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Offline bricey

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aftermarket spring
« on: 12 October 2011, 18:50 »
does it matter if you buy a cheap £100 set or best to get the dearer ones.
would the cheaper ones be prone to snapping
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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #1 on: 12 October 2011, 19:08 »
uprate your shocks aswell, why no coilovers?

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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #2 on: 12 October 2011, 19:11 »
coilover on the isle of wight is not so good i found that out in my evo5,
dodnt las so long,i wouldnt mind some bilstein shock but they are a bit pricey for the 4mo
the las time i checked
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Offline damien010685

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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #3 on: 12 October 2011, 22:01 »
Eibach springs are bloody good mate and about £130 a set of 4

Offline barrym381

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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #4 on: 12 October 2011, 22:10 »
ive got koni sport shocks an eibach springs an r32 anti-rollbar they make a big diffrence from standard set-up
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Offline Dave_IOW

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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #5 on: 12 October 2011, 22:58 »
Remember Bricey has a 4slowtion so he has to pay more for everything  :grin:

Coilovers aint that bad mate, our bloody work lane is however  :laugh:
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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #6 on: 12 October 2011, 23:07 »
Remember Bricey has a 4slowtion so he has to pay more for everything  :grin:

Coilovers aint that bad mate, our bloody work lane is however  :laugh:
hes got the same as me then  :grin: :grin: an the konis work ok

Offline Wayne

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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #7 on: 13 October 2011, 00:02 »
Better to fit a matched set of springs and shocks.

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Re: aftermarket spring
« Reply #8 on: 13 October 2011, 07:01 »
Remember Bricey has a 4slowtion so he has to pay more for everything  :grin:
Coilovers aint that bad mate, our bloody work lane is however  :laugh:
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eibach it is  :smiley:
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