Review: Raceland Coilovers 98-04 Focus

[Focus'd]

I had them, rode pretty shi**y, I'm on H&Rs now and its WAY better.

[Stover]

You had the old ones

[Bluebronco427]

So the rears are not coilovers. Does anybody actually make a kit that all 4 corners are actually coilover?

[Broncoboy80]

Originally Posted by Mile30

This has got to be one of those new products that we all took to better than the expectations... I remember buying mine, with a "fingers-crossed-that-they-don't-suck" metality after reading Armanduh's review... and once installed they are definitely better than the worn out struts/shocks I replaced. Shortly after that they were sold out, though. I can tell just from feeling mine, that a more premium kit would feel better!

Great for the price though!

I dont get on here much anymore, but i remember us both talking about racelands back before i purchased some. I do stance, not performance with my car and I can say i am very happy with how they do. I have noticed that there were multiple kits that were made for our cars and the one i received works great! They are extremely stiff though, however that was perfect since yet again i do stance.

I have ran these coilovers on the car now for about 40,000 miles on crappy tacoma washington roads all the way to seattle everyday. They do great, however they do not ride as smooth as H&R's. I loved my H&R's but i would never use them to stance on.

So to as another review from someone who has had multiple brands of coilovers, I would say the Racelands are superb for their price. I would buy another set if mine blew, which they havent even after 40K rough miles of being stanced.

Feel free to PM me for questions and thoughts since I most likely wont be back on here for quite some time.

[Broncoboy80]

Ohhh, by the way I should note.....

The front coilover has two springs, the initial tall stiff spring and the short dead spring. I removed the dead springs since there is ABSOLUTELY no reason for it, you can compress it with your fingers.... This was also done so i can go even lower.

Second note, I removed the dead spring from the rear coils. You can cut coils and have a great outcome as long as you know what you are doing. I believe it was 1.25 coil that was cut off the top half of the spring, this gave me amazing results for doing stance. Now when I take a corner real quick the car doesnt have ANY give whatsoever, saving the lip of my rims lol.