AMR Coilovers Installed, review with pics

[King Bob]

INSTALL: Ok I installed everything Thursday night. My mechanical resume includes I/H/E a short shifter kit, some shifter bushings and a rear sway bar and now these coilovers. Needless to say I am not the most experienced DIY mechanic. The install took me 10 hours, in my defense there was not a single scrap of paper in the box and I had to borrow the wife’s car and make a run to rent a spring compressor and I was working alone. It really was not that hard to do the real time eater for me was the constant stopping and thinking about what I was doing and making sure I was doing everything right ... that and constantly getting tools I left on the other side of the car. I took the wheels off last night and double checked all my work and everything looked good. I do have a full install how to in the works but I am waiting for a reply email from the manufacturer, I want to make sure he approves before putting anything out there. Also please note I have only been running this set up for a few days it will take months for me to be able to fully review this product.

REVIEW: I will start by saying that while installing I did rotate my tires and the fronts were in very bad shape so any claims of increased handling performance will be a little subjective.
The Pros: Since Thursdays install I have driven in wet and dry conditions, and driven at speed up to 90 mph. While set on the softest possible setting the ride quality is very near to stock, so much so that my wife teased me about it not being any different. This is really an accomplishment considering that my car is at least 2 maybe 3 inches lower than stock. At the softest setting my wife and I took a road trip up to baton rouge (aprox 70 miles) and at interstate speeds I noticed none of the bounce effect some have reported at such speeds. As far as performance wise there is very little body roll, very little. When accelerating and braking the car feels incredibly solid, and trough turns there is also very little body roll, my sister said and I quote “it feels like a space ship". I decided to test it on the hardest setting last night and I managed to change my wife’s tune:twisted: . The ride was sufficiently rough enough to shake your teeth out, which on a race track I assume would be a good thing. So all in all I am very happy with this set, it can be near stock or race car hard.

The Cons:
This will be a small section and let me start by saying that these "cons" are either things I expected and should be expected with coilovers or simply engineering limitations. The only problem so far is that my car has a much harder time with pot holes and old or poorly maintained railroad tracks. Bumps like these feel much more serious than they used to even on the softest setting. I will also say that this dose not bother me I expected a much rough ride than I ended up with. One other thing to note is that the height of the rear of my car as seen in the pictures is at the lowest possible setting. From examining the rear suspension of my car it seems like this is a mechanical limitation of the suspension layout itself and is the fault of the way the car was engineered and not the fault of AMR. The front however I think I could almost get to touch the ground.

Well that’s about it, if anyone has any questions let me know or if you just want to talk about the set up in general you can always hit me up on aim, I am usually on at work so mon - fri 8 - 4 on central time.

The Pictures..... The weather down here has been shit so this is the best I could do for now :roll:

[Chance]

Sex.!

[dREsTrUcTiON]

Lookin good! Nice review, appreciate it. I may have to consider these along with the B&G and Ksports.

The B&G can both lower up to 3 inches in the front and rear though, maybe you should check with AMR about it.

+rep

[DTurnbull]

Ok, I'm lame.. Who's AMR?

[King Bob]

used to be a company that bought and sold from the same manufacturers that made ksports and F2's . They have moved on from that and design their own stuff. You have to contact them through honda tech or by phone the web site is just a stub. btw got my set for right under a grand.

[skittleslegend]

Originally Posted by DTurnbull

Ok, I'm lame.. Who's AMR?

But one of a few suspension companies that actually shared components with, Ksport and others. They were all the same thing for the most part. Nice review. Whip looks sexy dropped.

[Nomar06]

Looking good dropped. Have you measured the actual drop? i think 3 inches would create a tucked look.

[kenchan]

i must have missed reading it or just wasn't in there... the key info.

what is the spring rate and other rates offered by the manufacturer?

[King Bob]

the rates are customizable, I have 6k front and rear and thats what was recomended for a DD. there are no standard rates all are customordered from AMR.

[DTurnbull]

Thanks for the answers. Your drop looks great!

[King Bob]

I just need rims now, been looking at the rim pix thread and I am really liking the trak lites.

[King Bob]

bump

[EPthree04]

i would love to see this all the way down in the front! tras would look sick on that car! get 17s though.

[King Bob]

Originally Posted by EPthree04

i would love to see this all the way down in the front! tras would look sick on that car! get 17s though.

thats the plan, I dont really like big wheels. I might slam it for a photo shoot one day but its a DD so its set up for that right now.

[sickyute]

first off let me say the car looks good and the drop is nice ....
the coilovers look good cuz of the colors ...

1. that is in no way a 3" drop ...
2. the drop u have in the back is because of the coilovers and not the design of the car .... i've had my rear wheels tucked in to where i can see only half my tire on tein flex ... so it's a limitation of the coilovers u have and not the desing of the car.
3. the 6kg is the reason ur back is not as low ... with that weak of a spring rate, the springs had to be longer hence the reason for a drop that's not that low ... by doing that u don't bottom out like on the megans when they had 6kg in the rear on short springs...

[junsu]

is it me or does the rear drop look no lower than tein s. tech's?

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by King Bob

the rates are customizable, I have 6k front and rear and thats what was recomended for a DD. there are no standard rates all are customordered from AMR.

little over 330lbs/in. borderline stiff, but still streetable.
not bad. at that drop height you'll probably want that range.

are you going to get spacers to push those wheels out a little bit?

[EPthree04]

Originally Posted by King Bob

thats the plan, I dont really like big wheels. I might slam it for a photo shoot one day but its a DD so its set up for that right now.

cool man! i plan on slamming my 4dr when i get it on my 16" black racing pro-n1s.

[King Bob]

Originally Posted by sickyute

first off let me say the car looks good and the drop is nice ....
the coilovers look good cuz of the colors ...

1. that is in no way a 3" drop ...
2. the drop u have in the back is because of the coilovers and not the design of the car .... i've had my rear wheels tucked in to where i can see only half my tire on tein flex ... so it's a limitation of the coilovers u have and not the desing of the car.
3. the 6kg is the reason ur back is not as low ... with that weak of a spring rate, the springs had to be longer hence the reason for a drop that's not that low ... by doing that u don't bottom out like on the megans when they had 6kg in the rear on short springs...

I am just guessing on the drop I did not measure before hand. I said 2 0r 3 inch drop. My guess as to why my rear would not go any lower was to avoid bottoming out, I remember your troubles. I am sure it could get lower if Iordered diffrent springs but the rear looks fine to me and I DD this car so I dont want the ride any firmer

[King Bob]

Originally Posted by kenchan

little over 330lbs/in. borderline stiff, but still streetable.
not bad. at that drop height you'll probably want that range.

are you going to get spacers to push those wheels out a little bit?

no Idont plan on keeping these rims, once I get new ones I will see whats up from there.