Tokico Shocks and Springs

SwadePM · Jan 16, 2006

For the money, it looks good but is it worth it to buy $330 suspension? What is the quality of Tokico for autocross and street driving?

nadroj · Jan 16, 2006

peyton i would only go with them if your suspention is shot compeletely and you need a replacement soon. you could get them and use them on the track with me if you cant afford highquality ones sence yours are starting to go bad

epj3 · Jan 16, 2006

For $330 it's going to be junk. A good/decent set of springs from eibach or whoever is typically $200-$250. Let alone shocks! Honestly I would reccomend just saving up and buying some bilstein sports or better yet, koni adjustables (something like $400) and a good set of eibach springs (probably $200 - $220)

Not only will it last longer than the car, it's much much MUCH better all around.

Kirby · Jan 16, 2006

Tokico is somewhat OK (i.e. not junk) but it doesn't come close to Koni. I've been looking at this for a few months. I will be ordering a set of Konis for the E36 in a week or so. I'm going with H&R springs.

Best prices for E36, I think E30 is a bit less:

Koni ~~~ $575 - $600
http://www.horsepowerfreaks.com
http://eshocks.com
http://www.ultrarev.com

H&R ~~~ $225
http://www.cardomain.com
http://www.adventon.com

epj3 · Jan 16, 2006

Kirby said:

Compared to stock, koni, and bilstein, it is junk!! There was a suspension comparison done on an e30 site a few years ago, and tokico and some other brand that is basically the same, were both junk compared to everything else.

Check out groundcontrol.com. There is a coilover spring conversion you can buy, it's actually very well designed.

Tokico Shocks and Springs

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