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Old Jul 15, 2013 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by THE BLACK WIDOW
I'm considering demodding my car a bit and taking my phadt featherlites off if anyone is interested. They are the new design with the dampner adjusters on the bottom.

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I'm interested and local ....
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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 07:56 AM
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I have joc sways and shocks. Was wondering if coilovers are much harsher of a ride than joc shocks.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 09:01 PM
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I was also thinking of going Pfadt but there's this vid on YouTube with two Z06's. One with Pfadt and the other with factory suspension. It pretty much shows the coil-overs are harder to control at higher speeds and slower on the track, but how can that be??? Am I missing something, a lot has to do with driver but still...
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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^ that video showed nothing of what you are talking about, but I have seen the vid that shows the comparison. There was talk on it a while back and IIRC, the suspension of the Z with coils was just setup very poorly.
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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LFZ
^ that video showed nothing of what you are talking about, but I have seen the vid that shows the comparison. There was talk on it a while back and IIRC, the suspension of the Z with coils was just setup very poorly.
Sorry that wasn't the vid, I didn't post the link but here for other people

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