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Offline damien010685

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #11 on: 19 March 2013, 21:32 »
They were on sale not long ago reduced from 500 to 279.00thibk it was the main FK site

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #12 on: 19 March 2013, 22:23 »
Had some fk sport edition plus 2 years ago. Cost me 460. Shocks had gone within 12 months. I definitely didn't think they were worth the money :undecided:

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #13 on: 19 March 2013, 22:54 »
My brothers got kw variant 2 on his fiesta st dont know how long theyve been on the car or the millage done but the thing is like a rally car you almost cant tell your cornering its on rails think they set the previous owner back around 1K i think you get what you pay for really with suspension 

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #14 on: 19 March 2013, 23:42 »
Had some fk sport edition plus 2 years ago. Cost me 460. Shocks had gone within 12 months. I definitely didn't think they were worth the money :undecided:

Many people run Fk without probs sounds like you were unlucky chief 2 yr warranty with FK coils surely u got a return or replacement?

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #15 on: 20 March 2013, 08:00 »
They said they stopped doing them haha. Bought some joms as a cheap replacement.

Wish I had the money for kw! This car is too costly.

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #16 on: 20 March 2013, 10:20 »
KW is Epic but as said to a lot of people 1 grand on suspension is a lot of cash!  The Fk Highsport and Silverline range get great reviews from various forums as rich says you pay for what you get

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #17 on: 20 March 2013, 10:59 »
get the cheapest you can find. ive had them on all 3 of my mk4's and 2 of my BMW's ranging from eibach, weitec, hotuning, FK,and jamex

and i found all of them are the same except for the jamex as they were extremely bad.

Offline AD1.8T

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #18 on: 20 March 2013, 11:14 »
My view on weitec vs jom as ive had both

Joms: corrode quite easily if not looked after, ALOT CHEAPER THAN WEITECS, softer/bouncier ride than W's and no tab for r32 arb

Weitecs: again corrode badly if not looked after, expensive, very harsh ride, does have tab for arb, and dont look cheap like the joms

My personal opinion is that i wasted £400 on them when my joms were perfectly fine !

Go for joms you get a lengthy warranty just make sure you grease the ballbags out of them

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Re: New coilovers advice
« Reply #19 on: 20 March 2013, 11:32 »
You will get brand new AP Coilovers for 400 and they are 3 times better than joms. The cheap coilovers are horrific, even more so when very low.


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