Local Suspension Gurus, Check in
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Re: Local Suspension Gurus, Check in
Originally posted by mexicanpizza
I understand there is a trade-off between stiffness and handling
I understand there is a trade-off between stiffness and handling
Depending on how deep your pocket is, you should check this out. Prodrive had it at the last SEMA show.
http://www.prodrive-usa.com/news_article.asp?nid=10&a=0
There is also an article about it in Sport Compact Car
magazine (March issue).
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I'm running the same set up as you are at the moment (Perrin Sprigns, Whiteline 24mm RSB, endlinks, etc.) w/ KYB AGX struts. The struts definitely helps during the mid-corner scenarios you talk about. I live in the same area Gagan does, so I you do decide to come by and check out his car during the weekends, I'd be more than happy to let you take my car for a spin too. We can all meet up at MPJ/GB motorsports.
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$700 for the Ver. 8 stuff isn't that bad, i think i paid about $650-700 for my Spec-C hardware.
if you ever make it out to the BDG meets on thursdays, i'd be happy to take you for a ride in my car.
if you ever make it out to the BDG meets on thursdays, i'd be happy to take you for a ride in my car.
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Does anybody know anything about the whiteline spring/strut combo? They are advertised as being very comfortable, and are supposedly height adjustable. I don't know I could have it all wrong.
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i used to have perrin springs and i wasnt happy with them at all. Before i got rid of them my other suspension mods were cusco front and rear strut bars, cusco front sway bar, whiteline rear sway at 24mm, and falken azenis tires. The perrin springs were extremely soft and bounced around alot giving no performance gain really over stock. I recently got HKS Hipermax 2 coilovers and love them. They aren't very stiff with 7kg F and 5kg R springs. Compared to the perrin springs the ride is alot stiffer at what i have it at now but is also alot better. No longer do i bounce over little bumps. Currently i am at 19 clicks from full soft in the front and 20 from full soft in the rear. This is pretty good for street since i still absorb some bumps in rough turns and dont really loose traction. Ive ran them pretty stiff on smooth surfaces and its amazing, but for street surfaces that are pretty rough they are still amazing.
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Didn't mention it, but Eric : if you wanna test-drive my wagon to see if "coilover stiff" may not be so bad, just let me know....
Originally posted by mexicanpizza
Is this a good deal?
$700 shipped for new JDM V8 take offs, struts/springs/tophats?
Is this a good deal?
$700 shipped for new JDM V8 take offs, struts/springs/tophats?
MPJ will probably give you the best price, just offer mike some sweet lovin' or something
Yeah, hit me up sometime on PM, and we'll work out sometime to shoot the ****, and you can drive the car around.
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I have the Cusco zero-2's on my car. They are 'ok'. They don't have the inverted rear strut, so if you want to do the shock adjustment, you have to take your rear seat out, or at least unbolt them and move them forward to get to the top of the strut. Lot of adjustments, but they are a little on the stiff side even on the softest setting. Handles pretty well, though. Sounds like you would rather stick with the seperated shock and spring setup, though. Would be cheaper and I think for a street setup, you can get just about as good of performance. Not like you are taking turns doing 100+ on the streets....or are you? 
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I think you hit it on the head ^, just something passable for the streets, but that I would feel comfortable taking to the track sometime.
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