Jim Galbally

i want to get some new springs for the saph, but i dunno wot suspension its got on it... i'm told its 4x4, but how do i check?

i know the rears are the same on all of em so thats not a problem, but what about the fronts? is there an easy way to tell what springs i'll need?

also what kinda drop do you recon? i was thinking -25mm?

car is running esccos alloys with 205 profiles on em... and it has a front splitter, so i dont want to get rubbing or anything...

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Gadget

Can't remeber what the spring colours are mate for a 4x4, i can look oin my escort but i think they are different to saff??
i will have some nearly new escort cossie standard shocks soon as i'll be putting konis onto it, they have done about 2k miles, you want them for £50??

Oh, and the car looks proper

Kevin Sharp

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the car looks low enough as it is...if the tyres arnt rubbing just now why not just leave it

Alvyn

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Jim, was this car originally from Bootle?

Jim Galbally

kev, its got std suspension on it at the moment... it looks low coz theyre old, and the springs aint quite up to the job of supporting the big ol v6.

i might just get a full kit tho, how much are konis for a saph? about 400?

Jim Galbally

ok from what i can tell theres only a few types listed:

normal 2wd
cossie 2wd
and 4x4 (all models)

then you got the estate etc. with coilovers on back etc....

so what distinguishes the 2wd and 4x4 apart... is it just the hub mounting? or topmount too? i assume that if the car has 4x4 hubs then i use 4x4 shox, and if it has 2wd hubs then i use normal shox, and 2wd cossie hubs i use 2wd cossie shox... right?

the car has 4x4 brakes, so its likely that its got 4x4 hubs... i'll check later...

Alvyn

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Jim,I guess not then

Jim Galbally

sorry mist your post

from what im told it was from liverpool, and now its it herne bay... now im takin it to bromley

danvisteon

jim do you want a price for Gaz shocks height adjustable coilovers?

Jim Galbally

dan, i cant afford fookin coilovers i WAS planning on spending 80quid on springs... even konis will take me way over budget... lol

aso will coilovers go on the rear with my wheel/tyre combo?

danvisteon

we are proberly only talking about £350 -£400 not £800 odd quid!

Jim Galbally

ok sweet, price me up then! lol

just looked in burtons n theyre about 560quid

Alvyn

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from what im told it was from liverpool, and now its it herne bay... now im takin it to bromley [/quote]

I thought so, It was for sale for about 1yr about 2yrs ago @ £3500 was offered to me when I was selling a modded S/2 back then! did look nice

danvisteon

£410 incl postage for cash, you could give me the money tomorrow night and i could give you the coilovers at wednesday's pf meet, it's up to you

thebigyin

sorry to but in lads,any chance of a price for coilovers for a 2wd cosworth dan?

danvisteon

have a look on their website it has all the info you need
http://www.gaz-shocks.com/

Jim Galbally

dan, any chance of getting em any sooner? say for sunday/monday? (if i collect?)

also is that price the same for the 2wd, 4x4 etc. etc. asi still dont know what suspension is on mine

Jim Galbally

ok sod it i'll take em (i assume its a full kit yeah not just shox on their own?) booked into zoo on the way back from MSD now

so much for buying a car n not spending any money on it

mark

jim when it come to you and cars ya cant help spending money on them

could be worse tho ya could wast ya money on drinking and taking drugs

danvisteon

yeah mate full kit shox and springs

Jim Galbally

whoops, just went overbudget oh well shit happens

car's speclist looks "the bollocks" tho

Rab

Go Jimbo, get they coilovers on!

Rs Gus

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jim i have a new set of gaz coilovers for a 4x4 %00 new what i payed for them rs gaz wanted the so i got them now he dont want them

Jim Galbally

can you beat danvisteon's price

ps need to check mine's got 4x4 suspension 1st... i havent had an answer to the Q yet

Rs Gus

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no jim i cant 490 is what they cost me

bert

2wd and 4wd suspension are different sizes. that and there is a big hole for the driveshaft on the 4x4 bits.

nomad

its simple, check to see if you have a front diff, if you havent then you have 2wd suspension, then check the colour coding on the struts to see if their cosworth or normal 2wd, i cannot remember what colour coding cossie is (think its red.white.red) spadge or other cossie breakers will know . cheers nomad

Jim Galbally

ok so if its a 4x4 hub its deffo 4x4 suspension right?

but if its a 2wd hub, how am i gonna distinguish it between a "normal" 2wd hub and a cossie 2wd hub? bearing in mind the car's a 2.0 GLSi so it may have "normal" 2wd hubs on it still...

Gadget

cossie 2wd hubs will be different than other hubs as the 2wd calipers have wider bolt holes so won't fit unless machined onto a standard hub and vice versa!

Jim Galbally

so we saying that if its got 4x4 brakes and 4x4 hubs... its 4x4 suspension

if its got 4x4 brakes and 2wd hubs then its normal 2wd suspension

am i right there gadge?

danvisteon

jim measure the strut where it goes in the hub
2wd = 45.5mm
4wd = 50mm ish
i can't get the struts till next week as they are waitng for the teflon coated piston rings to turn up and they are due tuesday, is this ok???? BTW the delivery is next day

Jim Galbally

its not a problem, its just i'm up in essex all weekend workin on car so coulda killed 2 birds with 1 stone...

also those measurements you just put down, are they for cosworth only? ie is a 2.0 GLSi also 45.5mm?

cheers dan

danvisteon

glsi is the same as 2wd

Jim Galbally

ah ok...

any ideas why they list sierra and sierra cosworth different then

danvisteon

weight of engine possibly coz a cossie has more weight at the front end with the turbo, intercooler and the other gubbins, so it could just be that, if you can measure the strut and let me know i can get the correct set made for you
cheers
dan

Gadget

sounds about right to me mate!

bert

YOu cant have 4wd hubs on a 2wd car as you have nothing to bolt the hub face onto as there is no drive shaft to hold it all together

Jim Galbally

cant you? i thought some 2wd escort cossies retained the 4x4 hubs?

bert

Only if you machine a driveshaft down to fit it and keep the hub in one piece.

I doubt anyone bothered to do that on your car so id say you have 2wd suspension.

Jim Galbally

okies... cheers

pretty sure its gonna be normal 2.0GLSi hubs then with 4x4 cossie brakes bolted to em