Need Advice on Springs

Hi I am looking to change sussy setup, my front drivers side spring is making a funny noise not sure what it could be the springs have been resized to raise the car due to it being too low.

Also I recently put a rear sway bar on it handles better, but the front has started to skip out is this normal?
(Front sway bar 22mm & Rear sway bar 14mm)

Changing to either adjustable shocks and allspring springs or just going to go coilovers.

Has anyone got a good setup of adjustable shocks and springs and what was the cost is more then just purchasing coilovers?

try king springs... i got them in my car now there not to bad ther superlows

as far as i know king springs will actually do custom springs if you ask
i.e. request a spring rate and height

What would they charge becuase allsprings are asking for 400 for 4 springs. Also what is a good spring rate? Iv only got the standard shocks on there

K-Mac Does custom spring rates, and height over @ Rockdale on princess hwy few shops down from supercheapauto.(Sydney)...

depends what allsprings define as 'custom'
height only or will they do spring rates too

Everything heigh spring rate etc...

well sort of a no-brainer isn't it?
call up the other places and get a quote, see whose the cheapest and go with them

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Originally Posted by vinnY

well sort of a no-brainer isn't it?
call up the other places and get a quote, see whose the cheapest and go with them

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im after advice from ppl to see if they have done a custom spring or just bough an off the shelf spring.

i had kings 1" drop - didnt go low enuf for me.. sold them

got kmac's 3 to 3.5" drop - was too low, and too bumpy.. sold them

bought tein SS - got over it.. didnt go low enuf, was sturdy tho.. sold them

bought buddlyclub n+ - best coilover ever! went low enuf and stiff enuf!

sure your shocks arnt blowin? upgrading spring MIGHT not fix the problem your having.

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Originally Posted by fatboyz39

sure your shocks arnt blowin? upgrading spring MIGHT not fix the problem your having.

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The rear just shocks have been changed like 3 months ago. The front seems really easy to push down. But jimmy you have seen how low the car is at the front I raised the front this yr.

Are the front shocks hard to change?

u changed ur rear shocks 3 months ago??

i highly doubt springs are the problem in terms of y u have shit handling

what shocks did you put in rear?

tell us the brand and whether they are new or not

anyway, u should get appropriate shocks for your aftermarket springs, your shit handling now is not due to springs, its due to you leaving them on stock shocks

dont waste ur money on new springs imo, go and buy a set of decent shocks

and good shocks usually have a degree of height adjustability so u can raise or lower the car as u see fit

and have a search, there are billions of threads with heaps of info, much more than wat you will get in here as the topic has been covered

also, with the right shocks that can work correctly and efficiently since they are designed to dampen disturbances coming from your spring length and stiffness, handling will improve dramatically and it will more than likely eliminate tyre scrub wile going straight over bumps

and its even likely tyre scrub at full lock will also be removed

lots of factors to consider

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Originally Posted by krogoth

also, with the right shocks that can work correctly and efficiently since they are designed to dampen disturbances coming from your spring length and stiffness, handling will improve dramatically and it will more than likely eliminate tyre scrub wile going straight over bumps

and its even likely tyre scrub at full lock will also be removed

lots of factors to consider

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Not everybody's situation is the same. I'm getting a loud noise that comes out of the drivers side it never did that until the front springs where resized. It sounds like the spring is screwed so now can u tell me what is wrong?

sorry, i must have missed that bit

u resized the front springs?

ok, then i dunno, ud think they would last a while before failing....

have u pulled them out to have a look at?

if it is the springs, then replace all four, and get new shocks along with it

try kings and konis

or kings and bilsteins

Na haven't taken them out yet. I replaced the rear with the KYB Twin Gas Tubed shocks brand new about 3 months ago. I read that the pedders ones aren't the best for the price. Really considering just going a customer set of springs.

They where only resized at the begining of the yr i think

Coilovers problem fixed, will save you money in the long run..... starting at $850-$900 money well spent

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Originally Posted by EGJOE

Coilovers problem fixed, will save you money in the long run..... starting at $850-$900 money well spent

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850-900 front only or a set of 4?

d2 coilover even though alot of people bag them because of that drifter guy. They are actually great bang for your buck. I know of quite a few d2 owners quite happy with them.

They can be bought from $850 a set and are height adjustable and dampner. If you have a bigger budget go for the likes of buddy club, tien etc

Heres a link, my friend has just purchased some for his jazz from this guy. I think he has more then whats listed there.

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/...owtopic=313630

Theres also another budget brand daiyama which i have used before on my sp23 and aren't too bad either.

http://www.sunflowermotors.com.au/

I would opt for d2 out of these two brands though.

Good luck with your susy prob.

OH member jrco83 has D2 coilovers in his Em1 pm him see what he thinks of them :thumbsup:

Has anybody seen these ones before?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BC-Adjustable...1%7C240%3A1318

just got a price on the d2 coilovers 1599 shipped, is that the right price for them? how much are the buddy club coilovers?

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just got a price on the d2 coilovers 1599 shipped, is that the right price for them? how much are the buddy club coilovers?

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For that price you should be able to get better brand then d2 like buddy club skunk2 or tein.

You should be able to get d2 cheaper. Did you try the link i gave you?

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Originally Posted by EGJOE

For that price you should be able to get better brand then d2 like buddy club skunk2 or tein.

You should be able to get d2 cheaper. Did you try the link i gave you?

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1250+postage for them

Does any1 have any bad thoughts on the Pedders eXtreme XA Coilovers kit. $1650

hey guys can u keep throwing me some brand to look up. I found a set of HSD hs series for 1300. I came accross some Ksport $1700, Kw no price, Tein SS $1850, Bc Racing 1450. Any thought on the above brands