FTO AUSTRALIA

bass_twitch wrote:

PHIL069 wrote:Console looks incredible, you should have covered your seats in the same material

Oh awesome, another one for the bandwagon,

bass_twitch wrote:unless you can play nice, can you now all GTFO of my thread

Oh and btw, Your massive decal on the side of your car looks mega awesome!

I'm glad you like the vinyl, I also think it looks mega awesome
I do like your seats
Your console is individual, I like individuality

PHIL069 wrote:

bass_twitch wrote:

PHIL069 wrote:Console looks incredible, you should have covered your seats in the same material

Oh awesome, another one for the bandwagon,

bass_twitch wrote:unless you can play nice, can you now all GTFO of my thread

Oh and btw, Your massive decal on the side of your car looks mega awesome!

I'm glad you like the vinyl, I also think it looks mega awesome
I do like your seats
Your console is individual, I like individuality

Haha thanks man,
I knew you just couldn't resist a trolling opportunity!

bass_twitch wrote: Haha thanks man,
I knew you just couldn't resist a trolling opportunity!

I'm trying to resist, but it's hard, I think I was born for it

These badboys were just put in!



as well as the new control arm and ball joint.
Hopefully the epileptic-ness will now bugger off

Oh and she's sitting lower now!
Once I pick it up, I'll get some after pics for a before and after comparison

nice buy man,
how much were those?

silverGPX wrote:nice buy man,
how much were those?

Picked them up off Zac's old wreck (same guy I got the extractors from, - Schumie's mate)
A really good price

bargain!

silverGPX wrote:bargain!

That's what I thought!

Thanks man.

Pre coilovers:


After coilovers:

Looks awesome

Looks good, are you running 45 profile on those rims?

silverGPX wrote:Looks good, are you running 45 profile on those rims?

Yup 225/45/17

And thanks

It might need to come up a smidge, and apparently it is really 'bouncy' now - not sure if that is because of the settings or just that it is now running on coilovers. (My brother's interpretation, I get to drive it tonight )

Looking sweet
Remember the story of goldylocks and the three bears............
With my coilovers, if I dial them in to the softest ride setting they are bouncy, if I dial them into the hardest setting it's like I have no suspension (too hard for road use), I have them set about half way inbetween Ahhh just right

PHIL069 wrote:Looking sweet
Remember the story of goldylocks and the three bears............
With my coilovers, if I dial them in to the softest ride setting they are bouncy, if I dial them into the hardest setting it's like I have no suspension (too hard for road use), I have them set about half way inbetween Ahhh just right

It's so weird,
Like they are still hard- but they are so bouncy that I have no traction going forwards, around corners or braking...
It's so horrible!
Looks good, but I'm going to bring the front up a touch because it is scrubbing them metal (removed rest of plastic tonight and hammered it in a bit but still scrubs.

But I'm concerned about the bumpiness!
Going to ring wholesale tomorrow and see if they can adjust it properly.

Hope the seals/dampeners aren't gone in the shocks, making no up or down dampening. What happens if you push down several times on the FTO and try to bounce it?
Does the FTO just stop bouncing when you stop pushing or does it keep bouncing for a little while?
How many bounces does it continue to bounce after you stop pushing?

PHIL069 wrote:Hope the seals/dampeners aren't gone in the shocks, making no up or down dampening. What happens if you push down several times on the FTO and try to bounce it?
Does the FTO just stop bouncing when you stop pushing or does it keep bouncing for a little while?
How many bounces does it continue to bounce after you stop pushing?

It doesn't budge at all...

Nice work

How high does the HKS front sit off the ground?

It's nice and low but still not scraping everywhere

Ok I have spent all day reading and I'm going to check out a few things tonight after work.
1) The current damper settings on each corner. If they are different then that's an obvious WTF?
2) After ensuring they are all equal, - I am then going to raise them a bit then test drive, then raise then test drive and see if that alleviates the bounciness.
3) If that is still not working then as stated above, my coilovers don't seem to be bottom height adjustable (dammit!) - so I will then be pulling off the wheels and raising the car a bit, thereby allowing more shock travel (and fixing my scrubbing)
I'm still a noob at all this, but at least I understand how it all works now.
Thanks for the help - if anyone is free tonight and feels like lending a hand is around Schofields NSW, that would be awesome. send me a PM for my number.

Bit of an update.
The idiots who installed my set up are idiots.

Spent some time last night playing with the coilovers.
I've brought the car up a bit thereby allowing my shocks to be utilised again - however I think by doing so I have preloaded the springs a bit.
I've also adjusted the damper on the back (One was on 1, the other 4 )
Both are now on 6.
Can't figure out how to adjust the damper on the front 2 though?! - it's not a knob at the top, and when I turn the nut there are no noticeable notches or clicks.

Either way it is better than before - but I am still undecided whether to keep them or go back stock.
Needs an alignment again badly though however.

No longer scrubbing anymore though
Also holds corners much better - but still wants to bounce around under heavy acceleration. - Any solutions for making more stick?