broster
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Well i know this is kind of related to my rebuild thread but i just thought id show everyone my new suspension....
comparing it to the avo coilovers and the quality is amazing, bilstein is often over looked unless you own an old escort lol!
any way, thats enough of a blatent plug for bilstein.......
and this should show the diffeence between between the cheaper kits and the more expencive ones. 
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City
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Registered: 30th Dec 03
Location: Wakefield Drives: Red GSi
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expensive?
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broster
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to the general public they would cost
£1110.67
http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/category_results.mhtml?category=bilsteinpss9coiloverkits&car=vauxhallcorsa&manufacturer=bilst&sub_category=1
from there.
i spoke to my local rep and he worked me a deal
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Dave A
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its great being in the trade isnt it mark
and bilstein..... you have seen the light at last! thinking of doing anything with your brakes or are the v6 up to the job?
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Robin
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he needs to get 4 pots to fill the wheels.
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Dave A
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but he has 15's
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broster
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always liked the bilstein stuff, but never been able to afford them. to be honest iv got all my engine bits thru someone who i knew outside of work, apart from my pistons and now my rods lol, being in the trade is great, however it means you car will never get done because you are always tired from working on other peoples cars etc! lol
brake wise, i cant afford to spent more money on other bits i dont need, i need to concerntrate on the engine. i want to get it up and running, then i may go for bigger brakes etc, but all in good time, i o marriott for the wheels and morrettes still lol! they will be paid for this weekend, then im broke!
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
but he has 15's
2 sets.......
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Dave A
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on the brake subject, 1.4 sports do have a much better pedal feel than all other corsas I have driven. robin has mentioned this a few times... maybe there is something to it?
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broster
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i agree, mine is a 1.4 sport shell aswell. be interesting to find some psrt numbers of the brake system and compare them
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Dave A
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yes. might do it tomorrow
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broster
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let me know!
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Robin
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I'd also be interested to know. I can't see any other reason for it
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broster
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dunno, but people with the 1.6 moan that the v6 brakes are poo, the 1.4 is good as you and me have often commented. dave get on msn
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Mattb
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coilovers look 
perhaps the 1.4 master cylinders have a bigger piston diameter... ??
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Dave A
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we will find out....
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SportBoy
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mine was a 1.4 sport and pedal feels quite good for a corsa!
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Ojc
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What are they like compared with Koni Konigsports, Mark?
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broster
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they the fk ones with koni rear dampers??? if so then i didnt like my koni stuff to much, and these are 1000000 times better than the fk front coilovers
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Ojc
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I frigging hope not, I don't want to go anywhere near FK.
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broster
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you look at the price difference and then if you could put them side by side you would see the difference! dont get me wrong for a cheap kit then fk is the way to go, for a decent kit then go for bilstein stuff
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Ojc
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Why would Koni sell their kit with FK components? They have a reputation to keep up.
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broster
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all money at the end of the day
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dan-h
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rang vaux today. all corsas from 1993-2000 came with the same master cylinder and servo units.
the only difference was the gsi master cylinder which had a different part number (due to all having ABS as standard)
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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hmmm, how odd.
must be something else then? different servo on the 1.4 or something
my pedal was ALWAYS solid, as was Mark's, but the other cars I drove had spongey ones, so there must be something.
wierd.
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