Heres a pic sample of my megan coilovers. I dont wanna take full pics till i get it at the right ride height for me. I installed the coilovers without height adjustment and they pretty much came out the same as my intrax springs just a tad tad bit lower almost no major change but that means out of the box is somewhere at least 2" drop but then again I havent let it settle. When I installed it my tires were 1 inch of the ground, when I jacked up the knuckle, the tires were decently far from the ground after, I am assuming the ride height will get lower still after much driving. Haven't done a damper adjustment yet too, i was too tired, had stubborn bolts and nuts - had to grind one off. Took it for a quick ride though, stiff but still comfortable at the same time, it must be my tires though. I want to compare the hardest adjustment vs. the softest.




This post has been edited by trdproven: Feb 16, 2009 - 7:10 AM

I've been keeping my eyes on these too. I'm just waiting on my stock setup to bite the dust. Keep us updated on how they settle in and on the final verdict.

Just adjusted my damper to the most softest setting. It feels just like stock even with my 17s. When I got it, it was set pretty hard to mountain use. So megan coilovers are not that bad actually.



This post has been edited by trdproven: Feb 18, 2009 - 3:32 AM

how long did it take you to install them?

I want some where did u get them how much how fast is shiping?

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Didn't take too long, first one was a breeze, second, I had a stripped bolt - had to grind it off and spent two hours looking for a similar bolt and nut. Third was fast but I realized megan had the brackets for the brake line backwards don't know if it is like that or if it is a defect so I had to take it off and use the other one. Also end link didnt fit thats why I tried the other one. Fourth one was the fastest. Took a few hours because I had to waste time looking for bolt and nut, took smoke breaks, and I did it myself so I had to rest here and there. It sucks holding up the coilover and at the same time reachin up to put on the top mount bolts.
Typical install without issues is prolly 2 hrs. That does not count in between the lines like jacking up the car, removing the wheel, being careful, etc. Well you are not suppose to rush these things anyways so I'd say between 2-3 hrs but, that does not include any adjustment for height, damper, or camber for that matter, just the install especially I had no help , my body ached for a couple days, shows Im not conditioned at all.

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Got mine from upscaleautomotive for about for around 800ish just ask for a discount code. I live overseas so shipping is prolly double than the mainland but basically everything together they express mailed it for 980.00. Theres a for sale thread where RED is selling them also.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Feb 18, 2009 - 6:14 AM

That looks so sexy!! maybe next year i can have enough money for some coilovers haha. maybe they sent you two coil overs that where RH or something like that.

either way dope stuff man

I don't think so because the end links can only fit on one side, one way, so it can't be two rights, I just think the brackets for the hoses could have been welded on the other way. Other than that, the hoses still bolt on.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Feb 18, 2009 - 9:47 PM

im gonna sell my cutom set up for these!
http://www.upscaleautomotive.com/p-25541-m...-gtgts-fwd.aspx

Might be a dumb question, are these for cars with superstrut?

damn good luck setting it up bro but so far so good, i am jealous haha i could only afford lowering springs at the moment and till now my lazy butt still havent installed them and they have been sitting in my garage for almost a month now, good luck cant wait to see the final result, pics would be awesome!

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No these are macpherson, superstruts had the stickers on the rear windshield, also the suspension is a bit different.

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This is exactly where I got mine.

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This has been completed since I posted this pic. Today I adjusted them down to a 3" drop.

I got me a set too, i'm just waiting on delivery. post some pictures, I wanna know what my car is going to look like in the future...lol I got a white celi also.

phantom - they look wicked, but I hate the camber, that needs to be adjusted in mine.

dyin to see some pics!!!

TRDproven your killing us with the teaser pic!!! lol post the dam pic already! lol...

I will car is a bit dirty, and I need leveled ground. Will retune my damper again, softest setting proved to be nice in regular bumps but sucked in really deep ones - too soft.

do they come w/ the strut mounts, too?
And where's our pics

Megans come with the strut mounts. Yes I need to take pics, haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm eager to get home in time to get some daylight.

hey trd proven so you ever get around to getting some pics of before and after you did the 3 inch drop???

i see that megans are the best quality coilovers around. being that tanabe and tein are well known brands. Megan have all the adjustability you could every want and for a good price for around $950 with shipping included. they are also the stiffest coilovers available with 10k springs rate in front and 8k in the rear. tien ss are 7k and 5k.

megans have 32 adjustable dampening force which the tanabe and the tein only has 16 way adjustability. tein can go only go 2.5 inch drop in front and rear. whats the max drop on the megan coilovers?? So what setting do you have the dampening force at right now. what # setting do you have it on??
1-8 track use
9-16 for canyon's/ agressive driving
17-32 for common street use.


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can you elaborate on this. what do you mean you need to adjust camber. when you do alignment wont camber bolts fix this???

also when you are adjusting ride height, that can be done witth the struts installed, right.

bump (whatever that means, i always see members posting that after nobody replies to their reply after a while)

Sorry man, i do not have recent pics of it. But I did drop it over 3 inches because when I had the intrax they were about a 2in drop. When I put on the megans without adjusting it yet, the gap closed. From there i did a significant drop again and then recently i did a quarter inch drop again. Actually I have pics in the multimedia section of the post a pic of your celica. It is not evident of the over 3 in drop but no way i can put my finger in that fender even if i slanted my fingers upwards.

how stiff is the ride out of the box? do you know what number setting it is on? being that there is 1-32 levels of adjustable dampening...

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you can make it even softer than stock and fine tune it all the way to stiff. the question you are asking is basically you can get whatever feel you want. Unlike ksports those are pretty stiff no matter what tune. I'm at 20 which falls under common street use. The difference between this and Tein is most of the time if you don't pay the extra bucks you dont get Teins mount. Also the difference in adjustability is tein skips the in betweens so you can't fine tune it as much as megan.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Sep 27, 2009 - 10:07 AM

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yea thats exactly what I have theres only one type for our celicas

Hmmm, I don't see the pictures. Must be a problem with my browser.

i put some coil springs on mine and it made it like 2 inches higher! what did i do wrong

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Are you using something like this?



If so, you need to lower the two lower collars down the threaded sleeve.

As much as Megan is such a silly name for a company, I've read nothing but good things about their products. I was thinking of the K-Sports for the Celica but after reading that Nissan thread, I think I will ignore that fact and buy them...obviously after reading what the OP has to say about them.

Megan indeed is a lousy name but their products are amazing from suspension to performance parts especialy for their price.

the problem with coil sleeves/springs is that you adjust height by adjusting the spring load to make the springs tighter and closer. Problem with that is you jack up the spring rates and ride comfort. True coilovers adjust on the lower side, meaning it does not touch the spring load but adjusts by making the whole assembly shorter, thus you still have the lower ride height with the good ride comfort.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 4, 2009 - 6:42 AM