Found my old HR's to be pretty poor on the road tbh, far too crashy on anything but the smoothest of surfaces. Felt much like my M3 does now but with more bumping.
Brilliant on track but I'm sure a set of custom coilovers from Gaz or similar will do a better job
I have those wheels they look great. Interesting choice of tyre wall size why go for a smaller one on the rear?Originally Posted by Scottie
Thinking about arb looking at Whiteline as they seem popular. But first wondering if I should get the bushes done along with the coilovers.
If you go 255/40/17 on the rear it's the closest match to standard rolling radius, as the 40 is a % of the 255 width, so matches better than 45.
There where lots of thread on here years ago, and it was felt a 20mm difference in width front to back was the optimum, so go 225 front 255 rear.
2004 - on : 1999 S14a 398bhp 378lb/ft
2010 - on : 2007 RX8 PZ
1998 - 2004 : 1991 S13
I use Whiteline ARB, they are good, the drop links are a bit cheap but easy to replace.
2004 - on : 1999 S14a 398bhp 378lb/ft
2010 - on : 2007 RX8 PZ
1998 - 2004 : 1991 S13
Great! Thanks for the info but bugger wish I had read that yesterday as just had 225 fitted all round..
Have decided going to go with mono pros. Ry and the guy from drift works have convinced me. Plus drift works do 0% finance. Will let you know how it goes.
I did and will again daily mine on 9/7kg HSD's, no problem for me. Too harsh to use on broken up back roads but for the most part the ride is ok and car is nicely stable and controlled.
Good mangood choice!
I have no doubt in my mind you'll enjoy them fella!
Yeah that 0% APR on DW is a nightmare lol
Just ordered full alignment kit for mine
Just for reference - out of the 16 rate damper settings on the MP's I set mine to 8 as it's my daily I wanted it half way.
You may want to have yours harder / softer though mate
Ok so there is a little wait for the mono pros from drift works and mean time to complicates matters I have been getting some advice on alternatives and Teins street advance (replacement to the super streets) have been mentioned as giving a lovely ride. Anyone have these?
Wait and get the mono pros
HSD's on my 350Z are more comfortable than standard and as good on track as anything this side of £1500
I get the feeling that this would only work if we could pursuade Ernest Borgnine to drive the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth hovercraft.
Just to add to the mess, I'm running Apex Limos with Whiteline ARBs and strut braces on my S13.
The spring rates are a very unmanly 4/3 kg but, with the ARBs it makes for a very supple ride with very little body roll and a nice neutral steer until you induce oversteer.
The dampers can be cranked up so that it is teeth rattling over speed humps but at 8 clicks from soft on the front and 6 clicks on the rear, its a lovely ride.
Spring rate on the standard KYBs are 2.2kg/1.8 kg and the bodyroll comes mostly from the underspecced ARBs.
I don't do track days in it but I'm sure they'd be OK for an occasional outing unless you were planning to run in the fast group.
You running mono pro's?HSD's on my 350Z are more comfortable than standard and as good on track as anything this side of £1500
Anyone willing to give me a ride in their car with mono pro or dual tech fitted. Would be a great help.
As mentioned already I have S14 Tein Super Streets, lovely ride on motorway yes but on the streets I would say that's a bit far fetched (SS though). The ride on <=30 is so so, a bit hard over speed bumps and a bit rough over cobble roads but a very nice supple yet complaint ride as speed increases. Fantastic on the higher speed stuff as they soak up bumps in a OEM manor but still have enough damping to give the car a good sports car feel when pressed hard, the damping adjustment does actually give a usable range to tweek feel and handling. Happy with them tbh.
I haven't tracked the current car, I reckon they will be a bit on the soft side for track but that's less of an issue than poor road manors. I by far prefer the softer Teins SS then my HSD HR's, only 1kg difference between the two but it's damping characteristics are considerably different. My AST's were 5/4's but the Tein SS ride a little better. I normally run a modest ride height though, gotta compromise somewhere.
What is an acceptable ride quality is subjective, maybe I'm overly fussy as I think the ride quality in my 2014 DS3 is a bit shit
Makes choosing suspension easy eh? Since suspension makes or breaks a car in my opinion, it would be nice to have a DIY rebuildable set with a ****aboutable shim stack.
Duals mate, I was apeaking to a Drift Allstar driver yesterday and he was in agreement too
I get the feeling that this would only work if we could pursuade Ernest Borgnine to drive the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth hovercraft.
I would offer, but it'd be a bad comparison. Mine's fully caged with rose joints etc.Anyone willing to give me a ride in their car with mono pro or dual tech fitted. Would be a great help
No worries I understand. Mine is just for fast road use. Am leaning now towards dual tech. As I think the monos are going to be too harsh. Only one way to find out order bolt on as see.
If you come towards Leicester for any reason you can have a trip in mine with DTs
What spring rates are the hsd dualtech's?
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