FE3P

The Hipermax RS is basically a Hipermax II that has been re-valved for the harsher road conditions of the U.S. etc. The RS has a slightly softer ride out of the box. The Hipermax II uses an 8kgf/mm spring in the front while the RS uses a 7kgf/mm spring. Both of the rears use a 5kgf/mm spring in the rear.

takahashi

After reading the whole thread... I am leaning towards the HKS Hypermax II now.

I am so confused!

First I am thinking Tein flex, then Tein flex and EDFC, now I am tossing between Fujita Engineering FM801 and HKS HII. To be honest, I think Fujita one is made by HKS but rebatch it and have a strong string setting. F10 and R6.

Dunno I think $1400 or so is a good price and I can get HKS HII in Hong Kong.

Thanks for you guys for the info... I am confident for the HKS now. Here I come HK. ...

By the way how much to they weigh? I want to be able to carry them in my luggage. Can the spring (the heaviest bit) be taken out and mail seperately??

teebee

Do you have to remove and reinstall any of the stock parts with this Hypermax II suspension or is the entire new suspension included in the package? Also, does anyone know if there are any other differences between the Hypermax II and the Hypermax RS besides the slightly softer front spring in the RS?

FE3P

The entire front shock assembly gets replaced. The rear requires the use of the stock upper mounts.

Outside of the valving and front springs, the only other differences are the color of the shock body and the price! In the U.S., the Hipermax RS' retail cost is $190 less than the Hipermax II http://www.hksusa.com/products/more.asp?id=1991.

RotorManiac

FE3P very good info my friend. I didn't know the spring rate values
Taka, come, join the club :D the teins are very good, but like I said to a friend of mine, the HKS are more hardcore, made-for-the-track suspension, yet very streetable too... maybe ordinary drivers like me won't see a great difference between the two. but one thing is for sure: they are made of better material and they are lighter than stock. teins are heavier I think, and upper mounts are not made of hardened aluminium like the HKS...

takahashi

Have seen the Tein life, yet to see HKS.

I think Tein is very heavy but I am not sure if it is heavier than stock.

Thanks guys. I will put HKS coilover into my family's X Mas list.

Taka

RotorManiac

does anyone know the stock spring rate?

XDEEDUBBX

I hope you have a good christmas tak! haha

takahashi

The first thing is to move to another house with an garage that does not have a steep driveway. I swear the house designer only had a 4WD in mind. And my car bottom plate scratches even it is stock height It will not be able to get it into the garage if my 8 is lowered

RotorManiac

I faced a problem with the rear damper controls the 'cables' were finished, but my mechanic kinda fix them. I couldn't turn them to change the stiffness. we uninstalled the whole rear suspension, and saw the metallic cable totally destroyed at the point where it attached to the coilover. we cut them, now they are sorter by 2cm and reinstalled them. now they seem to be working, but I think they are a bit fragile. hks should've made a better job with the controllers. anyway I hope they stay functional this time:o
on the other hand, I gave the car to my mechanic and he said the ride was very good, better than any other 8 he's tested with aftermarket suspension...

well you won't be the only one I can't go into my garage now... I know, it sucks, but I'm planning on using a sledgehammer and fixing the problem lol ...

XDEEDUBBX

Wow i never faced that issue with the rear controller. But then again i only played with it a few times. Well hopefully it stays fixed this time.