whats the difference..

[BartekPL219]

What is the difference between a "coil over kit" and a "cup kit"? I'm planning to lower my car on coils this upcoming summer, but looking online right now i also see those "cup kits", which look like the same thing as a coil over kit?? My car is a daily driver, i don't do autox or any of that; and my guess is that those cup kits are made more for the autox crew?

 

[philwest21]

Pretty sure a cup kit is just dampers/shocks and springs. No adjustability.

 

[bhmkv]

Cup fixed is fixed lowering
Coilovers can be adjusted

 

[Deezz_Nuttz]

This is a reason why i hate the term "coilover"... Our cars are already on coil springs

"Coilovers" have adjustable perches where the coil springs sit on that allows you to adjust height

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[philwest21]

Aren't they called coilovers because they go over the body of the shock more than OE?

 

[brian9892]

Technically, "coilover" just means a spring (coil) wrapped around the strut. So in actuality, the rears of our cars don't have true coilovers. The term has just come to mean an aftermarket spring/strut kit that allows height adjustment

 

[BartekPL219]

Cup fixed is fixed lowering
Coilovers can be adjusted

ah, that makes sense now

 

[VMRWheels]

Technically, "coilover" just means a spring (coil) wrapped around the strut. So in actuality, the rears of our cars don't have true coilovers. The term has just come to mean an aftermarket spring/strut kit that allows height adjustment

+1

Coilover literally means a coil spring over a shock haha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilover

We've just come to recognize the term coilovers as adjustable coilovers. Anyway though, "cup kit" to my knowledge means just a spring and shock combo that is non-height adjustable. "Coilovers" would be height adjustable and in some cases damping adjustable. :smile: