R56 Shocks replacement?
Actually, your car is lower than mine by quite a bit. My front is 25" and the rear is 25 1/4". TSW is advertised as .75" drop, NM is 1.2", I think.
Koni Yellows are adjustable at the shaft end. This means that the rears must be removed to be adjusted, but the fronts are easily changed.
Have fun,
Mike
Koni Yellows are adjustable at the shaft end. This means that the rears must be removed to be adjusted, but the fronts are easily changed.
Have fun,
Mike
i'll have to chime in here - i've got bilstein sports, love them
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Hi guys,
I am wondering is my R56S in need to have a set of new shocks. (If I need shocks, any recommendations? normal street driving and very rare spirited back road stormer, but no track or auto-x-ing) Its got 50k miles and stock normal springs and shocks. I am asking that because the front is lower than the rear. The front is about 3 fingers between wheel and wheel arch and the rear is more like 4 fingers width. Last time the tire rotation guy told me that one of the front wheel got slightly uneven wear on the inner edge. Can anyone help?
I am wondering is my R56S in need to have a set of new shocks. (If I need shocks, any recommendations? normal street driving and very rare spirited back road stormer, but no track or auto-x-ing) Its got 50k miles and stock normal springs and shocks. I am asking that because the front is lower than the rear. The front is about 3 fingers between wheel and wheel arch and the rear is more like 4 fingers width. Last time the tire rotation guy told me that one of the front wheel got slightly uneven wear on the inner edge. Can anyone help?
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From: Earth
On my 51k mile R56: Installed a set of FSDs, Hotchkis Competition rear sway bar, new oem replacement sway bar end links, new oem front strut mounts, and power flex rear strut mounts. I've had this car for 20k miles and the new additions are so incredible that I actually have to relearn how to drive the car due to the amazing handling.
My reaction was 100% the same.
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Bushings and end links were one of those "well, I'm in there anyway..." but I had to stop there or I would have replaced everything that attached to everything. By the time I looked up, it would have turned into a 2015 F56!
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Can you point me to a source for this quote? FSD + NM seems to be a good option for me, I don't want to go too low because I use the car as my daily year-round in the North East where we get plenty of snow.
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I wouldn't worry too hard about springs. The FSDs with stock springs are great for street handling. If you're looking for track use or a slammed look, you'll want to go with coilovers.
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***please correct me if I'm wrong***
Keep in mind that if you lower it passed a certain amount (.75"? 1"?) that you will most likely need to add adjustable suspension parts to correct the altered camber (at least). It was the additional cost that led me to FSDs...Koni sports, lowering springs, adjustable rear lower control arms, adjustable front sway bar links (I believe) doubled the price of the FSDs. I took a good look at my car and how I have it "designed" visually and decided I liked how it looked. That's just for ME though. The new wheels I bought earlier have the perfect offset for me and push them out enough that I feel makes up for me lowering just a bit, which would only be for appearance. If I had the extra $600-$700 sitting around, sure as hell would have lowered it
Keep in mind that if you lower it passed a certain amount (.75"? 1"?) that you will most likely need to add adjustable suspension parts to correct the altered camber (at least). It was the additional cost that led me to FSDs...Koni sports, lowering springs, adjustable rear lower control arms, adjustable front sway bar links (I believe) doubled the price of the FSDs. I took a good look at my car and how I have it "designed" visually and decided I liked how it looked. That's just for ME though. The new wheels I bought earlier have the perfect offset for me and push them out enough that I feel makes up for me lowering just a bit, which would only be for appearance. If I had the extra $600-$700 sitting around, sure as hell would have lowered it
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