I own a set and am familiar with them. Heres the deal. For a daily driver lowered set up, they are perfectly fine. Most of the info you find online are from people that have never owned them. They trash talk them because of the price point and where they are manufactured. They are built to a price point and you need to know that, but you get alot for the cost. Like any aftermarket suspension modification there is give and take. The give: they give a more “sporty” feel when driving. They are a mono shock, they are stiffer then a twin tube. These shocks have non vehicle specific valving. They are valved according to the spring weight and there is no real world testing put into them, but thats pretty much the same story with all coilovers in the sub 2k dollar range. They give alot of bang for your buck. They will make your vehicle handle differently than stock. When i put them on my Rio it transformed into something much better than stock. Body roll and brake dip was completely eliminated. The secret to these things as with any coilover set up is in setting the preload appropriately. Set it to 10mm and then wait for them to settle and go from there. They do loosen up a little after break in. Pre load is key. Most of the kids you see online talking about the crazy bumpy coilover ride are running springs that are way too stiff for the chassis, or they have the preload set incorrectly, or they have slammed the car to the point where bumpsteer and roll center are completely out of control causing the car to ride and drive like trash. At that point they blame the coilovers and dub them as “junk” saying things like “oh if they not KW they will ride like garbage”. Well i can tell you from experience that Kw’s slammed on certain chassis will knock the fillings out of your teeth. Handles like on rails but way too ruff to daily. Most coilover problems, even with the uber cheap ones is generally installer error. Remember that preload is key. So now the take: the finish on the springs and shocks is pretty bottom of the bucket. They will have some knicks and chips in the finish when they show up, but thats going to be with pretty much all of them now adays with out getting into the Uber high end stuff. If you live in an area where they salt the roads, forget about it. They will go to crap quick. I live in the south and keep mine sprayed down with fluid film. It helps alot, but i can tell that the finish will show wear much quicker than a high dollar set up. Another area where these fall short is in their adjustment. They are not super adjustable. You can most certainly feel the difference from “hard” to “soft” but single click adjustments are hard to feel. I keep them set middle of the road and it works for me, so i just set it and forget it. Over all man i personally feel like they are a great set up on a budget. I have had no problems with mine in the last year and am thus far happy with my purchase. I have ridden on most all of the high end and low end adjustable set ups, and for a daily driver these are perfectly fine. The low end coilovers get ragged on line unjustly alot of the time due to fan boi’s and back yard installer error.
