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Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6656 23/12/2005 18:52 23/12/2005 18:52
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Jimbo Thanks. For option 2 when you mention FK Konis, do you buy the springs and dampers seperately? Or when you buy the Hi-Sport or Konig-Sport kits, do they come with the Koni adjustables? Thanks Dave

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6657 23/12/2005 19:23 23/12/2005 19:23
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Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	The konig sport kit comes with the koni adjustable damper insert built into the front damper unit and you get a pair of koni adjustable rear dampers. All the FK coilover kits are height adjustable (front and rear) and come complete with springs. Extra springs and the FK kits can be bought here .

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6658 23/12/2005 20:26 23/12/2005 20:26
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Jimbo, What are you running currently?. I noticed you sold your Bilsteins. Does this mean you are back with the FK silverlines and 100N/mm front springs?

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6659 23/12/2005 20:30 23/12/2005 20:30
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Is your setup still OK Cosmo?

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6660 23/12/2005 20:32 23/12/2005 20:32
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone J Jimbo Je suis un Coupé
Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Hey Cosmo fancy seeing you on a suspension thread Yep Im selling the front Billys but Im keeping the rear dampers on the car. Those 100Nmm springs have made it much better, I was late for my christmas do the other night so i had to really boot the car and over some pretty bumpy sections of road, the car behaved quite well and didnt start its bounce of death

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6661 23/12/2005 20:34 23/12/2005 20:34
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Sorry Jimbo, I forget, are you using the koni FK's or the non-adjustable ones?

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6662 23/12/2005 20:53 23/12/2005 20:53
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Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Im on the silverline non adjustable Skins.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6663 23/12/2005 21:25 23/12/2005 21:25
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Is your setup still OK Cosmo? Still not that happy with it to be honest. Im running the Konigsports with 100N/mm springs. The bouncing has gone but the ride is painfully hard at the front. Bad roads are a pain but its a joy on smooth tarmac. Jimbo, glad you are getting some reward from the Silverliines anway. I agree with Barbz, I think the FK damper is a better damper than the Koni one for road use albeit you can adjust the Konis. I'm wondering what the 90N/mm springs are like. I think Barbz is running these.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6664 23/12/2005 22:05 23/12/2005 22:05
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Lars told me there was no 90N/mm spring just 100N/mm and 120N/mm. He said Barbz was running the 100N/mm.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6665 23/12/2005 22:22 23/12/2005 22:22
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Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	I had a long chat with Lars about the FK damper, he wasn't 100% but the actual damper unit is made by SACHS so it should be a good damper. The springs for coilovers can be bought from Demon Tweeks Motorsport or any half decent motorsport shop, they dont have to be FK spring they can be any 2" 1/4" spring and you can buy them in varying lengths and spring rates so fine tuning the suspension is simple. I might try fitting a slightly stiffer helper spring on mine to give it a more progressive rate.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6666 23/12/2005 22:47 23/12/2005 22:47
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Anonymous Unregistered A	So what is the best upgrade then for every day use? --------------------- Silver

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6667 23/12/2005 22:51 23/12/2005 22:51
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Anonymous Unregistered A	A link was just what I was looking for. £500 is not bad for a full set of springs and shocks. Thanks Dave

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6668 23/12/2005 22:52 23/12/2005 22:52
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: So what is the best upgrade then for every day use? --------------------- Silver OE setup I guess, perhaps with another set of dampers at the most.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6669 24/12/2005 02:24 24/12/2005 02:24
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Lars told me there was no 90N/mm spring just 100N/mm and 120N/mm. He said Barbz was running the 100N/mm. There's definetly a 90N/mm spring part no. FK1769. Interesting idea Jimbo about fitting uprated helpers. Let me know how you get on.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6670 24/12/2005 02:24 24/12/2005 02:24
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: I think the FK damper is a better damper than the Koni one for road use albeit you can adjust the Konis. cosmo , the koni damper do u mean the koingsports? just i was think of getting them because u can adj them , u said they r painfully hard on bad roads is this with them set soft or hard?

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6671 24/12/2005 02:28 24/12/2005 02:28
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Yep the Konigsports. On full soft the springs overpower the dampers so you need at least half a turn (max is 2) to start with. By then the ride is already pretty harsh and gets bone shaking at anything over 1.5 turns.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6672 24/12/2005 02:33 24/12/2005 02:33
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Is there anyone in the Bournemouth / Dorset area with a coop fitted with either uprated springs and dampers or Coilovers? I'm very interested to feel what they're like before investing.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6673 24/12/2005 02:58 24/12/2005 02:58
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Anonymous Unregistered A	cheers for reply would u say when half turn they r any harsher then any other lowered suspension? most of my friends have coilovers and say to get them over the shock and spring option but its just a mate had R5 GTT with AVO coilovers and that just smashed it way down the road . u just heard banging like metal on metal every time u went over anything other then flat tarmac. iam sure they r not this bad on the coupe but just would like to check

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6674 24/12/2005 03:13 24/12/2005 03:13
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Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Cheech, I never liked AVO stuff, that metal on metal sound will be the coils on the springs going coilbound (fully compressed) and thats why the ride will be so harsh. A well set up coilover should give a good ride so long as you get a good spring and damper rate that are well matched.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6675 24/12/2005 03:38 24/12/2005 03:38
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Jimbo yeah AVO is pants a few mates fitted them to there R5 GTTs and they leaked ,rusted . wat fks u got ? i was going to get koingsport mate has koingsport on mk2 golf says they r good , mate has coilovers on esc cos he loves them but his car has been fully setup new beams diffs corner weighted the lot.other mates with them recommend them. i think its just the thought of my mates R5 GTT giving me the trouble of deciding on coilovers

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6676 24/12/2005 03:52 24/12/2005 03:52
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Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	I have the Silverline FK's Cheech with the 100Nmm springs, seems to work well.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6677 24/12/2005 04:02 24/12/2005 04:02
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	cheers Jimbo one last question to any one with highsport/silverline do u ever feel like u would like to adj the soft/hard of shock if u could ?

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6678 24/12/2005 04:05 24/12/2005 04:05
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only... paul My life on the forum
paul My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only...	Quote: Quote: Lars told me there was no 90N/mm spring just 100N/mm and 120N/mm. He said Barbz was running the 100N/mm. There's definetly a 90N/mm spring part no. FK1769. Interesting idea Jimbo about fitting uprated helpers. Let me know how you get on. yup there is 90 N/mm springs ,I now have Barbz 90 n/mm set to try on mine,as he has changed to the 100 n/mm spring,I have 100n/mm ones too so i`ll give them both a try. Jimbo why have you not used the fk`s on the rear and stayed with the Billy`s. How does the front feel with the fk`s in comparison to the Billy`s ? was Paul S,now just paul...Member since Oct 2000,Coupe may be FATALLY injured - :(oh no it's not

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6679 25/12/2005 01:40 25/12/2005 01:40
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Jimbo Can you adjust the Konig Sport Damper settings? Some of the threads above seem to indicate not! Or maybe my skim reading has misinterpreted it!! Dave

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6680 29/12/2005 03:31 29/12/2005 03:31
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Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Yes you can Gillo, the front are adjusted from a knob at the top of the damper and the rears by removing the bottom damper bolt, pushing up on the damper and then turning it.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6681 29/12/2005 04:22 29/12/2005 04:22
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Cool. I think that's settled it for me! Thanks Dave

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6682 29/12/2005 05:28 29/12/2005 05:28
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	wat top mount do i need to order for the fk koingsport.as i rememeber on the old forum some thing about bravo top mounts beening used or was that with a different suspension

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6683 29/12/2005 06:51 29/12/2005 06:51
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Phil, FK's use the standard top mount.

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6684 29/12/2005 19:53 29/12/2005 19:53
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	ok cheers

Re: Which Springs and Shocks? #6685 03/01/2006 02:57 03/01/2006 02:57
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,205 Oxfordshire enfant_teribl My job on the forum
enfant_teribl My job on the forum Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,205 Oxfordshire	Those who fitted KW coilovers all seemed to be very happy with them.

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