OptionZero
Well-Known Member
Some thoughts after some seat time with the JDM ohlins.
The daily ride quality honestly felt more refined, obviously it’s less “soft” than the OEM performance coilovers, but the motion of the car after big bumps and braking feels much more controlled and predictable, instead of the soft mushy feeling from the OEM.
On the track, it’s a whole different story, the car feels extremely planted during corners, and completely eliminated the body rolls and secondary motions from the OEM coilovers, oversteers are now much more predictable and the turn in is now very precise compared to the OEM where I need a lot of small adjustments to make it to the racing line.
Despite all that, car still feels VERY understeer due to the fact that I reused my OEM rear tires on my front wheels just to learn more about the rubbing situation before pulling the trigger on some new tires, once that got sorted I think I can definitely shave off a few more seconds on my personal best.
I’m not a professional driver by any means so please take this with a grain of salt, but I’m really glad the ohlins turns out to be this way and now I understand why they are regarded as one of the best coilover brands.
are you on factory arms and alignment? if so, the coilovers will not cure the understeer issue. You need a custom alignment to add camber
