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s14a
28-05-11, 12:59 AM
looking for coilovers to drop my nova for shows, car wont be drove much/at all so im not looking for top quaility

whats best, saw these few on a quick look, anybody used them?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRO-SPORT-COILOVERS-KIT-VAUXHALL-NOVA-CORSA-/300537699457?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f9715c81

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-NOVA-CORSA-B-SPORTS-SUSPENSION-COILOVER-KIT-/160589056994?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2563da8be2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLUE-LINE-VAUXHALL-CORSA-NOVA-COILOVER-SHOCKS-MK1-/130476920736?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e6107cfa0

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Coilover-Coil-over-Kit-Vauxhall-Opel-Corsa-Nova-MK1-/270623095964?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f0264bc9c
s14a
29-05-11, 09:23 PM
thanks for the replys, very helpfull lol
blue_peg_16v
29-05-11, 09:25 PM
None there all crap
Iain
29-05-11, 09:26 PM
If you're going for cheap and nasty just go for the cheapest of them all? lol I like the last one cos you can get red OR blue springs, awesomeness.
mowgli
29-05-11, 09:26 PM
sorry to put it like this, but this forum is more interested in the performance of a nova, and not slapping a set of coilovers on just to make a car lower.
if you really have no intention of trying to drive it far or fast, then buy the ones you like the look of best.
MK999
29-05-11, 09:27 PM
sorry to put it like this, but this forum is more interested in the performance of a nova, and not slapping a set of coilovers on just to make a car lower.
if you really have no intention of trying to drive it far or fast, then buy the ones you like the look of best.

Actually don't even bother just to lower it, they're crap for that too.
s14a
29-05-11, 09:51 PM
red or blues springs class lol
iv found even alot of brand name suspension in novas is also pure crap, the likes of gmax etc is awfull
the amount of driving the car will get does not warrent me spending big money...
also if i wanted a car for performance a nova would be well down my list im afraid lads
MK999
29-05-11, 09:51 PM
they cant be that crap?
iv found even alot of brand name suspension in novas is also pure crap, the likes of gmax is awfull
the amount of driving the car will get does not warrent me spending big money...
also if i wanted a car for performance a nova would be well down my list im afraid lads

That's because GMax is a crap brand, and these are crapper than that.
s14a
29-05-11, 09:55 PM
**** they must be bad lol

has anybody actually tried them or is it just because there cheap
they was a crowd sellin fk coilovers for 180stg last week, fk wouldnt be the worst at all
MK999
29-05-11, 09:56 PM
They're all FK based, or variants of the same design, and yes they are that crap.
Nova_Sean
29-05-11, 09:56 PM
Just chop the springs if your not driving it much?

Or roll on the bump stops
s14a
29-05-11, 09:59 PM
They're all FK based, or variants of the same design, and yes they are that crap.

koni make the shocks for fk
MK999
29-05-11, 10:00 PM
koni make the shocks for fk

Cheap FK's and koni made FK's are entirely different.
mowgli
29-05-11, 10:00 PM
OP, all of those kits originate in germany. german roads are smooth as a baby's bottom..... if you are planning to drive on roads in ROI, you need a fair bit of suspension travel, if you can afford it, the gaz stuff gets a vote from png members
s14a
29-05-11, 10:01 PM
Just chop the springs if your not driving it much?

Or roll on the bump stops

ah im not much of a cheap skatelol