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scooby222

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scooby222

scooby222

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these arrived this week to hopefully solve my suspension woes!

apex coilovers from the groupbuy on sn,so far very impressed with the quality-front and rear pillowball adjustable topmounts with remote adjusters for soft/hard for the rear struts. just got to get them on now-any volunteers to help a mechanical numpty!

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euan_r

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very nice min.

too far away to give you a hand unless your out visiting yer uncle sometime.

shouldnt be too hard to do as theres no dismantling of strut assembly.

just the bleeding of brakes but looking at new dampers you could cut lines out of old dampers and pass them through new ones. i would err on side of caution and just bleed the brakes because knowing me i would end up sawing through brake line too.

whats the remote adjusting, electric motors on top?

scooby222

scooby222

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nope,no electric motors unfortunately-its a length of cable about 6-8" with a nut that fits over the adjuster knob on the damper and extends into the boot. simple but should work!

have chickened out so booked into awd on tuesday then progrip after a few miles.

il let you know how they feel soon after Grant-cant wait to try them!

thewelsho

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Wooo nice one, enjoy getting your eyeballs rattled about! Ha! Was doing a spot of sprited driving today on a farm road and nearly shattered every one of my lower vertebrae. But, I'd still rather have my COs as not have them :)

scooby222

scooby222

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il take the rattling if it stops the car feeling like a boat! was out for a run this afternoon and each wheel was settling into the corner at a different time-if this doesnt work its an integra for me!!

(well not really,but maybe itl behave if i threaten it enough lol!)

thewelsho

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il take the rattling if it stops the car feeling like a boat!

yeah, I'd like to drive a Scoob with standard suspension again, just to be reminded how bad it is!

scouk

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Interested to hear the review of these too..

My rear dampers are stuffed after just over a year since replacing and getting some nasty knocks from the rear end.. Need somthign stronger! But sadly I do have to drive down a sort of farm road each day for work which doesn't help...

thefastone

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HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew that Euan would be be in it!!!! Aint nuthin he cannae do with is hammer and angle grinder!!!!!!!!!!

:):angry:;):) :) :D :D :D:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

toby69

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Nice I did think about them before I bought the Tein's but decided I liked the idea of the EDFC with the Tein's.

If I didn't have so much stuff in my garage and it wasn't so cold or dark at nights now I would've gave you a hand to change them. Shouldn't take any longer than 90 minutes :) lol!

scooby222

scooby222

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im sure theyl be like velvet slippers! :lol:

you sorted out new suspension for Jacquis beastie yet or are you too busy with the four legged beastie? :D

cheers Toby,it was either these or the teins and i figured at half the price id give them a go! got plenty of space in my garage but awd's going to fit them on wed then progrip hopefully at the weekend.

expect pics on wed night!!

Gee Wr1

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im sure theyl be like velvet slippers! :lol:

you sorted out new suspension for Jacquis beastie yet or are you too busy with the four legged beastie? :D

Nope not yet, it hibernates in the winter so no rush. Let us know how you get on with your new kit might add them to the options list.

scooby222

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well got them on yesterday and it looks great! will get some pics up when i see the car in daylight :) !

would have liked it a bit lower but its as low as practicality allows- Andy at awd said the first height they tried looked awesome but they couldnt get it off the ramps :thumbup:

so thoughts so far ,bearing in mind its getting set up at progrip on monday so is on awd's best eye settings and how crappy the roads are

its definitely a lot firmer,bit more of a thump over potholes but doesnt upset me or the car,and can be set softer yet

slightly more road noise and vibe in the cabin, but again not much and not enough to bother me

it feels much more like a classic now sitting down in it rather than perched up high

much flatter through bends and feels more stable,less back end twitchy

no pitching from side to side as it did on the knackered sti shocks, and no dive/squat under heavy braking acceleration

so so far so good,im already quite happy that for me ive done the right thing and i think they could be made soft/high enough for a daily town driver. will give a final opinion once its been set up and done a few miles

now just have to wait for the first day i have to use it for work-forest tracks may be an issue :gay:

scooby222

scooby222

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:blink: cheers Gee!!

cheers jen,its the best thing ive done to the car,shouldve done it ages ago.

thanks Peter,yea they are rays vspeed 18" -only 7.4kg each and so far only one mark on them!!

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