REV9 Coilovers Review (ARE THEY GOOD or BAD?) 3 Years w/ Hyper Street Suspension
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- Here is my 3 Year Review & Impressions of the Rev-9 Coil Overs for the BRZ/FRS/GT86. The coilover brand Rev9 also offers suspension for other vehicles. ENJOY!!
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I really like these. Have owned them on both cars, each a little over a year. Hopefully me going over what I both like and dislike can help you make up your mind on whether you would like to get some Rev9 Coilovers for your car
You've helped me make my decision. Gonna pull the trigger and get some for my mustang!!! Just subscribed. Thank u for your honesty.
Appreciate the support and youll have to send mea pic of your mustang on twitter or instagram 🙂
Hey @smobstar how are they I wanted to get some to for my mustang
Great review just bought some for my 2013 wrx . Very helpful
Nice 👍 thanks for the support dude
love it straight to the point you earned a subscriber
appreciate it man
Thanks for the valuable input. I’ve been looking to upgrade my B13 Sentra suspension from the current Eibach drop springs. The part that got me interested is they’re rebuildable. Thanks!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Did you end up getting these for your b13? Can you share some feedback?
@@sergeantrhopwnzoncss sure did! I use it as my daily. Love the adjustability it offers too. The spring rate it came with was a little stiff for my liking though. I was able to use my Eibach springs and swap them out.
Thank you for making an honest review video. Wish I could saw your video before I got mine. I recently bought these coilovers for the my 2014 Scion xB “my daily driver” . I agree with you 100% . The springs rates and dampening aren’t that great. I’ve adjusted the dampening many times to get it to ride “decently” but still it gives off a bouncy ride. Ive seen other videos of people saying these are “solid” coilovers and that was enough convincing for me. I should of saved up more and spent the extra money for a different brand. I can honestly say they did make my car look good though and for the price and you can’t have high standards.
thanks for the support on teh video!
if your's is bouncy, usually that means the spring rate is too firm for the amount of damping provided from the shock absorber. But from what I gather, these are not the highest spring rate but still stiffer than OEM. I have a 2005 Acura TL and I just emailed advan racing, and they said for my car, the Spring rate is 10kg/5kg. And that is not the lowest, nor is it the highest spring rate that I have seen for my TL. So in general, these coilovers do not have the highest spring rate which would cause a lot of bouncing. So maybe the shock is not damping enough?? I think even a 10kg spring for my car would Bounce IF I put an OEM type shock absorber on my car.. Those have a low damping rate. So you end up bouncing a lot. Also, if you lowered your car to the ground, that may also cause bouncing. These coilovers are likely for mild drop only BUT they provide a better ride when not lowered too much. But I assure you 1 thing.. If you buy another brand, and drop it low, it will bounce too! And it will ride horrible! BC or not!
great honest review! thanks!
Super helpful video!
Going to get some for my FA5! First project I’m excited
SuperDan !!’ Love your vids and I miss your Destiny videos. Used to watch you pretty often. I am looking to put these coilovers on my 2017 Acura ILX. Glad you suggest them cause a lot of mixed reviews from what I have seen. I trust your review so I’m going for them. Hope all is good with you and try Destiny 2 again, I been playing since D1 launched. How much would you think the labor would be to have these coilovers installed ? I know it could very by location but just a ball park.
Ya the problem with the negative reviews are people expecting to pay $500 and get the best coil overs on the planet..... That isnt how stuff works, things are more money for a reason & people need to understand you get what you pay for.
The coil overs have no issues, they just dont offer as many features as other coilovers like BC which are over 4x the amount of money.
If all you want to do is lower your car and dont mind taking a little extra time to adjust them manually to get the ride you want, then they are great.
If all you want to do is throw them on the car and spend 10 seconds adjusting a few settings and you think its worth paying $2000 for that ease of use, then ya BC is better.
I’ve had them on my 2003 Audi A4 for about 6 or 7 months now and they’re awesome for a performance oriented suspension set up. If you want to slam your car I’d suggest going another route. I’m almost fully adjusted in the front before I get any spring slap and haven’t that I’ve know of but they’re awesome. I’m also running their ko4 turbo for well over a year and I have nothing bad to say, it spools fast and hasn’t blown any extra smoke out of the exhaust
Ya theyre a great budget coilover 🙂
doesn't the 2003 audi a4 come with a k04 stock?
@@saijack_ maybe the ultra sport but normally no it comes with a ko3
@@tunanocrust5089 okay i see, i did some googling and it looks like i might have been thinking about the rs4
Don’t tighten the spring! You should never screw up the preload. It will destroy your handling and destroy the longevity of your springs
love the profile pic lmao
So basically don’t tighten the suspension and compress the coil? Isn’t that the point of going low
@@jameschildress4887 the point of going low it to lower your center of gravity and create a better handling vehicle. Preload has nothing to do with ride height. Changing it will eliminate any handling benefit and make the car ride like trash.
Thanks for that input. I’ve been looking to upgrade my current suspension setup in my B13 Sentra. Much appreciated.
@@jameschildress4887 You can lower the shocks without compressing the spring.
This was really helpful. All I want to do is lower my car, get the alignment and be done with it. Do you get a lot of bounce out of these?
You can adjust whether you want a soft bouncy ride or if you want a stiffer track style suspension 👍
Even with how much more difficult they are to adjust, do you reckon they’re still a great entry level coilover for someone hoping to get onto the track while continuing to daily around with the car?
I have only taken my car to the track 1 time and it handled fine..... But in all honesty, I am probably not the guy to be asking that question, if I gave you an answer, it would be a lie.... But from my personal experience, they are great as a daily coil over 100%, just not sure about the track/racing aspect of them
@@DanDoesCar I appreciate the honest response. Being an ultra budget suspension I think I’m going to give these a go. If anything they’ll enable me to appreciate higher end suspensions later on when opting for those on more track oriented cars. Appreciate you, Dan!
@@nsemlak09how have these done for you this past year?
Just saw these for about $500 for my corolla 2012. I like the setup they have but im concerned on how reliable these are and if they can withstand a good beating. My corollas a daily so i just want a lower center of gravity and more stability around corners. I dont plan to make my corolla a fully tuned street race car so i dont mind going cheap with the struts
They lasted me 3 years. I live in NH with lots of salt and sand and they rusted out & I could not adjust them.... My 86 was my daily before I bought my 2nd car for winter, so I was lifting it up in the winter and dropping it in the summer.
Had to get new ones this year.... I think it was a good purchase. 3 years for $500 is good & would have lasted WAY WAY WAY LONGER if I would have just set it and forgot it, but I was adjusting them for seasons, so had no choice. I got some new ones in this video I showcase them. They are also cheap ones th-cam.com/video/0IEzbqkLVy0/w-d-xo.html
Thanking about getting these for my E90
Nice :)
Ima pull the trigger on these for my mkv golf
How is it I might get some for my q50
Hey great video! I had a question maybe you can answer or at least give me some advice on. So I have the rev9 coil overs for a dodge charger 2019 rt and it is great up front adjustability is perfect. But the issue is the back of the vehicle the back is pretty slammed causing negative camber even though the coil overs are set to the max height. I have stock tires and rim size and have spoken to rev9 customer support and they were kind enough to send me free larger springs, but I know the springs aren't going to make much of a difference. do you have the same issue on your scion? from the video it doesn't look like it, but maybe you did something?
I don't have that issue no. Not sure what to say 😕
@@DanDoesCar noooo ;( thank you anyways for the quick reply.
I got a set of rev9 for my 98 corolla. Love them like my d2 coilovers
Dude was that shot of market basket in CONCORD NH?!?!?!😮
Are you from New Hampshire too!!!??? haha That is cool!!
I just moved to NH, where do you recommend for work on Hondas? I am looking to purchase these and have them installed on my GD3 Fit,
Granite State Tuners is the best one I know of. Not sure if they have reopened since covid, but I imagine they have
well if there better then the lowering springs the previous owner put on along with 3 of the struts being blown and hearing a bang every bump then i’m fine
Hello i also live in NH and put these in my car but for some reason every time I go to go over a bump or something it sounds like my car is going to fall apart I've triple checked all the nuts and bolts that hold them on and they're all tight to the point that if they get any tighter they're going to break any ideas on what the problem could be
are you sure its the coil overs or is it the wheel and jack in your trunk? My car rattles as well, but its in the back where all the spare tire and stuff is
i buy a 2017 Nissan maxima and it have the rev9 hyper street coil overs install, problem is so stiff everything on the road i could feel it do how can i fix it or i need to replace it
Coilovers are suppose to be like that. The stiffer ride is for performance. Most people get coilovers for 2 reasons
1 to lower there car
2 for better performance and to lower there car
i want to get these on a 2014 charger ig all i’m worried about is them breaking or going bad too soon any opinions
They are still holding strong for me. But I do have the BRZ version, so I cant 100% confirm yours will be the same since a charger is like twice the weight lol
I would imaging they will be good though
Thinking of geting rev9 coilovers. Im on eibach lowering springs and kyb struts, but want something better. Ive been looking at rev9 and tein. Tein is also a good cheap coilover, about yhe same price range too. Wonder how they compair.
They are a really good value, they obviously arent BC, but those are over 5x the price lol
Im looking for a good introduction coilover and at an affordable price because im still a HS student do you think these would be good for my daily driven chevy cruze?
Based off of the way they feel on a BRZ, I would recommend the brand for any car..... But I cant give a 100% honest answer to that because I do not own one of those cars.
But based off of my car, I like them
@@DanDoesCar thank you, that helps convince me and thank you for the super fast response!
I have them installed on my Chevy Cruze and they are amazing I definitely recommend it for a starter set up!
@DanDoesCar sorry I have a question I want to buy this Rev9 for a Honda Civic 2018 hatchback. The description says that the lower this coilovers can go is just 3 inches but I need more low than 3 inches is that possible? Is that true tha just 3 inches?
If they say 3 inches, then it is probably just 3 inches.... You can go lower yes, but its unsafe and why they say 3
Thanks !! And how low of 3 inches did you lower it? and you've had a problem?
Do you think these would be a nice daily coilover? Like is the ride comfortable? Or is it shit compared to others?
I’m looking to lower my Honda Civic a bit for an aggressive look but wasn’t sure if these would be worth it for a comfortable ride
I daily my car and have had lots of people say they are comfortable..... Until I stiffened the springs, but from the factory they are great coilovers for a daily car. Once you start tightening / compressing the springs or maxing out the damping they become stiff. But any coilover will be that way if you adjust it to be that way.
Coilovers allow you to adjust all of that and the ride you want
Any leaks in the shocks ?
How’s the ride comfort ?
Do they feel like cheap coilovers when driving ?
no leaks, comfort is fine & no they feel like normal coil overs. They are not the most comfortable, but IDK anyone that would buy coil overs expecting to have a softened ride.... The whole point of them is for a stiffer ride to get better performance XD lmao
@@DanDoesCar ok good to know.
I’ve had several coilovers. Probably the best would be fortune auto. They were way more comfortable than my stock. They didn’t feel stiff at all ven they are made for performance. That’s why I asked.
Do these coilovers improve the handling of the car from stock suspension?
100% yes 👍
Most would, even just from cars lower center of gravity just from being lower
Rev9's website specifically says you can't raise your height with these, that a 1 inch drop is the minimum.
IDK if you are talking about the BRZ or some other type of car, but I can confirm that the BRZ is able to be lowered WAY more than 1" and it is more than capable of being lifted past stock height as well.... I raise it in the winter and I am guessing just by looking at my car in the video that you can clearly see I have it lowered way more than 1" lol
@@DanDoesCar he’s saying that 1 inch lower than stock is the highest they can go
@@DanDoesCarnot what he said guy. Wake up.
I've gotten maxpeedingrods coilovers on one of my cars ($250 for a full set), and it's stiff af like riding on bricks. So I'm wondering why these would be bouncy??
Idk, just different brands trying accomplish different things.
You probably got stance coilovers, not performance coilovers like these
probably because those were $60 PER Coilover and these are around $150 per coilover
@@thetruth6238 I think it's more of my error, at the time I didn't know how to adjust coilovers properly and I was compressing the spring to lower it 😅
I had a set of maxpeedingrods once, ride was extremely stiff even with max dampening. Looking back wasn't worth the investment imo 🤣
Do 05-10 Chevy cobalt coilovers fit onto a 09 Pontiac g6???
no idea. google it lol
Are they good coil overs for a daily car that has to be driven in the winter?
Ya they are good budget coilovers for sure
I daily a 22 Forte GT and I can’t decide between these and Eibach springs. I just want to get rid of the gap. 😫 expensive coilovers seem overkill.
because expensive ones are..... its like the old bs with rep vs real wheels.... who cares if they are rep or overpriced real wheels, if we arent going to track our car, it doesnt matter... people just want to be race car drivers with their daily, which if you ask me is just dumb.... having fun in your car is 1 thing, flying around corners at 100mph with your street race car is just moronic
I got an '06 mini that I'm wanting to put these on. My only worry is I need stock ride height. The wheels I have on there now are as absolutely big as I can pick. I didn't know if this particular brand would give factory ride height and the option to lower gradually. The majority that I have found come mandatory with a 1-in drop. Trying to find someone who has these or any other brands around the same price that offer stock ride height or lower. Any advice would be awesome I appreciate you guys and gals.
not sure why you would get coilovers if you are keeping the car at stock height. Probably way better off just getting upgraded springs. Way cheaper
@@DanDoesCar I guess I should have said pretty close to stock ride height. I'm mainly needing something that could be closer to a half inch. I just don't have much clearance left because of the rim sizes I have. There's a little bit of wiggle room but I have to have adjustment. I may not be able to go full inch. Mainly to have the possibility to change drop in the future when I swap to smaller rims but I want it to be drivable until I do get them. Mainly just looking for the option of stock ride heights or an inch or a little more in the future drop. For the time being I need a little mixture of both so I was hoping that I could adjust these up to stock ride heights temporarily until I can afford my new rims. I was going for the chunky rims on a small car. Now I'm wanting handling and adjustability. Just can't afford the rims at the moment.
To make a long story short I definitely want the adjustability in the future but trying to do this during the era of Bidenomics is a lot slower than I was expecting. I can afford to replace the shocks now it'll probably be about another 2 to 3 months before I can afford another set of rims
I get the comparison but I mean cmon, bc racing is literally 3 times the cost lmao I’d hope they’d be better
Will these work for the new GR 86?
I'd be lying if I said I knew that answer..... Given that the new model has new body lines, I would guess that the answer to that is no. I did see some posts on reddit about using the 1st gen coilovers on the 2nd gen, but that isn't mechanic advice.
So you would have to call the company and ask that question because I couldn't find anything online about that.
Are they good for daily driving? They cost almost the same as my stock suspension on my 09 corolla
They are fine for daily driving yes.... They are coilovers, they are meant to be stiff, that is kinda the whole purpose of getting them is to increase the cars handling & or lower your car, which both require stiffness.... that is of course unless you want your wheels rubbing non stop, bottoming out non stop & wheels getting stuck in the fender wells going around sharp corners..... lol
So ya, they are comfortable enough
@DanDoesCar I just want a new suspension for my car that will last longer than my stock suspension and will handle bumps a lot better. It's just a work car. I have been wanting to try coilovers, and my stock suspension cost me around 400, but I can get these coilovers for like 1 to 2 hundred dollars more.
How long do they last if is on a daily driving car. I have a 1997 corolla
I mean I still have them on my car and don't have any problems.... but giving an exact time frame is kind of hard
@SuperDan 2 thank you I'm going to buy them seems like they perfect thank for ur time God bless
Compressing the spring does not make them stiffer, it merely gives it more preload and it may give you a temporary sensation of a stiffer ride if there isnt enough droop.
Good thing about coilovers is that if you do want to change springs to an actually stiffer spring, you can always swap them out yourself quite easily.
Source: Im a coilover engineer.
I didn't know that tbh..... My car certainly stopped rubbing after tightening the springs with the same ride height.
Does tighting the springs change camber? Just not sure how I'd rub nonstop and then stop rubbing after tightening the springs.
@@DanDoesCar So to keep the same ride height you must have tightened the spring by x amount, and then wound up the lower mount by the same amount to compensate.
Generally that should not remedy any issues related to rubbing, rather it could worsen it if you shorten the strut via the lower mount to compensate for higher ride height caused by more spring preload. Shorter damper = shorter length at full bump = less clearance in your wheel well.
I don't have much info about your setup to comment how you could have ended up getting rid of rubbing issues tbh. Only thing I can think of is that by winding up your spring, you have limited the available spring travel, so that your coil springs bind before the tires start rubbing your wheel arches. But that would mean you'd get thumping impacts coming through the whole chassis if you hit a big enough bump or trough, so I'm only guessing here. Coilover springs for GT86s tend to be quite short (short springs = limited spring travel to begin with) so that's a possibility.
Tightening the springs does not change camber either. So the above is all I can think of right now.
But just remember this: an 8kgf/mm (or 440lbf/in if you like) spring will always be an 8k spring no matter how much preload (tightening) you give. i.e. same stiffness. This applies to all but the progressive springs, which are very rarely used in coilovers, that do stiffen up as you compress them. 99% of coilover kits you get have linear (not progressive) springs, but some are falsely advertised as being progressive either by people with little knowledge or by people who aim to deceive.
I have them on my Camry. 7/10
nice :)
It’s better than not having coilovers :)
Do you know how low does it drop it?
low enough, pretty sure its like a 3inch drop, the amazon link i included to listing will say
Oh no the STREET coilovers have a softer ride than the RACING coilovers. Big shocker !
Never claimed to be a mechanic 🤷♂️
When adjusting the shocks to be stiffer, does it affect the rebound only or the compression and rebound?
Im not sure honestly. Im not a mechanic, I just know it stopped the rubbing lol
@@DanDoesCar it’s it uncomfortable when close to full stiff?
I didnt think so, but it isnt like cadilac comfort. I drive it all around and no complaints, but you do feel a lot of bumps ya
@@DanDoesCar I’m debating between the rev9 and Adlerspeeds
Daily use & spirited driving on ocacions 😂 guess there good for the daily
Your thoughts on TEIN vs BC?
BC are awesome, they just cost 3x the amount of money. They are better than rev9 though if that's what your asking.
TEIN I have never heard of
I don't know man. I love me some Great Value.
lol
Low key, the companies that make Great Value brands from Wal Mart are the same companies that make the original products too. General Mills makes the Honey Nut Cheerios and great value version, Honey Nut O's. Blue Bell makes their ice and some of the great value brands🤫 So really it's just two different prices for the same thing made by the same people. So Rev9 is basically Godspeed with a different name/look🤡
You really do get what you pay for when it comes to coilovers, but most people never listen. Have at least $2K to drop on a set or you're gonna have a bad time
I have never had any issues with these....
Spot on correct. Buying cheap coilovers is a bad move, always.
how are they now? blown yet?
They never ended up blowing, but after 4 years they were too rusted for me to adjust to lower the car again after winter was over. So I had to get new set.
I always had to lift my car for winter & for it to pass inspection. Exhaust comes with silencers, so passing inspection with that is easy. Camber and Low car was pain in my butt lmao
@DanDoesMedia did you replace with the same ones?
@@ohsnapzitzmeng I would have, but as a creator, making a video on the same thing is pointless, so I got these th-cam.com/video/0IEzbqkLVy0/w-d-xo.html
Only did that to make a video on a different product. They are both good, but the new ones I have only had for a little less than a year, only complaint about them is they make a wierd noise going over bump, almost like its an air shock. No rattling or anything, just wierd puff noise, idk how else to explain it lol
@@DanDoesCar which ones do you prefer more?
@@ohsnapzitzmeng so far they are both similar. Rev 9 had a sportier feel to them (stiffer) the new ones are a bit more bouncy. Just depends what you prefer
Can you go lower and how much more ?
I explained that in the video. They allow you to go as low as you want, to the point that your car is undrivable lmao
@@DanDoesCar my bad lol. Skimmed the video. Thanks
@@DanDoesCar you can’t Im maxed out and ain’t tucking 😭
@@DanDoesCar you can’t Im maxed out and ain’t tucking 😭
@@CarlosLopez-em6zg but what size are your wheels
Yo what is that car and check your messenger
Do u just compare $500 coilovers to $2,000 coilovers
Ya I did, is their an issue with that?
I mean obviously the 500 dollar coilovers aren’t going to match up to the 2000 dollar coilovers that was clearly obvious why not have compared them to a similar price set even if they are from the higher company brand name like tein
@@Shiftyenano because I have videos on that already.... lol
great value is literally better than brand names
lol
Bc is overrated. Tanabe is much much better
Hows the ride quality compared to stock?
You can adjust the damping on the coil overs.... So it depends how you set them up, so it really depends.
Tightening them they still feel comfortable to me, loosening them makes it an even softer ride, but I tighten them all the way.
Comparing it to a Civic or something the comfort is horrible.
But you cant really get performance from a floaty suspension.
Hard question to answer tbh, really depends on how you set them up
@@DanDoesCar Asking because I want to modestly lower my daily but want to retain as much comfort as possible, performance isn't important for my application. Just gathering different inputs on suspension setups.
@@tylerbooks7217 Yes you can certainly lower it and retain the comfort levels.