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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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oh, you got them pre-settled

i'm pretty, no, very obsessive with these things, so i would probably wait....in the remote chance that there would be some settling. but i think you'll be fine tomorrow....provided they were on a similar weight ride (i.e. not a cooper, cabrio, stripped out racer, etc).

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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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I'm lucky as my friend owns the alignment shop so I can get it done as much as I want for free anyway. I have a few settings I want to try out so I'm sure it will be the first of many alignments. Two weeks ago went in to get a baseline alignment report.
 

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Old Mar 1, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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I'm lucky as my friend owns the alignment show so I can get it done as much as I want for free anyway.
If that's the case, I wouldn't wait either!
 
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Pharaoh
I'm lucky as my friend owns the alignment shop so I can get it done as much as I want for free anyway. I have a few settings I want to try out so I'm sure it will be the first of many alignments. Two weeks ago went in to get a baseline alignment report.
wow, that's a nice arrangement. that guy would get sick of me real soon
 
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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Just did Coilovers yesterday myself....

Umm.... yeah, I'm diggin' it:



 

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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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Everything is so nice and clean
 
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisMCS04
Everything is so nice and clean
So far! It's only got 1400 miles on it so things will change.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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At least you have a nice pretty picture of it now
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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Modified KW V3's...

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This spring I will be installing these modified V3's
They have been changed to 60mm longer front linear springs from the Barrel Non-Linear's.
The rears have had a helper spring added in addition to running shorter rear springs with a slightly stiffer rate to match the rate of the fronts.
I will also be running the TSW Camber Plates:
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I will post some pictures once they are installed
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MidniteCoop

This spring I will be installing these modified V3's
They have been changed to 60mm longer front linear springs from the Barrel Non-Linear's.
The rears have had a helper spring added in addition to running shorter rear springs with a slightly stiffer rate to match the rate of the fronts.
I will also be running the TSW Camber Plates:


I will post some pictures once they are installed

That'll be a kick-*** setup. More than pics, I want to hear what you think about it post-install.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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Here are some better images of the new Coilovers for the thread.
More to come when I get everything installed...

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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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So sexy.....
 
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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this is the best..but now that all these are nice...does anyone have like a specific one they would recommend that is not a Japanese brand? Not to say they suck or anything but i would like to have German brand for a German Car. Thanks you Awesome PPl
 
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 12:23 AM
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KW, H&R and Bilstein are German brands if I'm not mistaken. So is Eibach but their coilovers are rebranded KWs I think.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by MINIdriver85
KW, H&R and Bilstein are German brands if I'm not mistaken. So is Eibach but their coilovers are rebranded KWs I think.

I dont think so. I am waiting on Eibach coilovers now,they should be arriving this week. They are made in California
 
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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Kw, H&R, and Bilstein are all German companies.
Eibach is in no way re-branded KW's....
 

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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MidniteCoop
Kw, H&R, and Bilstein are all German companies.
Eibach is in no way re-branded KW's....

Yup... and they rock!

As for Eibach, they don't use KW.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MidniteCoop
Kw, H&R, and Bilstein are all German companies.
Eibach is in no way re-branded KW's....
Originally Posted by BlackSapphire
Yup... and they rock!

As for Eibach, they don't use KW.
Ok then, sorry, must be mistaken about Eibach
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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so KW, H&R, and Bilstein but what bout koni...i heard they are pretty good and ppl with BMW use them quite a bit
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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Koni are pretty good, they should be German too but I'm not sure.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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what do you guys think are pretty good for city drive and i like to sometimes take it up to the mountains for a joy ride
 
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Thanks for the pics. I will do some updating when I get some time as school is finishing up in the next 3 weeks...
 
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bbhua00
what do you guys think are pretty good for city drive and i like to sometimes take it up to the mountains for a joy ride
A mate of mine is very satisfied with the Bilstein PSS, not the PSS9 which can be set also in rebound/compression, the PSS is the version which is only height adjustable but he finds it comfortable around town and a very good setup for performance driving and occasional track.
 
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by MINIdriver85
KW, H&R and Bilstein are German brands if I'm not mistaken. So is Eibach but their coilovers are rebranded KWs I think.

I was wrong. Eibach coilovers are made by KW, says so on my coils
 
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 4Boogie
I was wrong. Eibach coilovers are made by KW, says so on my coils
I'll be darned... they do make some of Eibach's stuff. The spring rates are probably different but I imagine the dampeners are close to identical (guessing).
 
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