a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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currently my car has fk coilovers
the back is wound right down and front about halfway. i have powerflex bushes aswell
at present the handling is shite! feels skitish if you know what i mean.
any way the back needs lower so i was considering removing the height adjustable spring seats and getting some koni dampers, possibily whiteline rear anti roll bar.
need help info on good setups
if i do that to the back what would be good setup for front or should i keep current front 
i live in rural scotland and drive alot of shitty b roads and around town aswell
cheers
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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if you want it to handle dont go low
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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yeh 40 is lowest for best handling
also if u dont have camber on fk's done that will be causing front to be abit dodgy, rear arb are good and koni shocks a must for rear
im changing to koni's altogether as they seem good
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Filby1
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Registered: 12th Dec 03
Location: Brighouse
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i have a full striped out rear with poo gmax allround droped 60mm on jamex spings full polly bush set front and rear. was ok with that setup but i have just fitted a rear strut brace and whiteline rear bar now the car handles loads better no movment on rear at all and with my 15" et 42 wheels it handles great
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Filby1
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^^^^^^^^^^^
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Corsa E-Tec
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i thought the lower the better, even tho i'm just on eibach springs.
well i'm on koni and eibach -50 mm front and spax rsx -60 mm rear but is stripped so it just evens out.
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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think i am going to try get konis for the rear
i used to have bilstein kit -45mm and it was like a go kart, really stuck to the road well
will need to try and get the front set up properly somewhere i guess
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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bin the fk's for a start... konis are great! but.... why spend all that money?
if you can live with the ride i suggest bilsteins ultra low kit from tuning.co.uk...
200 notes... and the car WILL handle... like a dream to be honest...
[Edited on 30-12-2005 by Siberia]
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pllusy
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question on the same point. i have the fk coilovers up front with lowering spring and standard shocks on rear. the car is -40mm all round and ive had the front end set up on the computer. im happy with the ride+handling but would ideally like to change the shocks on the rear any suggestions?
the main reason for wanting to change the shocks is for shorter ones as when the car is on a ramp the srings jump out of the seats which will fail an mot.
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Ryan_G1
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Registered: 29th Aug 05
Location: East Ayrshire
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What are the Blistein ultra low kits like? If they are good i may purchase one soon 
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Filby1
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My bro just got a set for is astra mk3 the ultra low ones at -60mm ride is great and much improved over standard
Good quality too.
[Edited on 31-12-2005 by Filby1]
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a_j_mair
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i used to have the bilstein kit, not sure which one but it did handle great, going to sort out the back first then look at the fronts 
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broster
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i have koni yellows with 60mm jamex rear springs, whiteline rear arb, poly bushes all round, and avo coilovers on the front with standard arb, handles well, im putting some solid topmounts in and fit my koni yellows on the front too
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a_j_mair
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is it worth getting some of these to try sort out the front end?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-NOVA-CORSA-FIXED-ADJUSTABLE-TOP-MOUNTS_W0QQitemZ8026515529QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Filby1
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Registered: 12th Dec 03
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Getting the top mounts mate, fixed ones not Adjustable tho as fixed are mainly for Coilover use.
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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btw people, the bilstein cheap kits are a bit poo.
they use bilstein o.e struts (not shortened stroke) and cheap springs. not even made by bilstein in fact, just branded. hence the 1 year guarantee.
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
btw people, the bilstein cheap kits are a bit poo.
they use bilstein o.e struts (not shortened stroke) and cheap springs. not even made by bilstein in fact, just branded. hence the 1 year guarantee.
keep saying that i can't fault mine
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Dave A
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for a cheap kit they aint bad, i had them once. but when you upgrade to a 'proper' kit like the bilstein sprintline set-up, you realise how bad the cheap one was. i found it very harsh and bouncy.
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Rileysport
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no harsh bounciness here... 2.0 lump probably will kill them, a new setup is in the budget, just interested to see what happens 
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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spoke to garage there, he was talking about ecentric bottom bolts. said they are perfectly fine and cheapest way to sort out camber.
reckons i will be 2 degrees or so negative which isnt good.
car is going in on tuesday for diagnostic and to check suspension
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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i think you can get ecentric bolts from regal, dont think they are cheap tho.
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