Go_HIN,

Would you happen to know the spring rates of these coilovers? Is the ride more comfortable or more bone jarring of a typical coilover? I'm more interested for me and my passengers to drink our Starbucks in the car versus going out on a late night canyon run...

 

Spring Rate: Front 6kg Rear 5kg

I'd have to say its the perfect medium. It's not so soft where you get the floaty effect, its rather tight and rebounds very nice. Its kinda weird actually, its comfortable but I feel good with cornering. It still feels like I dont lose too much suspension stroke. On bumpy roads you'll definitely feel most of the bumps. Its hard to say, if you're around SoCal I'd be more than happy to give you a ride. I'm 100% happy with the Coilovers, its my most favorite mod on the car until I get brakes. I'm pretty sure the stock pillow mounts have alot to do with keeping the car quiet and comfortable.

On my Lexus I ran TEIN CS's on them before my APEX'i coilovers and the spring rate on those were 8/6kg. With that being said, I'm very happy w/ both ride similar.

 

Actually those do sound like a good balance... 8Ks are pretty aggressive and track worthy, but 6K is pretty much as soft as you can put the fronts without worrying about bottoming out the bump stops.... And, the 5K rears sounds really comfy. Very very interesting... Did you comment how much they're gonna be? Or perhaps PM if you know....

 

I would also love to know the price these are projected to sell at. I keep putting off lowering my car because i want the lowest i can go withoout rubbing with the 20in rims i have sitting in my garage. Any idea when these are going to be released? Hell I'd even be down for a ride along, beers on me.

 

You're too kind, but I'll say it: k-sport is GARBAGE. so is D2, so is megan, so is all of that cheap ____. dont give me garbage about them using apex'i parts or any of that, its BS. they make cheap ____. Anyone who has actually raced a car has seen these cheap coilovers consistently fail in less than a season.

Stance, Cusco, Racing Gear, Buddy Club, JIC, that ____ is nice, and sadly its barely more expensive but everyone loves the cheap ____.

 

^^ Dont forget Ohlins for some nice suspension stuff too!

 

Oh man that's sexy

 

ohhh yes, ohlins, zeal, bilstein. all good.

 

So how much r these gona go for...me likey!

 

awesome shots

 

Those look awesome. I love the color of them. As always, ride looks great.

 

I cant wait for these to be on the market

 

would these be in the 2k range?

 

when when??? and looks awesome

 

On a sports car... maybe. On an XB that is sometimes classified as a van, that is just way too much IMO.

 

Definitely will NOT be in the 2k range. I've been stressing on the scion economy and the price range to even begin working on this. They understand to get these products into the Scion market's hands we need to keep the costs competitive to the other brands currently out. The allowable corners have been cut to keep these costs down but since this is all Cusco unique valving and internal items we still expect it to be a slightly higher manufacturing costs, so we'll see.

Again we'll see, they informed us that any given day now they'll have a solid price for us. I will update everyone immediately once I'm given notice.

 

Oh btw.... today I met up with Andy and Quin at Aerodyne and they informed us that more Cusco products may be coming out real soon for the gen 2 xB here soon. With our suspension coming out of stock so 'lacking' there is so much room for improvement, therefore Cusco should be able to offer more than just the coilovers. Not exactly sure what they'll be offering but Cusco Japan is making another trip here next week so we'll update everyone as info flows thru.

 

Strut tower brace and underbracing, FTW?

Yes. I think so. :D

 

Go_Hin good stuff, about time someone jump on the ball. Been dieing for somebody to develop some products for the 2gen.

 

any update on cusco products?