Redshiftmotorsport.com???...Anyone ordered from there before?

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Hey there, welcome to the forum as this is your first post! I hope you stick around as there is a lot of good information here and lots of friendly people ready to help!

Make an introduction thread and keep us up to date on your car and your plans. People will be ready to jump in and offer advice and suggestions.

http://9thcivic.com/forum/forums/introduction-and-pictures.7/


In any case,

Yes. Redshift is awesome. The guy Chris who runs the place is very very helpful. They have great products and great pricing. Send them a message if you have questions as there are a lot of options available.

I have ordered from them several times and the service and quality of the product has been top notch. I know a few other people on here have also had very good experiences with them.

If you are looking at a Koni upgrade: Be warned that they do carry some items that require heavy modifications to work and they do sell some race specific items so be sure you are getting what you want and need. They do also offer fabrication services and you can get fully assembled options as well.
 
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I've never heard anything but positive reviews about them.

I'm Going to be ordering some stuff from them in the next week or two.
 
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Yes please I'm stuck too on going with the buddy club or the redshift??

I would like to know the springs rate on the redshift? ... the buddy club N+ rates are 7/4 my best choice because the car wight in distribution is 62/38 front to back so that makes a little bit sense. all other brands either 7k or 6k all around.

around $250 different between the buddy club and redshift. HELP HELP
 
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Redshift's Sport Spring Rates are 450lb front and 550lb rear. Buddy Club's spring rates are nowhere close to that. Lol. The damping system of the Konis are also much superior. The Buddy Clubs might be more comfortable for regular driving use.
 
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This is me on BC coilover from Kami Speed, 6k HID upgrade, and awaiting for my rear camber kit to come in and I was thinking of ordering the rear sway bar from Redshift.
 
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Dar-Dar said:
Redshift's Sport Spring Rates are 450lb front and 550lb rear. Buddy Club's spring rates are nowhere close to that. Lol. The damping system of the Konis are also much superior. The Buddy Clubs might be more comfortable for regular driving use.
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I'm just saying fo to the wight distribution of the car 62% front and 38% back that you will need a higher springs rate do to the extra load... correct me If I'm wrong.
 
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RedShift is a great company and Chris is very helpful. I have ordered most of my suspension needs from him and currently have an order placed.
 
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Thanks for all the kind comments folks. Appreciate that. :) We work hard at what we do. :)

And btw to answer a question from a few posts up.... the rear springs are inboard quite alot; so the actual wheel rate is very different than the spring rate. In front it's a 1:1 motion ratio (spring rate is same as wheel rate); so a 450 lb spring is a 450 lb wheel rate..... BUT in the back it's around 1:0.6 wheel rate, meaning the actual wheel rate is about 35% of the spring rate (quotient of quares - L1^2/L2^2). So, a 550 rear wheel rate is actually a 190 wheel rate, which provides a much more reasonable front/rear suspension frequency setup than the spring rates suggest. This is why it's not unreasonable for track guys to run more like 450/750....because that is actually much closer to neutral frequency front to rear.... but neutral is not necessarily comfy; so that's why we keep the rear rate at 550 or lower most times. In fact, we've gone as low as 350F/300R for an ultra comfy setup because that is a very pleasing daily driver setup. But still 450/550 is a better setup for a most coilover guys, and the Koni Sport shocks don't beat you up like all the cheap monotube shocks do (especially when you try to turn them up to control the car better.... boy do most of them suck at anything performance oriented). That's why you never see them on the track... and they are not as comfy as the Konis on the street either... which means they really don't do anything very well except be cheap (which is something).

A 450/550 coilover on Koni Sports is hard to beat. Maybe you want to go stiffer or softer on spring rates??? And that's fine too.... it's all good.

Hope that helps with the front/rear spring rate issue anyway.
Cheers,
Chris
 
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Just ordered from Chris last night....We will see what happens.... JK chris :thumb:
 
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