I got my suspension done now, or that's what I though before I started hearing comments that I should change my shocks for coil overs ASAP. So now I would like to hear whadda ya guys and gals think about coil over shocks?
Who makes them?
How much?
Pros and cons?
Handling improvment?
Are they easier to adjust than my current adjustables?
I'll be very thankful for all the input you can give my about coil over shocks.
TIA, Jay

 

How many miles on your current adjustables? Gonna sell them if you do the coilover?

 

I looked at that project too. I called several of the companys selling them and was told to not do it. The front will only be riding on 1 bolt. That's the one on the stud sticks through the top A-frame and if the other style is used it still looks like the system you already have. The only thing is that you have a better adjustable ride height.

Then in the back you will have a lot of trouble getting a proper angle on the shock and spring because of clearances. I gave up on that idea last week. Oh yeah, MAJOR BUCKS! JIM

 

So, who sell them?

 

I see them in the Jegs catalogue. Not sure if they fit Vette though.

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Thanks for the tip. I'll chack out what they have for offer. :cheers:

 

Call QA1 Motorsports, I used a search engine to find their web-site and then got their number and just called up and asked. Real nice guy and was very informative. JIM

 

Jay, where are you currently camping out? London or Helsinki?

It probably would be fairly cheap to ship to england or finland!

I'm investigating what the cheapest price is that I can get some Koni double or single adjustables for here (netherlands, they're made here!)

A company in Germany sells them for a whopping 1200$ for kit complete with brackets and stuff but if you look on their website you can see the mounting is redicilously simple!
http://www.acp-euskirchen.de

The ones I'm looking at are the:

Single Adjustable (80-2650 Steel Body and 8216 Aluminum Body): Shock includes adjustable spring platform and features rebound tuning capabilities

and the

Double Adjustable (8212 Aluminum Body): The shock that revolutionized chassis tuning is adjustable in both rebound and compression.

These last ones are the ones ACP uses, then all you need is some H&R springs and you're done!

Here's the ACP kit:


Marck




[Modified by Twinnie, 6:11 AM 3/28/2002]

 

Twinnie: Thanks for your very informative reply. I've been drooling over the set ups on that site you gave me..................................! :cheers: