Racelands...Rice or worth it?
 

Ok ok I know a lot of people dislike Raceland coilovers. Or atleast that's what I get from other forums.

A couple people on m-s.com run them on their MSM's for daily and track use and say they are the best bang you can get for your buck.

What are you're guys opinions?

My original plan was keep the stock bilsteins on my msm and go with the FM springs. But I might be stuck driving through this winter again this year, I was thinking about picking up a set of racelands instead and going 4x4 status. Then when it get's warmer again lower it back down.

I daily my car, and autox it every other weekend. I've done 2-3 track events, though never full throttle or serious since I don't have a roll bar or anything.(soon to come though)

I'm just looking for something to get me through the next year or 2 that's better then stock, before I'll have a daily and can invest in proper suspension. I could stay with my stock setup, but I really dislike the wheel gap. Needs moar low! :eek:

Why not just stay stock for the winterz, then get a proper setup in the spring?

ricelands.

I don't like the stock ride height. I want to go higher. :p

Picture for reference plz.

Its not worth it. Get a proper coilover or stay on the stockers (just because some people do it, doesn't mean you should). You can get a spring+shock combo and get a decent drop that way if thats all you are looking for. Plus, you are supposed to get a new alignment after significant ride height changes anyway.

Lastly, I am skeptical of the track events without a roll bar. I have seen it, but only twice. How can you afford track events, but not a roll bar? hell I bought a rollbar for the same cost as my last track event.

To be fair, I believe Savington (is he on this forum?) was running racelands in the rental for a while. Although it was a great, adjustable, and cheap solution, last I heard they were blown with the constant abuse they see.

Not actually competing... Couple go arounds inbetween things. Sorry I ment to say that. Also sometimes they do track "tours" where they say not to go hard but ya know on those back straits.. lol. Like I said not anything serious.

Are you trying to get serious about track events? If that is so, maybe ricelands will be ok, but I would be prepared to buy new coils within the year, especially if you daily and/or autox the car.

If you are not trying to track the car, then adjustable height coilovers just aren't for you. The whole point of having adjustable ride height is so you can change corner weight and cross balance the car.

Winter seems like a lousy excuse, but its understandable if you are looking for hellaflush.

the spring rates they use suck. If you have the ability to get softer rear springs. They can be made to be "ok" for the street, and street tire classes in autocross. Put them on sticky tires and you reach their limit quickly.