M559 WOW
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Are these still the best suspension kits to go for without spending silly amounts of money??
want to lower mine about 60mm so it looks sumthn similar to c20lets corsa after seeing the pics in that thread!! haha
cheers
jon
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Nic Barnes
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there good so i hear
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Fad
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Crap in my opinion
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corsa120
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no probs with mine its just camber if u dont get it done ull eat tyres in 1000 miles
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Fad
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grease the grooves where you wind it up and down as they always rust and then ajusting is a problem
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Karen
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got avo on the corsa
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
do they rust badly? and what do you think of g-max?
I was going to buy a second hand set off my mates corsa when he was breaking it went to look at them and they were rusty to fcuk after three months.
Then I looked at a set of coilovers on my mates mk2 Golf and they were in the same condition he's since binned them as he couldnt sell them and FK didnt want to know either. He got some HR coilovers instead 
As for Gmax they aint half as bad as people make them out to be, Rus has them on his car and they are quite adequete. I wouldnt buy them myself as i've been using Koni's for five years now 
Fk are parp
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corsa120
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my old g-max were very good i have to say for price
to many peeps expect formula 1 cornering for 230 notes, aint gonna happen is it
im soon changing my fk high sports for koni yellows
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa120
my old g-max were very good i have to say for price
to many peeps expect formula 1 cornering for 230 notes, aint gonna happen is it
im soon changing my fk high sports for koni yellows
I have Koni yellows and mate the XE handles soo much better since i did the tracking My first set of Konis did around 60K miles and then got tired best shock I have had
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corsa120
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kool fad cheez
i trust u no bullshit lol 
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Fad
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PaulW
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i cant fault my spax setup... although they do tend to rust quickly
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M559 WOW
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im using nova suspension on mine now, and the rides abit harsh! thats why i want to get some proper suspension for it!! so its looking like koni's then now is it??
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c20tb0
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FAD any coil over will seize unless there greased or wax oiled on the threads az there constantly exposed to road debris and everthing else a car gets on the road even konis doesnt matter how much u spend,personally i pref ledas altho pricey!
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Siberia
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the only thing i can fault on the fks is the stupid fecking camber setup... its a pain in the arse to get right...
my advise would be to buy some adjustable topmounts if your buying fk's...
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c20tb0
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I run fully adjustable ledas on my nova with spherical top mounts and uniball bottom arm joints. set up with 2 deg negative castor and 1 1/4 deg positive camber using profeshional guages and corner weights. even if u put adj top mounts ull still have to get ur geometry set up like me. only problem is not a great amount of places have the facilities and its not cheap.
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Siberia
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my thinking behind the adjustable top mounts would be that you can get the camber almost right at the elongated hole on the coilover then fine adjust it at the top mount...
seems impossible/or a right load or arse to try and get them bang on at the elongated hole on the coilover itself...
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loo_goblin
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mine r doing me great, still sitting in the box waiting to b fitted 
i got the stainless steel ones tho so shouldn't have tooo many problems
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Siberia
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^Id still cake them in copper grease!
[Edited on 07-12-2005 by Siberia]
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loo_goblin
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i plan to
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M559 WOW
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does the FK highsport kit hav camber adjustment on them?? how much are the koni yellows that peeps seem to think are quite good??
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3CorsaMeal
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i rather buy the better shock/spring combo then getting cheap coilovers for same price
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Siberia
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yes the highsports have the camber adjustment on them...
koni yellows are about 90 quid a shock or about 300ish for a full kit with springs...
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M559 WOW
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3CM i have been thinking the same thing in work this afternoon, and it would be alot less hassle than getting coilovers and having to mess with the camber and all that kind of stuff. As i have gathered from this thread that there is little point in buying a cheaper set of coilovers just to say i have got some, il leave them to the rallycar im building i think, but splash out on a proper set when i have saved up more!
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Ojc
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I think I will get the FK's for the Nova, but I won't have the same problem as you guys have with the rusting as the Nova only sees the road in good conditions and the warmer months.
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