Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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They get a glowing report from me. A year of street racing abuse & a couple of trackdays - no problems and handled on rails!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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same, infact i hear very few bad reports, people arent going to come online and make random threads about something being good but they will about something being bad, and iv not seen much of it so thats not a bad sign
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Thing is Adam, they are cheap coilovers, but they do what they need to do & they do it very well IMO
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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not that cheap, not like they are ebay specials, id say more midrange
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Yeah probs right tbh, AP's for mine were £600, I went with BC's purely because they offered extra adjustment
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Could just be a dodgy batch of metal or assembly, does happen.
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lee303
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Registered: 1st Jul 08
Location: under the nova usually
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they’re cheap cos they are fixed rate, hence cheaper to make, just because they are made in the fk factory doesn’t guarantee anything tbh, does sound like the damper has been bottoming out though, or there wouldn’t be any loadings large enough to snap a piston
the fact that the snapped at all rather than bent is a bit of a worry though, possibly a material issue in a batch or whatever, definitely get them back to AP though for investigation
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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fk's are crap though arent they.... so being made in the same factory as them isnt a positve :S
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Sure it was kw, in fact I'm sure they are made by kw as some sort of budget brand of there's
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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From the internet
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AP & KW Are the same company. the AP's are well made and adjustment is easy. I have used a nice heavy wax on them for protection, as i have never had coilover's before i was pleased with how easy they are to adjust... Slepy when mine are removed feel free to make me an offer..
[Edited on 26-09-2011 by Steve]
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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the 'internet' can tell you what you want to hear...
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FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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well the good this is that at least they went at slow speed not in a situation when it could have been very bad news!
on another note, ap are the same company as kw, ap being a cheaper option!
so where do Weitec come in to things now, cos they also are made by kw and advertise as being made by kw also but being a cheaper coilover!
so ap, Weitec, and kw are all the same company!
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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KW - ok
Weitec - middle?
AP - pish?
Is that the order?
Cheap suspension is normally cheap for a reason...... cheaper materials for example, less precise engineering/tolerances another
Either way - the AP's still shouldnt have snapped both pistons  (if they were fitted correctly)
Did they have bump stops?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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AP are not pish won some awards for brilliant
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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ap are cheaper because they dont have as much control as the others eg rebound adjustment
build quality wise they are no worse in fact i wouldnt be surprised is a lot of the components are the same!
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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you can still build things well with inferior materials 
hehehe
How much were both your susp kits? £400 or so??
You cant expect excellent, award winning, long lasting, top of the line suspension in that price range.
PS - I'm just winding you up now! Steve - you have shite suspension!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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lol they seem to range 500-700 depending on car
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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How much miles are on the coilovers? Even the cheapest of the cheap shouldn't really give way in such a manner on both sides 
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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basically everyone should own a ford puma to experience a real drivers car
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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ptffff
no comment
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Fitted incorrectly?
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Kw own weitec, they are made in different factories, I never heard anything about ap apart from everyone on cs loves them.
I tend to take advice from corsa owners carefully, as slot most of it is guess work
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
basically everyone should own a ford puma to experience a real drivers car
I think you need to behave yourself.
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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no one in here owns a corsa
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lee303
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Registered: 1st Jul 08
Location: under the nova usually
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not sure how anyone can defend them as being good when clearly they use such cheap materials and material treatment that the damper rods were brittle enough to snap tbh, installed wrongly or not that should not happen, and if they came with bumpstops or even if the factory ones were refitted then there is no way there should be enough compressive loads on the damper tube to give enough laterals for it to have the movement needed to snap
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