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10 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

Can anyone actually recommend a suspension place that won't go "Oh it's a sedan, I see your money and your questions are beneath me and please stop lowering the property value of my amazing shop"?

as this happens quite a lot

Shockworks do setups for Falcons and Commodores, so no reason to reject your vehicle short of it bringing a meteorite down onto their workshop

www.shockworks.com.au

Give him a call

I was happy to go there, but I'm really looking for a place that will repair/replace suspension geometry as opposed to just fixing the issue by selling coilovers. Seems like the actual springs and struts are the least of my worries now.

That said I always thought the tail being a bit slidey was due to this torque spike as per here:

http://www.sau.com.au/forums/uploads/monthly_2016_09/57eb13251b249_DynoGTX3582RPower.thumb.jpg.3d244a1923896738611d6b0dd20f2308.jpg.pagespeed.ce.mloANxsVLK.jpg

Speaking of suspension, when I got my brakes put on the guy noticed my front right coilover shock has gone and leaked it's oil out. Got quote $220 for replacement part from pedders.. considering just buying a new front right complete coilover and wacking it in instead but not sure it's worth while even doing any of it - car feels alright and not like it sees the track. 

Greg if car seems aight just leave it :P 

Leeroy - maybe some Emotion CR ultimates, aint too shabby.

Edited by UNR33L
32 minutes ago, blah_blah said:

How are you not dead yet?

I'm yet to go to Sandown in the dry with HICAS still enabled with busted rear wheel bearings and HICAS tie rod ends apparently.
So it should be any day now.

47 minutes ago, UNR33L said:

Leeroy - maybe some Emotion CR ultimates, aint too shabby.

yeah... i prefer some of the other work wheels, but certainly got heaps of caliper clearance.

any pics fitted to a falcon?

1 hour ago, Kinkstaah said:

I was happy to go there, but I'm really looking for a place that will repair/replace suspension geometry as opposed to just fixing the issue by selling coilovers. Seems like the actual springs and struts are the least of my worries now.

That said I always thought the tail being a bit slidey was due to this torque spike as per here:

http://www.sau.com.au/forums/uploads/monthly_2016_09/57eb13251b249_DynoGTX3582RPower.thumb.jpg.3d244a1923896738611d6b0dd20f2308.jpg.pagespeed.ce.mloANxsVLK.jpg

Read the website you twit

2 minutes ago, Birds said:

Read the website you twit

Just read the website.
It makes sense and I should have read the website and utilize their business.
Thank you for your informative post. I am appropriately admonished for not reading.

5 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

Just read the website.
It makes sense and I should have read the website and utilize their business.
Thank you for your informative post. I am appropriately admonished for not reading.

Well we got there in the end...

4 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

To be fair if I do go the whole hog and replace shocks and springs I would consider Shockworks or MCA really as the only two options to choose from. I may get away with a new set of coils, hicas lock bars and toe arms to suit, and two rear wheel bearings.

Still somewhat shit when my initial complaint to get checked out was "hm, the front seems to be pretty happy to hit bump stops and isn't low"..



You tell them you have a single issue.. They say yes you do and heres 5 other problems. Now you're disappointed in THEM that they've pointed out more safety issues than you realised. 

Legit no wonder why they don't want to take the job on. You don't book a haircut for 4.30pm and then when you get there change it to a cut, colour and 10 other things you can do at a salon. 

What I'm saying is you told them you had an easy job for them to make a profit on and instead served up a turd and asked them to polish it. 

6 minutes ago, Borci88 said:



You tell them you have a single issue.. They say yes you do and heres 5 other problems. Now you're disappointed in THEM that they've pointed out more safety issues than you realised. 

Legit no wonder why they don't want to take the job on. You don't book a haircut for 4.30pm and then when you get there change it to a cut, colour and 10 other things you can do at a salon. 

What I'm saying is you told them you had an easy job for them to make a profit on and instead served up a turd and asked them to polish it. 

Nope, I actually asked them to do a checkup and they did.
They found faults in their eyes, and reported them to me in great detail which I am appreciative for and I shall get a 2nd opinion on.
Because some of the things mentioned are so severe that they necessitate a 2nd opinion.
They have found things I've never noticed/didn't know where there and things like "your two rear bearings are utterly f**ked" seems like it would show up when you shake the entire car by the wheel and notice no movement.


I'm well aware that they may not have had time/resources to take on such a job and that's fair enough when you're working in an industry like that.
It isn't somewhat shit of them, it is just somewhat shit in life to go for something simple and find out a lot else is on the plate that you didn't know about and now you do.


I asked them for a check and I got a check. What I did not do was ask for a check then demand they fix it all in the time allotted for a check, dude. I'm not that kind of customer, or human being really.

Just now, Kinkstaah said:

Nope, I actually asked them to do a checkup and they did.
They found faults in their eyes, and reported them to me in great detail which I am appreciative for and I shall get a 2nd opinion on.
I'm well aware that they may not have had time/resources to take on such a job and that's fair enough when you're working in an industry like that.
It isn't somewhat shit of them, it is just somewhat shit in life to go for something simple and find out a lot else is on the plate that you didn't know about and now you do.


Fair enough then.. maybe I have misinterpreted how you wrote your first couple of posts on the issue. 

Buy some Superstreets / Street Advance. Better than Shockworks, better than BC and cheaper than both. 

16 minutes ago, blah_blah said:

If other people are keen pat and i and some other wastelander are going to cars n coffee tomorrow at sandown. will just meet at my house im 2mins from sandown

i was thinking about going.... what time y'all heading in?

i might be helping someone with a stereo install tomorrow

PS calder drags rescheduled due to weather

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