HELP! Coilover Choice!

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after all this looking.. and reading....

And talking to me old mate... Miguel.

I went for some second hand ARAGOSTA STANDARD spec.

They are all alluminium, 12 stage adjustable. Height adjust independant of spring adjust

Spring rate is 10.3 and 7.8

recommended by knight sports, Top secret

They do have pillow ball uppers, but I don\'t think that is going to affect things too much. It\'s very hard to make a choice actually.

I am also getting some Cusco sway bars and a new 3 point strut bar from Carbing/Okuyama. same as RE-A one.

Should feel a bit different after it all.

I\'ll let you know...

Russ.

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BTW,

I\'ll have some crap Kei office for sale soon... haha

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I\'m running the Feed Pro F-05 at the moment, rather hard with 18kg front and rear springs on brit roads but they should be just the job for circuit use once its ready.

[Jit]

Ben

have you got a pic of those at the moment as i want to compare it to the pics of the suspension my agent has sent me?

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Will take some tomorrow but they should look like these (from the Feed site).

[Jit]

yeah d you know if they come with swift springs or swift logos on the springs as well dude?

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As longg as the shocks are gold with red collars you have FEED. Also the top ,oumts have Feed written on them, but you\'d have to take one off to check this.

Swift are basicaly aftermarket springs that the previous owner put on, I guess they didn\'t like FEEDs spring rates. FEEDs springs have the FEED logo on the side.

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I\'ve been looking at some feed coilovers which look chrome with red tops (like in the pics above), and black feed marked springs. Which version are these?

[Jit]

Cheers Ben,

the shock body is a sort of lightish goldy silver colour hence why im unsure...most of the rest of the car has feed bits (eg the wheels are bought from there even though theyre advan, front wings, t04s was bought from them, radiator , sidelights etc...) hence why i had no reason to doubt they werent feed... oh well ,ill be in japan soon enough to check
Thanks for the help!

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Feed are Built from HKS PRO shell with differnt spring rates. Any rate is custom available.

They seem to get good reviews on the circuit.

I wanted something thats independant ride height adjustable for the street.
these don\'t have much stroke actually.

Feed on Yahoo.

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b85700889






With those, the springs are soo hard, If you want to adjust the height it\'s almost impossible without upsetting the stroke and ride. No so much of a problem since they are exact fo FD.

If I had a full on track car with huge wings and the car would never see road use, then the requirements would be very different.

In Japan they could be CRUX.. Sometimes supplied by Feed.



There are also brands you don\'t know much about. like PCR etc. and don\'t forget almost every workshop will rebrand some kind of suspension in it\'s own colour with differnt spring rates.

[Jit]

Hi Russ
thanks for that. Ive got a really bad pic of the rear shock body (taken wit hthe wheels on and ride height raised for maximum aero kit shipping clearance!) Ill stick that up in a bit.

BTW great choice on the Aragostas! The FD which my mate imported has a set of those on, and all I can say is they ride bloody fantastic and they aint too shabby round the old twisties either! Do you know if they are like the penske or other more exotic stuff in that they need rebuilding more so than your teins, HKS etc? Ive heard the fluid degrades pretty dam nfast on the penske...

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A great read Russ, im in the market for a new suspension setup myself. Let us know how the ride is when its all fitted. Where did you get the Carbing/Okuyama from in the end and how much ? Cheaper than the Amemiya I\'m guessing !

Bulla

[Jit]

http://jitesh512.fotopic.net/p49034228.html

im pretty sure theyre not the feed ones from that photo as thats the lower fork on the rear shock...Any idea on what they might be..i was thinking possibly zeal as ive had zeals shocks which have that style of fork.

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JIT,

They are Apexi N1 Not sure which version. PRO, Circuit, STREET, EVO Need more pics.

Look like the older style ones though.

They are Good! Have heard good reports. I was looking for them too recently as part of my selection.

Rebuilding, I am not sure on exact details. But if you have a race car then you need to rebuild everything all the time. It\'s the same with Race spec shocks.

Carbing/Okuyama Strut Bar..
I get all my stuff from Miguel at Neweraparts.com it was a bit cheaper than the RE-A price but still not cheap.

I can\'t wait till everything comes so I can stick it on...

Russ.