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 Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:17 am |
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Does anyone on here run like good coilovers lowered all the way down?
Cheers
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:51 am |
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i run my coilovers all the way down with helper springs removed yes why
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:52 am |
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What make are they?
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:59 am |
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fk street
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:30 am |
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I mean more expensive ones like Gaz or Avo etc.
thanks tho
have you been for mot yet with no helpers?
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:37 am |
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What's the point? Doesn't matter how good they are if they are just on the bump stops just get cheap ones and ruin them.
Also helpers are irrelevant for MOT as long as the are secure whilst the car is sitting down, as appose to jacked up.
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:06 am |
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| Harry wrote: |
What's the point? Doesn't matter how good they are if they are just on the bump stops just get cheap ones and ruin them.
Also helpers are irrelevant for MOT as long as the are secure whilst the car is sitting down, as appose to jacked up. |
So do all good ones just f**k when lowered all the way down?
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:20 pm |
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You could spend thousands and buy loads to test, but unless you do no one can say as people have ran the cheapest ones on the market for years with no problems (even wound fully down) and had expensive ones that broke after a year or two.
Aside from the quality the extra cost comes from the time and money invested into maximising the component's performance - making the car sit on the bump stops just seems to make it all pointless so you may as well just some cheap ones.
My opinion anyway..
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:32 pm |
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| Harry wrote: |
You could spend thousands and buy loads to test, but unless you do no one can say as people have ran the cheapest ones on the market for years with no problems (even wound fully down) and had expensive ones that broke after a year or two.
Aside from the quality the extra cost comes from the time and money invested into maximising the component's performance - making the car sit on the bump stops just seems to make it all pointless so you may as well just some cheap ones.
My opinion anyway.. |
See what you saying i just hate the banging noises and that 
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:56 pm |
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Expensive ones will bang if you have it that low - there is 0 suspension travel 
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:17 pm |
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| Harry wrote: |
| Expensive ones will bang if you have it that low - there is 0 suspension travel |
Life then of a lowered car
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:18 pm |
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have to agree completely with harry. if you're gonna be sitting on bumpstops anyway id get cheap coilovers and a good set of lower arms and top mounts instead to take the beating
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:20 pm |
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So powerflex rubbers and just new bearings for top mount?
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:29 pm |
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Do you want decent good quality coilovers. Look Gaz Gold, KW Variant 2 or my prefer Bilstein B14.
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:38 pm |
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| Schumi wrote: |
| Do you want decent good quality coilovers. Look Gaz Gold, KW Variant 2 or my prefer Bilstein B14. |
Gaz where the ones I was going to get am running the dampers on back.
But if the maxed down like people said whats point?
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