coilovers

[*Dave*]

Hi lookin into buyin these coilovers but not sure if it will be a waste of money.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Coilover-Suspension-Kit-Vauxhall-Corsa-B-Nova_W0QQitemZ310018420281QQihZ021QQcategoryZ40192 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

iv asked the seller what the spring rating (poundage) is and i got told its 805KGS on the front and 660KGS on the rear.

would like to know how stiff that is ???

thanks.

[Jack]

I think BIGS bought a set of those recently...

[*Dave*]

any idea on what they're like??

[craig green]

GOOGLE a conversion chart to convert Kg's to LB's.

[Jack]

Google says 805Kg = 1,777lbs... :wtf:

[craig green]

Somewhat nonsense then...

Nm????

[Stuart]

Me thinks they are rated for the cars weight, rather than the actual spring force...

[FUSION X16XE]

yer bigs has got some hes only put the fronts on iirc and said they were quite stiff, also i have just bought some i think they tried to deliver them today but i was asleep haha ill have to go collect them later they will be going on saterday so ill take some pics and tell you what there like if you want?

[BEN187NOVA]

I have heard that they are **** with not much adjustment on offer , also they rust faster than normal .

go for avo or spax or GAZ im going to be ordering GAZ gold kit they are well built and over engineered but dont come with the price tag of Blisten .

go for GAZ

[craig green]

Cheap suspension is a false economy if you ask me.

Dont get me wrong, I'd love to be pleasantly surprised by some good, cheap coilovers but if the ride is bad it would put me off driving the car. That is a bad thing surely?

I've been there & had it. Keep your cheap, unproven suspension.

Thanks.

[walshc]

As the good old saying goes.... you get what you pay for

My mate deals in performance tuning and he can get similar kits. Ive got the cheepo kit he gets on both my golf and polo, and will be getting the same for my nova.
The ride is firm yeah, well mines funked up now as ive took the helper springs out (wanted to get the belly on the floor) but for cheepo kits theyre not really THAT bad

[BIGS]

Yea ive got these on my car. Ive fitted the rear's aswell now and got to say they do handle very well now ive tryied them out abit. And are very stiffthey say uprated by 30% but there stiffer then my old jamex kit. The only thing im not happy with is the rear wont lower any more then 90mm. But the front will go as low as the car can go. I went down to 118 mm lol but found that was to much so have raised them back up to 100mm now

[BEN187NOVA]

pics of it as low as that please

[Edwin]

i had hem also! when i got them i took them apart and ripped out the shocks an replaced them for koni yellow inserts. worked just fine