no i havent crashed it or blown it up

i've just had my car collected by Lennie @ LTP to have the suspension fixed including new Polybushed up TCAs, New Poly Topmounts, and coilovers which will hopefully cure all the problems i'm having with the car

its been gone abot 30mins and i miss her already

oh well, hopefully itll all be sorted out for me and i'll be a happy bunny thisafternoon

 

got me there @ a certain point LOL

 

It could be the start of your handling nightmares - what spring rates did you get? .

 

mike i dunno... i just asked for "some coilovers to fit a 2.0GLSi sierra"

 

If they are AVOs, they come with rear springs that are WAY too hard for the car and will mean oversteer is mental in the wet and ride quality on bumpy roads very poor.

Also, given the weight of the engine, would you not want to specify slightly harder springs on the front than for a 2.0 GLSi?

 

 

get calling jim

 

mike, i dont know about these things... to me a spring's a spring :P

i thought u adjusted the shock for this sort of thing :P

ps theyre cheap n cheerful GAZ coilovers... as if i could afford AVOs!

 

I've got Avo coil overs on my saph cos 4x4 and the car is far to hard!! You get bumped about in the front seat,what a pain on the arse! Its scary at high speeds.sometimes I think its gonna bounce off the f**king road.I've recently tried adjusting everything to see if I can settle her down but I'm seriously thinking of changing the set up.

 

Des,
Firstly start by backing the damping adjustment right off to the softest setting and come up one click each time both front and rear to find something that is acceptable. Most people think hard = best, which is just not true - the tyre has to stay in contact with the road to do it's job .

Then if this is still too poor for you, change the rear springs for something softer. As standard they come with 200lb springs on the rear, which is even harder than what Martin Hadland runs on his virtually race-spec car . Try something like 170s and work up or down from there. The fronts aren't too bad, it's just the mismatch that causes the rear end to jump all over the place.

 

I glad i stuck with my Spax adjustables that Rainbird SOLD me

 

spax and GAZ

 

Oh watch out here comes the fashion police

 

progress update 1 side's done, starting other side now

oh, and i need 2 new front tyres thats another £100 i gotta find from somewhere

 

Whats wrong with gaz?

 

Rich - there not bling enough for Dave.

 

I had AVO coilovers on the 3door and i didnt find them hard at all really, maybe harder than the boat like konis were on softest, but not hard by any means

 

In fact whats the matter with Spax, i got'em on the cabbie and they seem fine to me?

Or is it something i dont know??

 

billy, they cost less than 800quid so they MUST be shit

 

But they do exactly what it says on the box!

 

what, they suspend things?

 

DaveEscos only wears the most expensive suspenders.....

 

Agent Provocateur only for me!

 

Roflmao

 

car's on its way back to me now

aparently it's "really bumpy" might have to look at the spring rates like mike said

 

Set your tyre pressures to 30psi as well....

 

they are at 30psi mike (well, the front are, sunno what steve inflated the rears to when i got the new tyres fitted... lol)

 

fook me he werent lying when he said it was bumpy

back is to low n needs to come up a tad (well, about an inch ) then i can work on what settings i like with harshness...

clonking and grinding noises are now all gone still catches the arch liner when turning left, but thats easily fixed with a junior hacksaw

 

Good news Jimbo

 

£100 squid for two back tyres? wtf make are they

 

i have 350 on front and 250 on the rear 4x4 cossie and i find it ok

 

to lennie, lets hope hes gonna help me fit some suspention on orion tommrow

 

edd, no 100quid for two FRONT tyres (that just happen to be the same as the back )

tjheyre Toyo Proxies v. good tyres, just bargain prices

 

bugger just checked the website n its gone up to £55 per tyre + vat + delivery i KNEW i shoulda bought 4 instead of 2 last week that'll teach me for being stingy

 

heh unlucky, poxies are ok for the money i guess