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9XX Girl!  



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yer morghen did stpulate
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not very expensive

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

this car has raised rear suspention ???


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

9XX Girl! wrote:
yer morghen did stpulate
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not very expensive

I know. That's why I think he should forget about rear coil overs. Waste of time and money on a street car in my opinion.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think i'd be better off with a set of thicker torsion bars...right now i have the 23mm ones and the car puts the ass down when i leave in a hurry.
take a look here @min 1:35: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFt1WVms2Ms
i was thinking of coilovers for the rear to avoid changing the torsion bars.

9xx Girl check out my signature...my car is preety low i'd say...there would be room for rising it just a tad...however i'll drop the rear coilovers ideea and probably get a set of stiffer torsion bars.

anyway...that 200$ conversion kit for the fronts looks very nice...i think i'm going to get one.
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9XX Girl!  



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yer, i did look into that idea but too much work involved as i would have to drop the rear beam. could not aford the down time as i need the car for work! but makes sence if you got the time
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ideola wrote:
You can get replacement Eibach springs in 50# increments, and they're not that expensive for just the spring itself, I think in the range of $60-$70 each.

actually it 25# up to 550# then 50# increments above that
http://eibach.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.exe/0368.2.4545805536000013301
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why would you get the mookah coilover sleeve kit when you can get teh paragon or ground control sleeve kit for like pennies more?
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Cedric  



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Morghen, the cheapest option by far up front is to buy adjustable spring seats at rallydesign. A friend of mine did that on his 924, workes really nice and you can choose by hundreds of springs.

The kit is 21£ per side, just add springs.

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3450

For my car I bougth 28mm torsion bars from clip1.com, pretty easy to install and gives a pretty stiff car, not at all to stiff of you dont have the dampers set to hard. If you want to get coil overs how about GAZ ? Or maybe AVO. GAZ is the cheapest one.

You wont brake anything with coil overs, race cars run haaaard springs and dampers on those without problems. The loads are way more than a pothole on the street. You havent seen swedish curbs yet
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morghen  



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks Cédric, i'm not specially looking for the cheapest stuff..but something that will be good and reliable on the street and not godly expensive...as i'm not into racing and i see no reason to throw money on expensive equipment so i can use it on sundays

thanks guys !
i'm going to make a comparison between all the options and see what i'll get.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cédric, thanks for the link. Which springs do you have in front with 28 t-bars in the rear?
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