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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 01:02 AM
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The spax shocks on my erst s2 are black are these fixed or top adjustable, i think they are fixed but would like to know for sure,also what experinces have people had with them say compared to koni etc ..cheers
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 01:38 AM
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I believe the black are the sports range, and are fixed rate, yellow are competition adjustables.
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cheers mate thats what i thought
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 02:05 AM
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No problem

And to answer your other question i had a car that came with a set of the Sports fixed rates (sorry to bring you down), and one of them was leaking like a bitch.

A couple of people have told me spax are common to leak, but that was only their opinions.
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 02:10 AM
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mine r ok, the handling is really nice a little bumpy but it doesnt bother me
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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Thats a lowered car for you I'm mad for it too, although i think my cabriolet has overstepped the mark and is now take the piss low
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 02:17 AM
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only problem ive got now is the heavy steering!! is it me being used to the power steering on my other cars or is there a problem?????, people mention steering bushes??? any ideas
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What car have u got, an escort mk3/mk4 i presume? To be honest that orion in my siggy had 17's and was lowered 60' steering was well light.

Have you got big wheels? Bigger wheels actually help, lower profile tyres so they drag less.

Although if your used to power steering then its going to feel heavy, power steering is all good for car parking, but i dont like it at high speed, no feedback and its too easy to push the car beyonds its limits.

Poly bushes are meant to help loads, ive never had a car with poly bushes though?
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standard wheels 195/50/15, s2 rst, spax shocks/ springs about 30mm lower, proberbly just me will have to do some investigating to see if i can see anything wrong
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 03:39 AM
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what time did you look at them presicely?
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Originally Posted by akito-man
what time did you look at them presicely?
What time did who look at what and why?
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oh come on wanksta, hes information mania,did that fly over your head?

by the way ,my spax are top adjustables and are orange in colour,just like my polybushes,and they are 30 drop,but me needs adjustable arms to bring in the castor.on the front.
run on 15s with 205 s on.
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You confuse me to easy. You mean your Camber!!! Not castor lol
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