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Started by _Liam_ , Mar 26 2008 10:12 AM

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 10:16 PM

Koni's on a hi performance street car at the very least.

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Posted 27 March 2008 - 10:18 PM

I see well thank you mate, how much did the Kings and Konis set you back. Ill need everything, bushes, swaybars, shocks, springs the lot. What do i do for them?


you will need a grand for shocks and springs you mentioned

you will find the bushes that pedders sell are fine , there rubber ones are good quality .. swaybars not sure on cost

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 12:18 AM

Koni's on a hi performance street car at the very least.

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Yup adjustable Koni's and Lovells on my beast, am very happy with it. Have had no need to try Pedders...

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 08:00 AM

The list.
#1: Eibach
#2: Carrera
#3: King
#4:....the rest.......
Keep in mind though that when you buy at least the top 2 you are buying precision that a street car really doesn't need.
For a daily.... Use whatever spring sits it at the height you like, and put your money on some good shocks.
For a racer..... well how fast you go is in direct proportion to what you spend.

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 08:00 AM

Rory, dont dobinsons distribute lovells springs? So would your springs possibly be custom made lovells?

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 08:40 AM

Rocky is a fair hike from Maryborough, how much did you say they cost you Rory? What would you recomend for sway bars. Theres a nolathane kit on ebay selling for $375 complete enhancement kit. Is that good?

Pardon the ignorance.

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 08:58 AM

How do KYB Monotube Gas-a-just shocks compare to all these?

I have these in my car, They are a shit load better than the Monroe ones i had in previously as you would expect. But how do they compare to Koni or Bilstiens?

I need to upgrade all my springs to get there Full potential, But So far i think they are great. Nice and Firm, But not too firm for a streeter...

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 09:15 AM

I'm running King Springs and Koni Shocks in the LJ, and am quite happy with them. I did have Pedders in the rear at the start cause the orignal back springs were sagged terribly (like 2 1/2" on the drivers side) and i had to do something about it.

I thought the pedders had a pretty harsh ride, but i don't remember anything else. I did put the springs back in for the last fun day (standard height) to stop the wide race tires from scrubbing and the car felt a lot more floaty in the rear on the track but then my kings are 1" lower.

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Edited by 73LJWhiteSL, 28 March 2008 - 09:17 AM.

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Posted 29 March 2008 - 01:29 PM

I got pedders in the front end of my lc,1in raised ones for a v8 lc & they seem crap to the old springs that were in there.

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 11:25 AM

I had a full pedders "comp" suspension setup in my VR commodore. Was installed when i bought the car, cost the old owner over 3 grand.

The car road very firm (lets just say my mum hated getting rides)

I didnt mind it so much, but that was mainly because the car stuck to the road like shit to a blanket.

supposedly had "oil" somethingaratha filled shocks, pedders springs and swaybars/link pins.

Lovells springs in the LJs seem to do pretty well all round.

King springs in my VT (2 inch lowered) ride pretty nice.

The 1" lowered king springs i just put in my missus SX seca with monroe struts will get a good work out in a week when i get my licence back.

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 02:17 PM

ive got konis shocks and kings lows in the lj and its a great ride, pedders super lows springs and pedders sports riders in the vs and its sh@t 1 side of the car sits 15mm lower now after 2years only reason i went pedders was i had a mate working there so got it at cost... i was never really a fan of king springs but in the lj with the konis is great for a street car

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 04:07 PM

Rocky is a fair hike from Maryborough, how much did you say they cost you Rory? What would you recomend for sway bars. Theres a nolathane kit on ebay selling for $375 complete enhancement kit. Is that good?

Pardon the ignorance.

Liam.

Sorry Guys...was in Sydney at a wedding.

Aggro...Dobinsons do distribute other stuff but they are a spring manufacturer as well.

Liam,
The Nolathene kit is one the money...you can get it for the same price at Repco.
Dobinsons post Aust wide...
For sway bars I used KMAC on the front and a std V8 SLR on the rear for the time being...the rear will depend on handling characteristics once it is up and running.
I am also doing the Floord 1/2" studs front and rear as well.
R

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 08:08 PM

So which one is cheaper then, Lovells or King Springs?

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 09:19 AM

Id imagine King Springs would be cheaper as they are more readily available. Lovells seems to me like more of a performance application. Which would be why it would be more expensive. But as someone said to me once, "Buy good stuff once and you wont need to replace."

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 10:27 AM

Actually lovells are cheaper.

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 10:35 AM

I thought King Springs would be cheaper as well. What's the damage from a pair of Lowered Lovells?

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 12:19 PM

im not sure on lovells,

kings are $130 fronts-$140 rears a pair

pedders are $170 a pair

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 12:54 PM

i paid $70 bucks a pair for sets of lowered lovells springs for the LJ

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 01:53 PM

Wow... that is seriously cheap

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 02:56 PM

I paid $0 for a full set of lowered springs. Not sure of brand or height, though...

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 03:16 PM

Wow... that is seriously cheap

benefits of buring thousands of dollars of parts from a company on a monthly (sometimes weekly) basis

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Posted 31 March 2008 - 03:41 PM

Was that some kind of typo?

Yeah I got my set for $25 which I thought was good haha

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Posted 01 April 2008 - 08:56 AM

I paid $76 a set for my lovells - mates rates, but my friend is starting a company in parts and can sell u some lovells springs for less than kings.

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Posted 01 April 2008 - 12:53 PM

i paid $70 bucks a pair for sets of lowered lovells springs for the LJ

I paid less than that for King Springs... not sure of the exact value to be honest... but that with with the shocks and swaybar. :rockon:

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Posted 01 April 2008 - 05:25 PM

why every suspension place ive spoken to,cheapest is like 130!

im not a asshole on the phone!!!!!!!!

i got kings and paid 270 for the set from a suspension shop which ive been recomened to go to by several people!
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