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The general consensus on cheap coilovers is that they will work fine as long as you understand what you're buying.

They won't have very good or very consistent damping characteristics (compression or rebound) when compared to more expensive dampers but that may not really matter if all you're doing is regular street driving. They may not last as long as more expensive dampers but then again, that also may not matter. And they will allow you to easily set the ride height and they will look much nicer.

Will you notice the lack of performance? Hard to say. Casual driving, probably not much. Spirited driving, maybe. Track, very likely.

Just realize that they are a downgrade from the stock unadjustable dampers in terms of performance but you get the ability to adjust the ride height. Therein lies the tradeoff.