gsirick
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ive got 40mm springs on my gsi at the moment but am gettin some zoni adjustables for the front with 60mm springs. the rear are spax springs and dampers.
how do people think it will handle?
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Steve X16XE
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Better than standard but not great. Get some braces front and rear and a rear ARB. Thats what i'm doing now 
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gsirick
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have got a front brace, it handles pretty well now (after fitting two new ball joints) but one of my front springs has a coil missing (snapped off) so im having a set of adjustable koni's and maybe a set of gaz rear adjustable dampers of dave a.
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matt_t586
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my spax adjustables are excellent rear is fixed at 60mm and front can go as low as 130 or something ive got it around 70,80 my car handles like a go kart! Uprated polly bushes aswell - no strut brace as cant fit it on with my dablis inlet manifold in the way!!!
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Mark.W
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do the braces fitted to the front really make much difference,i dont really fancy drilling holes in my engine bay tbh
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gsirick
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_t586
my spax adjustables are excellent rear is fixed at 60mm and front can go as low as 130 or something ive got it around 70,80 my car handles like a go kart! Uprated polly bushes aswell - no strut brace as cant fit it on with my dablis inlet manifold in the way!!!
have you got the spax rsx? i had them on my nova srt40 and my corsa sport, loved them. am thinking of uprating the bushes on mine using polly bushes. mite get a rear brace and uprated front roll bar.
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gsirick
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quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
do the braces fitted to the front really make much difference,i dont really fancy drilling holes in my engine bay tbh
you dont have to drill any hole mate, they fit onto your top mounts where the two bolts are that fix the suspension strut to the strut.
they do make abit of a difference, i wripped the front wheel of my gsi in the snow and the strut brace saved the suspension and the strut.
[Edited on 25-07-2007 by gsirick]
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Mark.W
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hhm may look into purchasing one.....where the cheapest place to get them?
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Hamish
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tbh, i would spend money on better suspension first rahter than bothering with new bushes, ARB's and strut braces etc etc.
Get yourself some bilstein fixed rate stuff or gaz coilovers and see how it handles from there
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gsirick
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im gonna get the suspension sorted first, can you get polly bushes for the rear axle (where it fixes to the chassis?)
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ed
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60mm drop is too much for handling improvement.
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Warren G
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why?
lower center of gravity = less body roll = sharper turning
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gsirick
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
60mm drop is too much for handling improvement.
will it be best then to leave it at 40mm and just up-grade the shocks?
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Ben ev
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quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
do the braces fitted to the front really make much difference,i dont really fancy drilling holes in my engine bay tbh
only if they are straight across. these fancy shinny ones you see doing the ebay circuits that are sort of u shaped are absolutely useless apart from abit of underbonnet bling if that floats your boat
[Edited on 25-07-2007 by Ben ev]
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matt_t586
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40mm is pointless! looks half done and is nowhere near as good at handling!
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