Been reading more and the megan coils seem to be pretty unreliable so that are out. I started looking into BC coils because they seem to be pretty well like and i talked to a couple people on my local st Facebook page but i think when i look over everything i will still end up with the bilsteins.
Like i said, questionable entry level lol I've also run into threads that claim Megan Racing are just a rebranded BC racing coils. I tend to believe it as the BC coils i put on my wife's car have been troublesome.
The shocks blow in about 5k miles - replaced under warranty. Then the height adjuster on the driver side strut spins itself loose, repeatedly. This was after SEVERAL applications of blue and then ultimately red thread lock. Not even the red thread lock kept the lock ring in place. I could always tell when it happened because the driver side would be way up lol.
Eventually the threads had taken damage from the weight of the car. At that point i beat the hell out of the lock ring with a 4lb sledge to get the coil back down as the ring fused the strut insert. That wound up locking the coil for good. BC wouldn't warranty it cuz i beat the shit out of it. I bought the strut separately for $175 shipped. I will say BC is GREAT with replacement parts and are relatively cheap. But do take weeks to arrive. And the replacements haven't been a problem in the last 20,000 miles or so.
In fact her coils are probably due for a rebuild. It's cheap enough that i might just buy new struts for both sides and just have a set on deck for the next rebuild time frame. Now that i think about it, maybe i will put BC on the FiST lol. I've never seen an entry level brand with replacement parts so easy to order and at a decent price. And they have aSwift spring option for most kits. Not for nuthin, when i finally got everything sorted, the coils ride nice and handle really well. The only real caveat was having to cut the towers to make room for the camber plate i never use lol. Idk if i wanna hack the FiST up
So it was the lower lock ring, NOT the double stack rings for preload.
Easy enough to take apart and repair tho.