MadMac

Anyone running on these? Are they any good? Anyone had any bad experiences? Anyone had any good experiences?

TIFF

I have heard VERY different stories of how well these work..........

wildheart

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Not had the coilovers but had normal dampers from them,

Shockingly bad quality,one was siezed and they were made incorrect so they didnt fit,and YES they were the correct ones for my car!

pee vee

heard mixed things too.

speaking to a guy about some on a pug 205, he said they
only had Damping on the Extension stroke

he was experienced in prepping rally cars etc. so he did know what he
was talking about, and they had just come back from Gaz being serviced!

Matt

just fitted them all rouns on mine pal but not run the car yet so cant comment really



tim runs them on the escort with fantastic results

XRdodgybird

I got some to go on the 2i but they are still in the box at present... LOL

MadMac

Hmmm, mostly bad rather than good atm

Jim Galbally

i had problems with mine, bt i think that was mainly my fault rather than the fault of the product.

i certainly wouldnt buy them again, konis are MUCH simpler... frankly i dont give a shit if i can adjust the ride height, so i should never have bothered

MadMac

Fair comment jim.... konis it is then

But unfortunately I do want to be able to adjust the ride hight

Rsmat

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ask rsgus he and his brother ran these on there cossies

digita1dragon

well when we got ours for the XR2 group buy they made them wrong
They do work well and im pleased with them, apart from the car needing slight modification to fit. I plan on getting in touch with them and sending them back for modification and some camber bolts when I have the chance to take them back off the car.

georgie1

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i got them and i got to say the car handles great i got mine from cossmad

Tim

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Mine was awsome since i fitted them konis dont come near imo was mint Nday corners much better , i would buy em again.

cossiecrew

we had a spring length problem when we fitted beaches it had to be like a monster truck or the rims where locked against them also the hardest setting didnt seem all that hard compared to the avos not saying there shit though and i might end up buying some for the track toy escort

and i agree with tim konis dont come nowhere near coilovers

digita1dragon

my susupension is pretty much solid on full whack. I think the springs (275+250 IIRC) are a little hard for road use maybe. But its not too bad really. Went well on track!
This is the final corner of castle combe at around 80mph with the shocks turned up to about 3/4

Ian3dr

Mine are ok but the rear springs they supply (225lb) seem a little hard causing the rear to bounce a little.

cossymad

If you oreder them from most suppliers, they send what they have.
I try to spec them to suit the car.
I supply loads of suspension kits, and 9/10 are GAZ, and I get more problems from other brands TBH. But it is good to hear about other peoples experiences, and what they rate.
Everyone has opinions about what is good, and what suits them best, so it's upto you which to pick, according to price, reputations and who you believe!!!

Markb_s1

The most important thing imo. It's all very well saying suspension is too hard for the road if you're running 600lb springs or something like that! If you go somewhere and say you want parts for a track car rather than being honest (and saying for example, it's fast road and the odd track day) then you're bound to end up with issues.

I'll be putting GAZ on my mk2 when it's done and I'm sure they will be outstanding as they will be built to the recommendations of the person who's built the car and will be setting it all up.


edited to say - there's still no excuse for them being seized etc!

Glenn5

ive got gaz's on my escos specced by chris (cossymad) there great alot more positive than my koni's with a great firm comfortable ride as that was my requirements when ordering them

Tim

iTrader: (1)

And also how many use there cars on track to feel the true benifit ? usually feels crap on the road but outstanding on track imo. Its easy to slate a product when alot that say gaz arnt up to a deal have never used em where there intended to be used, all imo

Jim Galbally

deffo agree that speccing them right in the 1st place makes the world of difference, i bought mine off the shelf, but with i'd have bought off chris(cossymad)

Fozy

Gaz on mine and cossymad spec'd them spot on. Not had a problem thus far and been on 18months. Been to the ring too and the adjustment they offer meet my driving talents. Would certainly buy another set.

The only bad thing about them is when they are cold the ride is really firm and you need a couple of miles to warm the fluid up and they come into a world of their own.

ESCYSCOTT

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it's down to setup when they bounce at the rear not the suspension itself.....I was told to run full soft on the back of mine but IMO it bounced too much so I stiffened them up 10clicks and they are mint now MUCH better than Koni's

carlo

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I have a set on my focus thats rwd using cossie running gear
the car isnt finnished yet so i havent experienced any bother
fingers crossed

MadMac

This thread has gone from they aint good to brilliant

But so far has told me some important points,

1) Get the suspension speced to the car and how you intend to use it

2) If its set for track, rides gonna be shite.... but then again I think ANYTHING will be better than the G-Shonk shocks in the car atm.

cossymad

John Doe

I have to agree with whats been said here, I used to use Leda, but when Dave left Leda to go to Gaz I followed, Dave is the DA in Leda, Lens still at Leda.

And yes, most problems with dampers is the buyer says he/she is going to do trackdays, not 99% of the cars mileage will be on the motorway and town streets, the same as when buying springs the buyer has read in a magazine that the racecar uses 800lb fronts and 400lb rears and orders the same.. most of the time racecar owners are lying through their teeth about spring rates, hoping that the opposition will go out and buy them...

It sounds like you've got a bloke on here that knows what he's doing (cossymad) so if your going to buy, buy from him and be honest with him and get what you NEED not what you want.

And remember if your not happy with what you have ordered, say the damping is set at one end of the scale and you need more/less, then Gaz will revalve them to suit, as with all things, you try it and then modify it