UCF10 megan coilovers showed up!

well, i ended up getting the megans. i liked teh locksmice, but i really didn't have the patience to wait for another 500 bucks and deal with the ****ty ride anymore.
plus i figured i'd be the guinea pig and take pics and document the whole install and results so maybe other people can take advantage of them as well.
i have the advantage of doing my own labor in my shop, so i lose nothing labor wise.

first impression: they showed up FAST! got them from an ebay vendor and he shipped them the same day i paid and they showed up in 5 working days.
fantastic. anybody wants a link let me know.

i open the box and wow! they look great. the machining and overall visual quality is excellent. they come already assembled, so all you have to do is remove old struts, bolt in new coilovers.
i'll take pics asap and post. the install will hopefully be tomorrow if i am slow at work and i'll take pics of that as well....

ugh
megan.

its prolly a good thing you dont have alot of experience with coilovers, you wont notice the flaws :)

as long as it doesn't bounce me down the road like cut springs, i'll be happy! stiff ride, that's fine.

evertime i ran megan coilovers i never had any issues and i liked the quality of them. its just personal preference for alot of folks...if i wasnt getting such a good deal on kts i would have gotten megans again.

my locksmice should be here today, or yesterday, dunno, but i get off on time today:)
so i can find out

[quote=Yokotas13;120346]my locksmice should be here today, or yesterday, dunno, but i get off on time today:)
so i can find out[/quote]
 
locksmice huh?
 
DAMN THAT! I wanna SEE those! :biggthumpup:

dude their new coilovers are only liek 1200 bucks, hella cheap, and they ar eonly for toyota :P

I am running meagans now and no issue. not even designed for the car. but you also pay for what you get.

these are the new "Luxury Package" coilovers from megan, theyre supposed to be for larger luxury cars. site says spring rates are 12kg/10kg. they also say  "(not too aggressive) offering spring rates for a more comfortable ride, but still giving you the sporty feel & control." 
 
definitely looking forward to your feedback. you should slam your car on these and give feedback on ride quality and then take your car up to your normal ride height (your personal preference).=)

springs arent what determine comfort level, why does everyone think that!!!
 
Ive ridden in perfectly matched 14/12 Zeal coils, and it rode the exact same way as a similar aragosta 10.8 setup
 
dampers are the #1 reason for a bad ride, not springs.

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;120360]dude their new coilovers are only liek 1200 bucks, hella cheap, and they ar eonly for toyota :P[/QUOTE]

Pics of this said locksmice coilover? Sounds like a great bargain for toyota owners.:biggthumpup:

[quote=Yokotas13;120405]springs arent what determine comfort level, why does everyone think that!!!
 
Ive ridden in perfectly matched 14/12 Zeal coils, and it rode the exact same way as a similar aragosta 10.8 setup
 
dampers are the #1 reason for a bad ride, not springs.[/quote]
 
 
i know springs dont determine comfort, they just hold your car up. i was just stating that off their website just like the other things i quoted off their site:pat:

just goes to show you, they dont even know what they are talking about....

[quote=Kuroikaze;120416]Pics of this said locksmice coilover? Sounds like a great bargain for toyota owners.:biggthumpup:[/quote]
i might SOMEWHERE on my flickr
 
flickr.com/photos/yokotas13
 
maybe.
otherwise, when i get mine, ill post it up.
I mean, they are still a budget coilover, but id trust hte locksmice name over megan

megan on my boys m45: [url]http://vipstylecars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8036[/url]

exttremely impresed and surprised with the ride. heard some good and heard some bad

hey... i want a link!

it says for UCF2- only...


works on the UCF1- also i guess? since it's pictured with it..

yup it work on a ucf10 as well. the rear just needs to be adjusted low. the nice thing about the megans is that when you adjust height, it doesn't change the shock stroke because the shock body is screwed down or up into the actual mounting base. so stroke and spring rate remain teh same no matter how high or low they are set.

now why can't they make them for a Y33?

[quote=Jaykabu Wa Bakimono De;120593]now why can't they make them for a Y33?[/quote]


True that, I want a budget coilover for the Y33 :(

i installed them yesterday, super easy. bolted right on. how does it ride? fuckin awesome.
i set teh shocks on full soft, and it rides just a tiny bit stiffer than stock, like you would expect with aftermarktetr springs and shocks. only the oldest most non into modding cars type of person would notice.
it feels like a sport suspension audi or bmw.

i will actually stiffen it up a bit, as i'd like to ahve a bit more roll control.
they definitely will get low, i didn't slam it, as my generic weak 17's i have now look like shit with teh car dumped, so iti's just on the tire now iwth a lot more to go.

Those are FLEX no Megan..

[QUOTE=volkgt7;120444]megan on my boys m45: [url]http://vipstylecars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8036[/url]

exttremely impresed and surprised with the ride. heard some good and heard some bad[/QUOTE]

look at post #15, it says theyre MEGAN..

sigh post 15

Just hope they don't blow out on you soon.

Show us some pix when its on the car

I drifted on megans for over a year on my old s14 with nothing but good things to say about them.  Have you seen the new lower mounts they have for some cars that give extra clearence for wider wheels?  These guys are defenetly thinking about who their audience is.

they're on the car, but i didn't put it really low, since i don't have my wheels anymore. weaksauce 17's look like shit with it really low.

I was thinking about megans but didn't know how low they would go. Post some pics.

[quote=byhi;123149]I drifted on megans for over a year on my old s14 with nothing but good things to say about them.[/quote]Same here, they got the job done on my S14 for events. 
 
Anyway, post some pics of the current height setting.

ok i'll take some pics and post soon.

You can lay out the car on those Megans.

^ he has the prototypes

been on them for almost a year now and no problem!

my megans have held up through 2 240sx's including a couple auto x's and lots of drifting. now i'm not saying they are they best out there, but i will say i have no reservations about putting them on any of my cars!
 
 
but some pics would be nice any day now.

here's smallwonder809's car on the megan prototypes.  still can go down about 3 inches all around! the silver one is his.

[IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/ifphoto/100_4195.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e240/ifphoto/100_4196.jpg[/IMG]

Any word on the ride quality in comparison to Tein CS?

i've never been in an ls with tein cs's but these ride very very nice. as close to stock as one could hope for. of course i have them set on 5 for damping. i'm gong to stiffen it up more when i get my wheels and drop it more.

damns that now, nice

[quote=19psi;130334]i've never been in an ls with tein cs's but these ride very very nice. as close to stock as one could hope for. of course i have them set on 5 for damping. i'm gong to stiffen it up more when i get my wheels and drop it more.[/quote]
 
That is true..  I got Megan Lp Series coilover on my Is250..  I love them..
 
[IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/2ah5ffk.jpg[/IMG]

smallwonder has his coilovers set all the way on stiff, and it still rides pretty nice!  when you hit a pothole it hits hard as hell though, but that's normal.  compared to tein CS i'd go with the megans, pretty close to the same ride quality but the megans go lower.  plus they're inverted monotube, and i dont know if the CS's are or not.

just to clarify, are the megan's made for ucf10 or ucf20 ? their site says 95-2000 but their pic shows a ucf10 89-94.

what's up ?

I think the OP said that the rears had to be lowered more or something but they were backwards compatible? shrugg

megans look like a decent coil for the LS4 ill look into it

that ucf10 on the website is smallwonder809's car.  they're designed for ucf10, nobody knows why they put ucf20 on the site =\

i emailed megan a few months back and they said that they are working on an affordable coilover for the y33. but havent heard anything bout it for a while.

wow, smallwonders car is slammed!
 
MEGAN's?!  hmmmmm

from what i've found, the megans were initially designed for the ucf20, which is why the rears need to be lowered quite a bit more to make it low enough on a 10.

so they will also fit the ucf20 ?

what's up ?

[quote=19psi;131255]from what i've found, the megans were initially designed for the ucf20, which is why the rears need to be lowered quite a bit more to make it low enough on a 10.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Qclass;131390]so they will also fit the ucf20 ?

what's up ?[/QUOTE]

they already made the the UCF20 version. but they havent made the UCF10 version. i guess its still in the developing stages ??????? but thats coo prototype coilovers
[url]http://www.meganracing.com/products/product_page.asp?catid=125[/url]
check out the linkooo