was about the 100us range back when i got only the sleeves and springs in
mind you, i brought in a h&r sport cup kit from tirerack earlier in the year for about 180us via fedex
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was about the 100us range back when i got only the sleeves and springs in
mind you, i brought in a h&r sport cup kit from tirerack earlier in the year for about 180us via fedex
The 400lb/in I have in the front at the moment are a bit 'slow' and are stopping me from going as low as I would like to. I've acquired 12km/mm (670lb/in) and 14km/mm (780lb/in) springs so the regular yellows have to go!Quote:
Originally Posted by MM89
Definitely won't need top-hats with a 25mm shorter shock.
ordered a set of koni spss3's yesterday from top performance in vermont.
they are the koni distributors in melbourne and i highly recommend them.
very willing to discuss and teach their customers.
now just need to wait for the american exchange rate to jump up a little bit...
good luck with the new sussy :)
hope you have no regrets about it all
i've settled on a h&r cup kit for my ek street only car and don't see myself changing anytime soon :)
only regret is that i didn't purchase the ground control kit any earlier to avoid the dip in the exchange rate. oh well.
i think NLM has the cheapest price around at the moment for the GC kit. $322USD + $100ish USD shipping.
when ordering the kit, spring rate, spring length and I.D is also required, correct?
for the GC kit, is only 2.5" ID avaialble? or 2.25" as well?
is there a fairly common spring length that most people use?
Spring length is up to you and will determine if and how much the spring is preloaded at full droop for a given height setting. With a shortened shock with a droop limiter (i.e. spss3), you won't want to go for a stiff 8" spring or you won't be able to get the top-hat on unless you're slammed to the ground. Standard off the shelf GC rates run 8" front and 7" rear springs. 6" springs don't seem to be common until you get to the more serious rates (800+). When I had 400/500 8"/7" on the DA, the highest I could go without a spring compressor (i.e. slight preload by hand) was about 2" lower than stock.
You need to tell them which shock you are using - there are different GC kits to accomodate for different OD shocks. Go for 2.5" diameter springs - there's millions of them around second hand.
I would offer to sell you my spare GC kit but you want your own spring rates. The exchange rate sure is a shame.
i would prefer that all the springs are slightly preloaded at full droop. let's hope that 550(8")/550(7") - 2.5" ID will do so at approx 2" lowering.
don't the spss3 and the koni yellows share the same ground control kit?
i thought both shock bodies share the same outer diameter?
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Picked these up at Vermont today. Now I know what everyone means when they say Koni provides really basic instructions. Ground Control in another 2 weeks (hopefully).
nice one mm89
so you settled on 550lbs front and rear?
i've called up ground control and they've given me a ball park around 450 front and 550 rear. so the car rotates a bit more.
i was thinking more along the lines of 500, 550 rear + 23mm type R sway bar/24mm asr sway bar + asr brace.
by the way, ground control is willing to ship it off to me for 65 bucks at the moment because he was mentioning something about
bulk shipping...originally they quoted 140 through email. so i'm gonna seal the deal tonight at like 2am lol
mega win!
500/550 7" all around!
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So i received the ground control kit today!
Just removed all the stock coilover units and shall be taking out the top hats tomorrow and installing these babies!
i never realised how short 7" really was until i saw these!