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digitalbanana
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13th May 03 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
want a 40 mil drop...what is the best quality for the price? looking for under £250 for full kit, but will shell out more if need be!

cheers
Kris TD
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not apex
digitalbanana
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so spax are ok? i remember seeing that 1 company was shit...musta been apex.
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quote:
Originally posted by Kris TD
not apex


whats wrong wiv em?
Mikorsa16v
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ive got an apex kit GTF LoL
stuyw
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how big is ur wallet m8??
Mikorsa16v
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koni
Adam-D
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so whats wrong with apex??
Kris TD
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in my opinion the apex kit is far to soft, too much bodyroll, i got rid of apex front shocks and springs for koni and pi, much better.

you wont get spax for 250 mate.
Kris TD
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had more bodyroll on a full apex kit as i did with standard shocks and pi springs, plus the apex springs dont lower anywhere near what they say they do.
stuyw
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PI springs are crap as they are weaker than vauxhall factory ones
Kris TD
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u must have had a duff set then cos ive had pi springs on my car for 4 years and never had a problem with them, infact best thing i have done to my car.
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think ill get pi kit
only got bout 250 max
digitalbanana
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actaully i will get spax for 250, their at PVD for £249.99
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Apex, G-Max, Pi all budget stuff. Spax have problems but are good, Avo are good and Koni are really good. Bilstein, Leda and H&R are the most expensive and best kits.
Courtenay do a specialy tunned kit for the Corsa made up of brand name dampers with a few mods and their own springs. They claim they're awsome. They do a Clubman kit at just over £300 and a Premium kit at just over £400 - if you want really good handling at a decent cost I'd go for these.
digitalbanana
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how much is a pi kit?
stuyw
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i had pi springs on mine for 5 years with no problem, but they are worse than standard
Kris TD
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what u meen stu?

when you say weaker do you meen softer?
how are they worse than standard, im interested what u meen.
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by worse, what do u mean? bouncy or poor handling?

im thinking of going for spax...their in my budget a.t.m at 250 for the kit.
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Kris - the PI springs are rated to 90lbs and the vauxhall ones are rated to 120lb's
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suppose it depends which ones you have, i have the td springs which are stronger than the petrol ones, specifically for diesel models. although i can safety say that they are stronger than the corsa apex ones i had on for like 2 days.
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so whats the best for 250 quid bearing in mind i have 15's and shitty standard suspension and a front and rear strut brace
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13th May 03 at 19:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
id stretch it to 300 n get koni's
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im streching it to 250 already from 150
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im only gonna have the car a year and a hlaf more maybee two years tops so it doesnt have to be amazing just lower and stiffer than vaux standard

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