Mieran
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I would get some 300lbs for your FKs and see how that feels.
Shame you can't upgrade back ones.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Rich H
Bilstein B10 kit is around £450 on the sites I've seen! There's 1 kit on eBay for £320 atm but I can't afford it atm anyway! Presumably buy a kit for a Corsa then source the uprated poundage springs from Bilstein btw?
Cheers James, I'll drop him a PM 
I paid £310 Brand spanking new!!!
Then bought 300lb springs 2nd hand seperatly for £50. 
You can get the springs from Bilstein, or contact Courtenay sport who usually have the fronts in stock.
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Rich H
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Cheers Damo - if I can find them for that sort of price I'll snap them up! Better get saving the pennies!
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Rich H
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Still can't find B10's below £450ish other than the one set on eBay!
Stumbled across these:
http://www.dcperformance.co.uk/cheap/335743/vauxhall/weitec-hicon-gt-coilover-kits/wi13260042.html
and I'm sure I've heard positive things about Weitec in the past (or am I imagining things?) £365 inc VAT and delivery...
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Daimo B
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Try V-tuning and Dave., tell him Daimo with the purple corsa sent you. If he can still get them im sure he can sort out a nice deal for you.
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Adam_B
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Does the car have a whiteline rear anti roll bar?
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Rich H
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Yup it does Adam
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jr
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Originally posted by VXR
Try V-tuning and Dave., tell him Daimo with the purple corsa sent you. If he can still get them im sure he can sort out a nice deal for you.
are they even about anymore
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Adam_B
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On mine I had fk for a bit. I thought they were crap, even for the price. Too hard and crashy for the mojority of roads over here. Swapped to some fixed konis with (i think) courtenay sport springs that were aparently specific for XE corsas but they were even worse and left the car at standard ride height. So I went for a Koni coilover kit and adjustable mounts which was quite dear but it almost made it handle well 
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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Bilstein b12 kit (springs and dampers) every day for me over any sub £800 coilover kit.
i can supply bilstein at very very reasonable prices
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Nic Barnes
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i had spax rsx on turbo for last couple of years. were not bad. now on gaz and they are much better.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
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Fixed height suspension on a Corsa everytime for me.
IMO small light cars with coilovers is a no no.
Oh, had adj Koni's on mine with 40mm springs and even on the stiffest setting they were far to crashy.Setting it just a tad softer made it even worse and on the softest setting,it felt dangerously bouncy.
[Edited on 10-02-2010 by Corsa_Sport21]
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Nic Barnes
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i need to adjust height so its ideal for me.
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
IMO small light cars with coilovers is a no no.
because?...
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Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
IMO small light cars with coilovers is a no no.
because?...
Ive been in a few and the ride is terrible compared to bigger cars with coilovers.
May have just been the make but i much prefer springs that are matched to the shocks.Surely coilover springs cant be designed to give a good ride at any height unlike a fixed rate set-up?
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jr
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Lol I wondered that to haha
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Nic Barnes
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dont see why they cant?
people assume with coil overs can just lower it millions of amount. but they dont under stand pre loud on spring etc which causes the bad ride. if you have coilovers set properly, whats going to make that an awful ride? or any different to fixed rate?
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Corsa_Sport21
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IMO.
Whats the point of coilovers apart from lowering it to the desired height??
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Nic Barnes
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whats the point in any lowering kit then?
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Corsa_Sport21
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I asked you 1st.
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Nic Barnes
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thing with coilovers is that people dont technically get is although the shocker is thread quite a lot, doesnt mean the springs that you get with the kit are actually suitable to be used to lower it as a daft example 150mm. this is where the problem with ride quality comes from. as you are lowering a car on coilovers that say are designed to opperate between 30 and 60mm down beyond 100mil.
the spring is too long, and you are putting too much load on it causing bouncy and poor ride. you can buy shorter springs which will be a lot better to say do that.
coilovers with springs matched for what you are wanting are great.
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
IMO.
Whats the point of coilovers apart from lowering it to the desired height??
thats why alot of people buy £299 coilover kits, they just want to go low!
the real point is to set the ride height properly so you can get the weight balance exactly right, they are also a stiffer unit (well decent ones are) and not as in stiff ride, so they have less flex, my bilstein pss9 kit on the corsa is a more comfortable ride than any other suspension kit iv ever had and the handling is spot on with it compared to the others i have tried.
a well set up decent coil over unit is well worth the money, other than that the bilstein b12 or b10 is my second and third choice.
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gazza808
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Registered: 30th Jun 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Fixed height suspension on a Corsa everytime for me.
IMO small light cars with coilovers is a no no.
Oh, had adj Koni's on mine with 40mm springs and even on the stiffest setting they were far to crashy.Setting it just a tad softer made it even worse and on the softest setting,it felt dangerously bouncy.
[Edited on 10-02-2010 by Corsa_Sport21]
wrong spring rates 
go harder and set the rebound softer much better ride.
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