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Originally Posted by RocktimusPryme
I used Ridetechs new dual rate springs and have been happy with them, but they are more than a 1/2" drop.
100% honestly, if I had to do it over again, I would just go with adjustable coilovers. They arent that crazy expensive, and it just seems to me that the adjustability is worth its weight in gold. Plus changing coil springs gives me the heebie jeebies, so the coil overs seem safer.
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Unfortunately the ones that "aren't priced too bad" are prone to failure. They are typically constructed from an off the shelf large body shock with a threaded sleeve pressed on with a perch. In real world driving situations that sleeve has a tendency to fail and drop off the shock body. I know people personally that it occurred to with the QA1 stuff.
Coil-overs aren't designed for ride height adjustment. The shock is designed to be at a certain ride height to function properly. The adjustment you do have around that ride height is for corner weighting.
Beyond that, the design of the hybrid coil-over side loads the shock, creating yet another potential failure point.
If you go to an auto-x with a CAM-T class, you won't find those hybrid deals being run by anybody that is a frequent driver. People run stuff that can handle the repeated abuse. Mostly standard coil and leaf springs or the real high dollar stuff associated with aftermarket frames.
For a weekend car that gets driven to and from a car show, yeah they work. It sounds like Chiphead is building something that's going to get pushed pretty hard though.