Need to get new suspension

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:17 pm

Hi guys. I'm planning to get new suspension for my car cause its pretty stuffed up already and need some advice.

Firstly my front is on KYB gas struts and the rear is tein coilovers. Thing is I heard that getting 2 different types can affect the balance of the car and stuff up the shocks. So im planning to just standardize it all round.

Second is that I'm kinda 50-50 on whether to get coilovers or just normal gas struts. I just wanna use it for street use and nothing more. I was lookling at the previous post from Oillie that having coilovers may not me a good idea for street use unless its softer.

Thirdly is there any good recommended street use coilovers for ma baby. How much would it cost and roughly how long would the coilovers last before needing to be replaced. Else I might just get king springs and KYB for the rear.

Any help is much appreciated. Cheers and have a good weekend

Post by **aza013** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:54 pm

if you are just going to have it for street then there is no need to go out and get coilovers just get a good set of springs and shocks.

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:17 pm

aza013 wrote:if you are just going to have it for street then there is no need to go out and get coilovers just get a good set of springs and shocks.

Any to recommend for springs? because I might need to get all 4 for my car. I reckon KYB's for my rear should be ok? Or is there any other good and realiable ones out there?

Post by **aza013** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:24 pm

you best bet is to have a look in this post :
http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... pic&t=5944

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:57 pm

bit cinfusing though on the parts on which is GR and for GPX...think i would need to also order droplinks from camskill. zzzz at the exchangre rate

Post by **Bennoz** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:41 pm

The front ends on GPX / GR pre 97 are all the same. The only difference in the ass end is the swaybars & droplinks. Springs & shocks are all the same across the board.

And the exchange rate is gold at the moment! I remember buying bits when it was 4 to 1

nikhan · Post by **nikhan** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:38 pm

thanks for the clarification Mr President...lol. The more i read the thread the more i got confused...got to the 4th page n i was lost. prob get the droplinks from camskill...ill see if i can get the bushes locally

Post by **vipfto** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:59 am

mate for street just go the kyb shocks and king springs

you will prob never have to touch them again and half the price of coilovers
simple done and dusted