Steel Bodied coilovers

[kawaiid]

The main merit to aluminum bodied coilovers is weight savings. Aluminum bodied coilovers are extremely light.

I think Zeal only uses aluminum for the bodies when it's not a strut type suspension. Aluminum would be a bit too brittle for type of loads that strut type suspensions experience.

I heard they have the option of being aluminum bodied, however it's only offered for non-strut type suspensions.

For an S-chassis, the fronts will be steel (and inverted) and the rears will be aluminum.

[A Spec Products]

Originally Posted by kawaiid

Zeal only uses aluminum for the bodies when it's not a strut type suspension. Aluminum is a bit too brittle for type of loads that strut type suspensions experience.

Correctamundo

The reason Brian has steel front Zeals on his S14 is because the Zeals came with his car (when he bought it)

The Zeals from the previous owner was purchased a while back obviously, so at that time, I guess they were allowing aluminum for all around (front + rear)

Then at a drifting event (I think Cali Speedway back in the day), he snapped the fronts, which he then got replaced and serviced back to proper spec by Endless USA

On a side note, KBee's are not aluminum, except for maybe the upper mounts