JIC Magic Coilovers

[albone]

Looks like JIC is about to release a set of coilovers for our MS3.

Outperformance Shop - OutPerformance Shop OPS-BK3P-A2 BK3PFLTA2 Exclusive JIC-Magic FLT-A2 FLT-AR High Performance Coil-Over Suspension

[Lymerock]

I had FLT-A2's on my last car and the crosstalk between compression and rebound was awful. I had to deal back and forth with JIC to get the spring rates right for the car, and then the valving was so far out they actually sent me a 2nd set of rear struts and told me to keep the first set. The mazdaspeed coils got these beat before they even hit the street.
In the real racing world, JIC is kinda a joke and with a price of 2k, the pillowball joints and camber plates better be made of unobtanium.

sorry if someone is a JDM humper, but I feel I need to give my .02

[Ploppity Drown]

unobtainium, hah!

FWIW, the JIC Magic Coilovers for my previous ride, the Infiniti G20, were solid performers and very highly prized among the P10/P11 community.

Though I'm not about to drop $2K on coilovers, choice is good. I'm happy to see more manufacturers getting into the MS3 game.

[dimaxxxl]

I have always wanted to work on my suspention but i am realy concerned that that the ride will be horrible. Has anybody found that their ride is severely comprimised after a suspension upgrade

[Radar_This]

Originally Posted by dimaxxxl I have always wanted to work on my suspention but i am realy concerned that that the ride will be horrible. Has anybody found that their ride is severely comprimised after a suspension upgrade

i had h&r and eibach springs in...both sucked...with the stock struts...

went with h&r coils...wow what an amazing improvement...and not jarring feeling, comfy ride...shocked on that...so comfy our 9 year old fell a sleep in the back seat on a short drive to the mall...

and my wifes words are the seller...

"you should of done coils from the start"

[Ploppity Drown]

I'm riding on COBB sport springs with stock shocks right now, and yes, the ride has suffered. The shocks are not strong enough to properly dampen (esp. in rebound) the stiffer (+15% F / +25% R vs. stock IIRC) springs -- hell, they're not strong enough for the stock springs -- which results in a very unsettled ride over uneven pavement. And around here, that means most of the time the ride is unsettling. There's a lot of bouncing back and forth, left and right. So on the street, it's really hard to call it an improvement, because mid corner bumps can bounce the tires off the ground, breaking traction prematurely. Or at least that's how it feels. On a smoothly paved track you might not notice it.

In reality, I think the weakest link in the factory suspension is the shock absorbers -- not the springs. And their primary weakness is their durability -- their dampening ability takes a nose dive following a few thousand miles of exercise. Or so I've heard. I can tell you, though, that rebound damping has been seriously lacking from the outset. In hindsight, it would have been better to address that weakness before upgrading to stiffer springs.

To COBB's credit, I think their springs were designed well. However, because their test MS3 hadn't seen many miles of uneven pavement, the shock absorbers were still able to control the increased spring rates.

[Haltech]

Those look like rebranded BC's to me. Im no familiar with import manf's, so dont shoot me.

[Radar_This]

hahaha..."don't shoot me"