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Old Oct 12, 2010 | 05:49 PM
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Hello guy's

I wondering if annyone could advise my about witch coilovers I should use on my Mk 3 Trackcar.
So if you have them fitted please let me know what you think of them.
And please inform me where you can buy a good set of front coilovers for racing / trackday's.



https://passionford.com/forum/restor...track-car.html

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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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Hello to you all,

Does nobody have any answers!!
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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Gaz coilovers mate imo
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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depends on budget i guess really

gaz golds i hear are good

avo's not heard such good feedback
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:28 AM
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IMO using coilovers is not suited to every car, i have tried most setups on my xr3 and found that konis on the front is the best suited to get my car round the track.

Deffo dont use the spaz ones
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Just to add we probly have different driving styles. I tend to drift mine most corners
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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I got leda but havent fitted yet so cant comment
i seen your drifting jano looks well sweet although in a rst looks abit weird
no disrespect just not use to seeing rwd rst
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:53 AM
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He drifts his XR3 as well Scott, which is FWD
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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The black 1 that sounds and looks very nice love the back window
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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Like Muz said, I was talking about the fwd XR3 not the rwd one.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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lol nutter
i must of read it wrong seen loads of vids on youtube very nice cars build by someone who knows his stuff

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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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my bilsteins work well
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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Gaz Golds are doing it for me.
I havent tried any alternatives though.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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i've always read on here that gaz's leak like fuck and are generally crap. i'm confused.com now

what do people think about spax? thinking of the psx kit for my focus. (not trying to thread hyjack but the psx kit may be better than rock hard coilovers even on the track.)
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:17 PM
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Ive only had spax on a mk1 festa be found them to hard
i find konis eibach springs the best comprimise if you dont wanna go coilovers
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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mk 1 fez is light though compared to a focus and the psx kit as adjustible damping with far more clicks than koni and no need to take off the rear shocks to adjust them unlike the koni which you have to take off (only the fronts are on car adjustible0 which is shit imho especially as i can get the spax for £100 cheaper than the koni.

maybe i should look at eibach springs and spax psx shocks.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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Dont know about focus's
but on the mk4 escort thier top adjustable front & rear
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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wish it was same on the focus but from what i've found out they're not top adjustible on the rear....unless my info is wrong.

oh well i'm not buying yet, will keep researching. just thought i'd try and throw in some more optionon this thread
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Originally Posted by Versus_Creations
Deffo dont use the spaz ones

I didnt mean SPAX either incase anyone got confused.

Originally Posted by phil_focus
i've always read on here that gaz's leak like fuck and are generally crap. i'm confused.com now

what do people think about spax? thinking of the psx kit for my focus. (not trying to thread hyjack but the psx kit may be better than rock hard coilovers even on the track.)
Better.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Versus_Creations
I didnt mean SPAX either incase anyone got confused.



Better.

haha i did

thanks
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