PFADT Featherlights
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Vancouver B.C.
PFADT Featherlights
I would like to read comments from an actual owner of the new Pfadt Featherlight single adjustable coil-overs. If anybody has installed them on a C5 and has some driving time with them please post up a review.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: Belleville Mich.
I installed mine last summer, on my 03 Z.
Installation & adjustments to ride height & shock settings are so much easier to do with their new design, compared to old design.
Not to mention they now have beefed up the tops of the front & rear threaded stock that you tighten down to the shock mounts with nuts.
I believe they are 1/2" in diameter now.
The threaded tops were a constant problem with their old design, as being way too small & fragile at the tops, which made breakage quite common.
Gone are the use of the often awkward & troublesome two spanner wrenches that made setting ride height a pain in the a..
You now have a short angled rod that you insert into one of the holes on the side perimeter of the spring perches. So much easier
I did notice that with the newer style, when set at the same ride height as to what I had the old one's set at... (pretty low )
My end links started to make loud popping noises.
I installed a set of LG adjustable end links, which eliminated the noise.
The car handles great, & I'm very satisfied with them.
Here is a picture of one of the fronts, prior to install.
Installation & adjustments to ride height & shock settings are so much easier to do with their new design, compared to old design.
Not to mention they now have beefed up the tops of the front & rear threaded stock that you tighten down to the shock mounts with nuts.
I believe they are 1/2" in diameter now.
The threaded tops were a constant problem with their old design, as being way too small & fragile at the tops, which made breakage quite common.
Gone are the use of the often awkward & troublesome two spanner wrenches that made setting ride height a pain in the a..
You now have a short angled rod that you insert into one of the holes on the side perimeter of the spring perches. So much easier
I did notice that with the newer style, when set at the same ride height as to what I had the old one's set at... (pretty low )
My end links started to make loud popping noises.
I installed a set of LG adjustable end links, which eliminated the noise.
The car handles great, & I'm very satisfied with them.
Here is a picture of one of the fronts, prior to install.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,211
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From: Vancouver B.C.
Thanks for your helpful post. When I first heard rumours of these shocks several years ago, I thought it was worth waiting for a proper inverted coilover setup. It sounds like you had the old style PFADT's and then replaced them with the new ones - good info.
