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Best suspension kit for <£500
« on: June 09, 2012, 09:09:30 pm »
What is the best suspension kit for under £500?

I dont really care if it's coilovers or just a suspension kit

Any ideas?

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2012, 09:11:38 pm »
Coilovers?

Think you're looking at AP...

If you can stretch a little further and want adjustable damping... look at GAZ.

Not sure about suspension kits...
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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 09:15:06 pm »
Yeah I did look at ap's but not 100% sure of them
Not too fussed about adjustable damping

Been doing a lot of searching but most items I find are from a few years ago when weitechs were around £480

I could stretch a bit further but think some of the prices are ridiculous, I was only a couple of hundred quid for konis a few years ago for my Cavalier
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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 09:19:14 pm »
Weitec Hicon GTs are quite good. very happy with mine

speak to Damian@DPM Performance - he'll advise you based on your budget/requirements. they're usually the cheapest too, and have price matched if not in the past
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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2012, 09:25:20 pm »
The weitechs are £620 so well over my budget
Got to factor in fitting and a 4 wheel alinment to the cost too

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2012, 09:26:43 pm »
Been alot of happy people with AP's... Speak to ED@APS.co.uk he deals with AP i believe and does perfect 4WA.
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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2012, 09:29:47 pm »
Been alot of happy people with AP's... Speak to ED@APS.co.uk he deals with AP i believe and does perfect 4WA.

He is a bit far away from me as I'm in the north east of Scotland

Best alinment place in the area is behind  my work so very handy, I would be able to fit them apart from the front drivers side as it looks like you have to split the hub the get the shocker out

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2012, 09:46:34 pm »
The weitechs are £620 so well over my budget
Got to factor in fitting and a 4 wheel alinment to the cost too

ah sorry about that, they used to be around the £560 mark not all that long ago (with free postage from DPM)
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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2012, 09:57:34 pm »
I would of stretched to £550 for something decent

The ap's look Good quality but too many mixed reviews of them, do get a 2 year warranty with them so can't be too bad

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2012, 01:35:04 pm »
My vote goes to a bilstein b12 kit. Not coilovers but I would prefer a top spec fixed kit than a low spec coilover kit any day  :wink:

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2012, 02:03:12 pm »
I have AP Coilovers on my Manual Ed30 and love em! The ride feels near enough factory and the cost me £450 brand new  :smiley:
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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2012, 02:29:31 pm »
My vote goes to a bilstein b12 kit. Not coilovers but I would prefer a top spec fixed kit than a low spec coilover kit any day  :wink:

Only thing that puts me off them is that it's only a 20mm drop
I don't really push the car too hard anyway just drive at a good pace
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I have AP Coilovers on my Manual Ed30 and love em! The ride feels near enough factory and the cost me £450 brand new  :smiley:
How long have you had them on for?

I keep swinging towards the ap's and have found them for £450 deliverd too ( which is good for an Aberdonian :laugh:)

Once I was happy with the height I doubt I would want to adjust them

Spent the whole day looking into things and still not made my mind up!

Took me 2 weeks of looking at cat back exhausts and ended up buying a blueflame TBE exhaust

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2012, 09:05:16 pm »
Weitec coilovers, I can supply too  :happy2:

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Re: Best suspension kit for <£500
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2012, 09:07:39 pm »
for £500 fitted check out the H&R group buy

H&R springs and H&R rear ARB fitted and 4 wheel alignment for a shade over £500 from APS
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