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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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Who sells coil overs for a 87 besides Exotic Muscle (I can't ever get them on the phone), thanks Jim.
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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jim- Merle (Exotic muscle) is actually in the process of moving locations. it took him a week to get back to me, but leave him a message. He's very good with getting back to you.

I also do recommend EM as a parts vendor, they have great quality parts and great customer service.

if you are in a hurry, Doug Rippie does have coil overs as well.
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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How much you looking to spend

I'm putting Penskes on, but they're a little pricey.
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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Gary at HardBar sells very nice Penske-based setups. As soon as I scrounge up $3,000 I may get some of those.

From what I've seen, these are the options:

1-Build your own set with springs and QA1 adjustable shocks. Roughly $1,000. There's a parts and instruction list floating around here somewhere.
2-EM kit ($1,000)
3-DRM kit ($1,000, doesn't come with shocks)
4-Penske kit w/ dual-rate springs from HardBar ($3,000 for set with cheapest shocks, ~$5,000 for 3-way adjustable shock kit)
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 06:19 PM
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Gary at HardBar sells very nice Penske-based setups. As soon as I scrounge up $3,000 I may get some of those.
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4-Penske kit w/ dual-rate springs from HardBar ($3,000 for set with cheapest shocks, ~$5,000 for 3-way adjustable shock kit)
~$2100 w/o springs
~$2600 with

http://hardbarusa.com/hardbar/produc...roducts_id=122

and that's with his custom mounts.

you can also rebuild them yourself
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Ah, thanks Brian. I forgot about the 7500's; the $3,000 was for 8200 LE's. Also, the 8760 - based full kit would be $5,500, not $5,000.
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I love reading threads by you hardcore handling guys

I am putting off a $140 set of KYB shocks
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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The Hardbar Penske kit looks amazing. I still want to build my own using Konis and some roundy round coil over sleeves (but that is on the back burner till graduation).
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