*Please note: BC Racing BR Series AE86 front coilovers must be used in conjunction with BC Roll Centre Adjusters, available here*
Due to popular demand and excellent feedback from our customers who have been running this setup on their AE86s, we are now providing our New Group-D Rear Coilovers with the complete front BC Coilovers as a kit, for the same price as a complete set of front and rear BC Type RA coilovers (This saves you €100 when compared to purchasing both pairs separately!).
This solves the increasing problem of sourcing rare AE86 front struts, or converting your existing struts to coilovers, as the BCs come complete as a new strut with spindle. (You must use BC roll centre adjusters with these fronts, available here)
These fronts, combined with our New Group-D rears, offers the best of both worlds to our track, drift and street 86 owning customers.
Spring rate guide:
Fronts:
BC Racing BR Series Type RA fronts come with 3 spring rates as standard:
8KG: We recommend 8kg springs for faster street or circuit use, especially if there is a little more weight up front with a 1UZ or SR20 engine swap. 8KG are also recommended for 4AGE drift cars to be used in conjunction with the 4.5kg rears.
6KG: These offer a more comfortable ride for street use and work great with 3.6kg rears for a good compromise between comfort and handling for most road users.
5kg: These offer the ultimate in comfortable ride for your 86. We recommend a slightly higher ride height with 5kg springs.
Rears:
We would always advise a customer to select their rear spring rate with respect to the front, in order to keep the car's balance intact for the desired ratio of oversteer to understeer.
Hard: 230lbs/in sq (4.1kg/mm2). These are our traditional fast road or track spring and work very well on all types of drift use even on 86's running quite wide semi slick rear tyres.
Medium: 180lbs/in sq (3.2kg/mm2). The medium option is the jack of all trades allowing for a great compromise between track and street for a fast road/occasional track or drift car
Soft: 150lbs/in sq (2.7kg/mm2). We offer this softer option to cater for more street use for extra comfort. Of course they can be used for extra rear grip in many racing or grip application or in wet weather conditions
