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TOMAS |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 18:19 |
You have to calculate the closed and open lenth of the helper to work out which you need. My springs unseat when the car is jacked up but they NEVER unseat whilst being driven, even driven hard - Just not good for the MOT. Im running 10" 300lb springs. | |
AdiSRI |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 17:48 |
correct TOMAS as soon as car touchs the ground helpewr is fully compressed anyways so doesnt do anything. I dsont like the fact rear ride height isnt adjustible on the spax so i wouldnt have them. | |
ffls |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 15:36 |
So 14" main spring lenght or 12" main plus 2" "auxiliary" spring lenght? | |
TOMAS |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 14:59 |
As it will only be approx 1-2" long no it will VIRTUALLY do nothing. Once they get past a certain poundage they aint classed as helpers any more. Wouldnt say 300lb is too much for a 1.6xe for smooth road/track although maybe a 280lb would be a little more suitable. Im running 300lb springs on my Bilstein GrpA dampers and they work a treat for the 20XE lump, no helpers either - dont need them. Be carefull how high a poundage spring you go for if your using your Koni's as the front are ONLY rebound adjustable and they might not cope with such high poundage - might be a bit bouncy/twitchy. | |
ffls |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 14:25 |
quote: So Tomas, what you are saying is that a 80 lbs helper spring doesn't do nothing? I have to disagree with you. It depends of the poundage of course. would a 300lbs main spring to much for a 1.6XE in your opinion? | |
TOMAS |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 13:54 |
Helpers dont do jack.... This is FACT. | |
ffls |
posted on 7th Mar 05 at 10:21 |
they are to hard because use only one spring (main) | |
antscorsa |
posted on 6th Mar 05 at 18:28 |
i had them, they were shocking, soo hard on wot ever damping setting, woudlnt get them again. | |
loo_goblin |
posted on 6th Mar 05 at 17:43 |
havnt got them but plan on buying a set | |
ikky |
posted on 6th Mar 05 at 10:09 |
sorry my bad, im thinking we were talking about shox and springs here | |
TOMAS |
posted on 5th Mar 05 at 16:46 |
So youve replaced the coilover springs ikky with eibach ones? What poundage? Possible reasons for it being crashy is that you set the coilovers too low? | |
Tom N |
posted on 5th Mar 05 at 14:49 |
i have it and i have had no probs with it. wouldnt say it is crashy if you play around with the damping. | |
ikky |
posted on 5th Mar 05 at 10:12 |
i found it terrible, handled ok, but comfort was shocking, crashing all over the place. now have eibach springs, and handling is much better, sticks like glue, and comfort is perfect | |
TOMAS |
posted on 5th Mar 05 at 09:25 |
I ran the RSX kit for around 12 months with the fronts down at 60mm. Im still running the rear of the kit with new front coilovers. Good kit, suffered from rot though as all spax kits do, but a good blast with waxoil every 4-5 months keeps them good. Found the front springs a little too soft for my liking (and that was with a 1.2 16V engine!) My advice is that once you've set the rebound rate to what you like then leave them. Had issues with a noisey (banging) rear damper but spax replace it for me with 14 days. | |
Tom J |
posted on 4th Mar 05 at 23:41 |
is this the one with adjustable dampers? if so i have it and its quite good | |
Davido |
posted on 4th Mar 05 at 23:24 |
opinions? |