FasT09
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just want to know how much the following wud cost. just estimates there bouts.
Full exhaust system
Full coilobver kit (a decent quality one)
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Butler
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£200
£400
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willhouse
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Originally posted by FasT09
just want to know how much the following wud cost. just estimates there bouts.
Full exhaust system
Full coilobver kit (a decent quality one)
for what reason do you want coilovers as oppossed to standard style dampers and springs??
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Ant
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for quality I would say
Exhaust
£300 - Janspeed
Coilovers
£600 GAZ/KW
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broster
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a decent quality coilpover kit, look more like 800+
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FasT09
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dont coilover kits make the ride more comfortable than buying seperate dampers and springs. plus i can lower it as much as i want.
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
a decent quality coilpover kit, look more like 800+
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M6RKK
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
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Originally posted by broster
a decent quality coilpover kit, look more like 800+
but for an average one, for your needs probs £400 Fk's
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willay
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i'd rather clamp my balls between two bricks then use FK's. hear lots of bad things about them
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FasT09
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but is it tru that coilovers give better ride than upgraded dampers and springs
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d128mat
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some gu on heres fk snapped clean in half the other week
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SAL
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iv had my fk's for two years and they have been good as gold...touch wood i think they might get a bad press some times because alot of people have them and due to the state of our roads coilovers in genaral get a good beating! mine are down nearly all the way on the front and maximum on the rear and the roads in herts are a rek! im glad they put up with it...
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willhouse
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quote:
Originally posted by FasT09
but is it tru that coilovers give better ride than upgraded dampers and springs
most are stiff as hell and shake your teeth out. you need to be looking at avo/leda/koni/kw coilovers to get anything any good for a corsa.
i believe Dave A is securing a deal with Avo on there coilovers if you really want coilovers that is, you may want to ask him. think he may have put a thread up about them a few days ago, have a look for that first.
my opinion is - if you after handling get a Bilstein Suspension kit for about 400 notes (Original style dampers and springs)
or if you are after ride height adjustment and a stiff ride dont spend any less than about 500 notes on coilovers, but even then i doubt they will make it handle much or hardly any better than bilsteins.
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Scotty C
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Originally posted by willay
i'd rather clamp my balls between two bricks then use FK's. hear lots of bad things about them
Yup me too. My mate's are are 4-5months old. Come to adjust them, and they've rusted so much, he snapped the adjuster on the suspension! so now he cant adjust them 
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Dave A
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I have an account with Gaz and can do some great deals, fitted one of their basic kits the other day and posted this thread up about it:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=324077
soooo comfy on the softest damping setting as well. not crashy or harsh even on the hardest. highly reccomended
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willhouse
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
I have an account with Gaz and can do some great deals, fitted one of their basic kits the other day and posted this thread up about it:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=324077
soooo comfy on the softest damping setting as well. not crashy or harsh even on the hardest. highly reccomended
oh yeah- sorry Dave- Gaz not Avo . They much better than the billy's then?? much more money too??
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Dave A
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theres not much in it handling wise between these and the bilteins, but probably cost the same. my bilsteins have the tarmac rally spec springs and damper inserts as well.
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bigrabbelfast
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some gu on heres fk snapped clean in half the other week
the guy in question had not assembled them properly.
i have had my fk's for over 6 months now with no probs,you just need to keep them greased and get the camber properly set up.
they are a wee bit harsh on the roads but if you can put up with it they are good for budget kit
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Dave A
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fk= cleverly banded shite IMO. same as Gmax, Pi and Jamex.
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FasT09
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only reason i was thinking of coilovers is cause i dont know how low i want my car. i want it as low as poss and so i can adjust em if needed.
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willhouse
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quote:
Originally posted by FasT09
only reason i was thinking of coilovers is cause i dont know how low i want my car. i want it as low as poss and so i can adjust em if needed.
well the only coilovers that are adjutable on ride height on the rear are the FK's
i think avo might do a kit that the rears are height adjustable too with proper rear coilover style dampers.
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Dave A
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with the Gaz kits I can offer height adjustable rears (full rear coilover)
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