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 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:26 am |
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to be fair, if you go for coilover at least go for bilstein B14
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:29 am |
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| JE_180 wrote: |
| I have heard that spax are a hard setup though, I kind of like a firm suspension setup if I'm honest, if it's soft it doesn't make me think it's sporty and would handle well. |
it is easy to setup the suspension to have "hard" ride without changing the spring 
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:30 am |
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Okay to be fair my shocks are on the hardest setting and the coilovers on the front are wound down almost max i should be expecting a solid ride.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:33 am |
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Joined: Jan 06, 2011
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Location: Wiltshire
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| Seabook wrote: |
| to be fair, if you go for coilover at least go for bilstein B14 |
B14's are way overpriced. Anything from KW/Weitec/AP are supposed to be very good, the only ones I've tried out of those are KW's and I was very impressed.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:46 am |
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I have had AVO on mine since august last year and cant fault them they have been awesome for me although someone else on here had nothing but problems with them so 
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:24 am |
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I suppose the word i was looking for is 'firm'
so not solid or soft. Just the right tightness 
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:38 am |
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lmao. I have a dirty mind...
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:40 am |
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| JE_180 wrote: |
| lmao. I have a dirty mind... |
tbh i thought the same when writing it so its all good :D.
can't beat a bit of firm bounce, each to there own tho if callum likes a rock hard ride 
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:41 am |
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You guys do know that it's the springs that affect the ride, you can probably get softer springs if you really want....
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:43 am |
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| Seb wrote: |
| You guys do know that it's the springs that affect the ride, you can probably get softer springs if you really want.... |
What do you mean by softer springs ?
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:44 am |
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| PugJH wrote: |
| JE_180 wrote: |
| lmao. I have a dirty mind... |
tbh i thought the same when writing it so its all good :D.
can't beat a bit of firm bounce, each to there own tho if callum likes a rock hard ride |
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:48 am |
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| Callum206 wrote: |
| Seb wrote: |
| You guys do know that it's the springs that affect the ride, you can probably get softer springs if you really want.... |
What do you mean by softer springs ? |
Eibach ones lol
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:49 am |
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| Callum206 wrote: |
| Seb wrote: |
| You guys do know that it's the springs that affect the ride, you can probably get softer springs if you really want.... |
What do you mean by softer springs ? |
It's the spring that denotes how stiff the ride itself is for the most part, the dampers really only come into play when they're being properly compressed.
Springs are measured by poundage, for example I have 425 fitted on the front of my car and 475 on the rear, fitting a lower poundage spring will give you a softer ride. It's how much is required to compress the spring by 1 inch.
So a 100lb spring will require 100lbs to compress it by an inch, a 400lb spring, will require, surprise surprise, 400lbs to compress it one inch! Hence why lower poundage springs are softer as they compress much easier.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:52 am |
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| Seb wrote: |
| Callum206 wrote: |
| Seb wrote: |
| You guys do know that it's the springs that affect the ride, you can probably get softer springs if you really want.... |
What do you mean by softer springs ? |
It's the spring that denotes how stiff the ride itself is for the most part, the dampers really only come into play when they're being properly compressed.
Springs are measured by poundage, for example I have 425 fitted on the front of my car and 475 on the rear, fitting a lower poundage spring will give you a softer ride. It's how much is required to compress the spring by 1 inch.
So a 100lb spring will require 100lbs to compress it by an inch, a 400lb spring, will require, surprise surprise, 400lbs to compress it one inch! Hence why lower poundage springs are softer as they compress much easier. |
this is true.
however a weak spring with a hard damper will give you a very stiff ride too.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:55 am |
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| JE_180 wrote: |
| Seabook wrote: |
| to be fair, if you go for coilover at least go for bilstein B14 |
B14's are way overpriced. Anything from KW/Weitec/AP are supposed to be very good, the only ones I've tried out of those are KW's and I was very impressed. |
KW Variant 1 are same price or slightly higher than B14....
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