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Old 03-11-2011, 01:42 PM
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Whats needed to make your own coilover kit. Things like spring rates, what shocks to get, problems with how things fit etc....
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I highly recommend you to buy the coilovers already build to be a coilover.
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there are several 'kits', by the time you do the research, buy the parts, have the machining done, adapt the mounts, you could have bought complete , ready to run, coilovers....IMHO
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Damn, so basically it's still going to cost ~$1600 regardless of how I do it?
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Originally Posted by mcgilvrey007
Damn, so basically it's still going to cost ~$1600 regardless of how I do it?
If you build them they have no-warranty.
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Originally Posted by PLRX
If you build them they have no-warranty.
DRM Coilovers have a warranty?

I did my own..
not including the replacement shocks I am at $500 in parts

that includes grooving my FX3s. the Coilover kit is mad for the shocks I have as well.
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DRM Coilovers have a warranty?

I did my own..
not including the replacement shocks I am at $500 in parts

that includes grooving my FX3s. the Coilover kit is mad for the shocks I have as well.
My QA1 coilovers came with a 1-year warranty.
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Originally Posted by PLRX
My QA1 coilovers came with a 1-year warranty.
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