Siberia
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Originally posted by Matt.H
I've been told that the little spring is to keep pressure on the large one when the car is jacked up because if the spring goes loose when on the jack its an MOT failure. Mine is compressed fully all the time.
yes and when u go over a big jump... not that yer gona be jumping on the road.
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AdiSRI
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What offset/width are the alloys m8, thats where the problem comes in.
The coilovers are designed for a 6.5" max wheel width, any more and you need spacers....
Unless your me as i have 7x 17's and originally had to fit spacers. Took the car to bodyshop where he mucked about with my archs ad hes adjusted the camber such that i dont need spacers at all anymore.
The cambers not wrong either i had it all chacked and its spot on, and as i say no spacers at all anymore.
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3CorsaMeal
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i get it now 
not what i thought coilover did
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Rob_Quads
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
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Originally posted by Greasemonkey
If FK coilovers dont fit on like every ones corsa that has tried i would send em back and say OI you Twats your selling a kit that dont fit, and get one that did.
the foot notes say u may have to use spacers so thats them covered....
Thats them only covered if they informed you at the time of order.
They can put anything they like in to the product makes no difference. Bit like selling a car without and engine and putting a post-it note on the drivers seat saying "You now need to buy an engine"
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Siberia
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no its on there site.... they have a load of foot notes numbered 1-27.
u go onto there site slect vauxhaul corsa and it tells u to look up a number of notes in the list.......
www.fk-automotive.de
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
Unless your me as i have 7x 17's and originally had to fit spacers. Took the car to bodyshop where he mucked about with my archs ad hes adjusted the camber such that i dont need spacers at all anymore.
The cambers not wrong either i had it all chacked and its spot on, and as i say no spacers at all anymore.
ive done the same, its just a case of trial and error untill u get it right. There is no quick fix for it.
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dave17
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how do u adjust the camber then? my wheels are like this:
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Siberia
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Originally posted by Adam_B
ive done the same, its just a case of trial and error untill u get it right. There is no quick fix for it.
ure dead right... i had mine in and out about 15 times trying them different ways.....
car handling perfect now
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AdiSRI
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FK coilovers have elongated top holes, so you can adjustthe angle of the strut to the mount therein changing the camber.
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Adam_B
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mines still pissed 
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AdiSRI
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I wouldnt like to say mines perfect for handling but im too scared to touch it again incase the wheels stop fitting!!!
I lost the spacers and im not buying another set.
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ben123
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so r fk coilovers any good cos theres that bulk buy n ive put my name down?
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Dan
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RIGHT.....i have the fk ak coilovers not highsport 1s.
does anybody have these and tried fitting them?
i am having nightmares thinkin of a way around it.
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Siberia
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is the spring platform hitting you tyre?
what width are your wheels
and what offset are they?
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AdiSRI
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get a pic up of the strut matey.
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Dan
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same as the front one shown in this pic.
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AdiSRI
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Hmm you will struggle, no helper spring and those springs look REALLY long so theres no way you ccan get the wheel to clear them.
You may well just have to live with spacers matey, even the top holes on those dont look elongated, are they?
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by xhale2007
RIGHT.....i have the fk ak coilovers not highsport 1s.
does anybody have these and tried fitting them?
i am having nightmares thinkin of a way around it.
I thought the auction was for HIGHSPORTS??? 
AK coilovers need spacers to bring them out.
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Joff
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Ah, just re-read the auction:
"pic for illustartion purpose (springs are yellow on the auctual kit)
in very tiny letters
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Siberia
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hmmm they have sort made the helper spring into the coil spring... see how they a different size at the top.
they are gonna be a balls to get right dude
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Dan
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as there made for the corsa b...they must b possible???
i think if i got new tyres they would fit piece of piss.....or if i just move the base up further??
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AdiSRI
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Yeah thats y the springs are so long, as said spacers are your only option.
you could raise the spring platform but thats gonna raise the car.
They are made for wheels that are thinner than yours, thus y u need spacers.
[Edited on 01-10-2004 by AdiSRI]
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
^they are still coilovers the smaller helper spring will decompress if ya go over a large bump/jump.....
+ the chap in BAT motor sport told me that FK have been TUV approved to actually run these coilovers without the helper spring altogether.......
i also tryed this and the car was just just fecking woahfulllll
Just spoke to FK about removing the helper spring on Highsports/Konigsports...
"Removing the helper spring is not the solution at all - this might kill the shock absorber and it is dangerous to drive without it, we don't add the helper spring for fun!"
So a bit different to "TUV approved". I'd ask for a copy of the updated TUV certificate to confirm that it's fine to run without the helper spring.
The problem is with Vauxhall offsets - the coilovers fit fine on standard wheels, but when people beyond factory sizes, aftermarket suspension manufacturers can hardly cater for every variable.
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Siberia
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^to be honest i emailed the guy in FK after yer man in BAT told me to run without the helper spring.... and the guy in fk said more or less exactly the same thing he said to u there......
i did run for about 4 days with out the helpers... bloody terrible felling through the steering and the handling was crap......
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