Spaz RSX

[Rexy]

:lol:

Anybody know if they are rebuildable?

I've just been given a set but the fronts are dead.

[doug_sri]

hope there good as i just bought some

[Rexy]

i used to have a set on my corsa Sport a couple of years ago and yep I liked them...

Shame there only Coilovers up front tho.

[doug_sri]

yeah i thought they were only front coilovers from the pic i saw of them before i bought them, will just need to cable tie the rear springs in i think as the old ones kept falling out when i jacked the car up.

[Aragorn]

the spax rsx on my bros car are far too hard for road use even in the softest setting

the rebound settings are too high and the wheel takes far too long to come back down to its proper height once it goes over a bump

this means on rough roads it skips a bit

[doug_sri]

how low does he have them set as wouldnt have thought they would be as bad at 50mm as 80mm but i know nothing about them, i need them stiff anyway as there for my tuned xe nova which i am using on the track as well, currently have just lowering springs so its got to be better than them!

[Rexy]

the spax rsx on my bros car are far too hard for road use even in the softest setting

the rebound settings are too high and the wheel takes far too long to come back down to its proper height once it goes over a bump

this means on rough roads it skips a bit

Each to there own mate...

[nathan.]

mine have just started pissing fluid out!

[Lee]

mine have just started p**s fluid out!

ohhh bugger

As for the RSX kit it WILL be hard on the road, its designed for track use! Gotta find a happy medium with suspension, depends on what your going to be doing most of, track or road. I use a PSX kit and ive found it a good all rounder.

[Stuart]

if the top of the shocker body has a screw cap (the bit that the piston goes through), then its a piece of wee to rebuild (well a comparative piece of wee lol)

if you can get the part numbers off the shock bodies, then i can "acquire" the part number for the seals etc and then you can try to get them from spax.

Hopefully this will work with AVO bits too so i can rebuild mine ;)

[nathan.]

lol. ive already stripped them stu.
the hydraulic rams fooked (pittered) so i'll be needing new inserts aswell as new seals.
Im gonna ring them tomorrow. bet the parts are expensive

[Riggy]

lol do you want to rebiuld my aswell stu lol :lol:

[Stuart]

feck, pitted pistons!!!


oh if you want to improve the bump/rebound (ie make them softer) then drill a few holes of similar size in the piston. OR fill with thicker oil, they are currently filled with Mobil 1 15/40W engine oil ;) its handy knowing a spax engineer (well he left but still)

[nathan.]

engine oil!!!!! lol
Do you know how much oil they hold/require?

[Stuart]

i can find out.


do you have an air bag in the shock or are there a couple of thin tubes running up the body.

[nathan.]

tubes mate!

[Stuart]

get the part number off the body and ill see what i can do RE part numbers to call spax for. mind you they might not supply them as they'd want to do the work lol

[nathan.]

top man!

TAAS 543 5BK

them numbers are on the coilovers bodies

[peester]

if u get in touch with spax they an recondition units - dunno how much it costs but; spax are a good company - well organised, pay ya money take ur choice aint it..

[Stuart]

hmm spax are "ok" then again they are all much of a muchness untill you get to ledas.

AVOs cost ?47+VAT eacah to recon