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Old 29-08-2004 | 07:37 PM
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As above really,not silly expensive but upto about a grand,any opinions on the Zoo rear beams too?
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zoo rear beam is a cracking buy and worth having if you want a cossie to handle really well!

as for shocks, depends really what you wanna do with it?

road diving with track days every now and then,, i would say a set of koni's on a tidy set of springs, but if you want a propper track day weapon you billies you cant go wrong with
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adjustable track control arms are a good investment aswell
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Thanks Gareth,would this still be within my budget of about a grand?
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im not sure on prices for anything mate

what type of driving you going to be doing in it?
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Konis font and rear, a set of Eibach springs, front poly bush kit and a set of adj front arms...... for that sort of budget
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Gareth,just fastroad really,maybe a track day here and there?
what about coil overs?would they be better than Koni's?
maybe I need to reconsider my budget

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Coilovers are wicked for track use but very harsh for a road car......

This week we changed suspension on an Escort Cossie from coilovers to Konis coz the guy was fed up with the "ride" of the coilovers...

If you want a nice handling road car for occasional track use the setup above I suggested will be spot on...as most people will agree

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If you want a track monster go for a Zoo rear beam, adj TCA's, coilovers etc but you will need a much bigger budget
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i would go for the konis mate, for your budget and the type of driving you do
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Cool thanks very much lads,and its the cheaper option ,that doesn't happen very often!

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you'll love a set of konis/Eibach mate
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In my appinion, the koni`s arent that good...
I`m using the bilstein damper and eibach springs, and it`s much more slim on the track then the koni`s...
My appinion is that the koni`s is just hard, and pretty hard to set up correctly, while
The bilstein`s is MUCH MUCH better.... both on the road and on the track...

It seems like the bilstein just sucs on to the road
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