart. My HPs make it overly stiff over bumps but Excellent performance through turns were all skunk2 performance there.

Strengths:
Nice & stiff, good performance

Weaknesses:
Didn't come with shock boot and the bumpstops need to be cut, none of which was specified at all. I HATE adjusting coilovers. I've had to readjust them several times in 2 years. I much rather buy something preadjusted although coilovers overcome rear spring sagging.

Similar Products Used:
OEM & some other Coilover system with stock shocks

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $300.00 from online

Year / Model Reviewed:
1997 97 civic

Summary:
these coilovers are stiff. never had any problems with them. my car was more bouncy and i can feel everything on the road but thats how it is with any suspension set up over stock. get some performance tires and youre ready to rock.

Strengths:
the stiffness lets me do turns at 50+mph

Weaknesses:
none so far

Similar Products Used:
neuspeed race springs, superb handles at even higher speeds. ebay coilovers, very bouncy and i flew off my seat once going over a bummp on the road.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $280.00 from mmrusa.com

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 Toyota Corolla S

Summary:
it's boucy, but it's not that much... what do you expect?! of course it'll be different from stock. after all, isn't stiff what you're looking for? just image how many times it's saved you from bottoming out. it's the things you don't notice that makes it good.

Strengths:
adjustable ride height to get rid of wheel gap without guessing when buying normal lowering springs. dual locking perch to make sure your ride doesn't get jacked up (that's a plus over the ground control coilovers)

Weaknesses:
bounciness, but that's expected. the girls won't notice if you don't tell them about it. the price is too much. at that price it might as well include a damper kit. although, it is high quality, i'm just picky about my prices. maybe if it was $180. there's a lot of cheaper coilovers, but they're low in quality (Arospeed, sucks. Dropzone, sucks. etc.).

Similar Products Used:
stock... it's my first time in a lowered car. it feels like my friend's 2001 hyundai tiburon which is on stock springs, but the ride height is already low.