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So I just fitted Kings and Bilsteins

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After fitting the new springs and shocks the cars feels really good one the road. I used to have problems with under steering cause to front was bouncing so much.

Just a couple of points for others to remeber when doing the same job.

1) Be prepared to spend the whole daying doing it.

2) It is an absolute pain in the a** of a job.

3) the back strut tower bolts are located under the parcel shelf and can be a huge pain to get to depending on your factory sterio option. I have factory splits in the back which had to be removed along with the seats and parcel shelf.

4) if you have a press it would be very handy for pressing on the bottom spring plates to the Bilstein shocks (I had to use the old persuader (hammer).

5) Make sure you have spring tentioners.

The rest is easy but frustrating :)

With this setup the guards are about 10mm from the tyres (with 18's) but may sag a little more. The ride seems to be nice and firm but not to firm...

Sorry if this thread seems pointless, I am still cooling of as I just finished it. I needed to vent :)

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siksII Grand Master

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i put in whiteline springs and bilsteins a week ago,

it took about 45 mins to remove the coilovers..

i found it very easy (with a friend who had done it before) to put them him, the only problem was:

as you said, the bottom plate for the springs would not go on for the rear shocks. the fronts went on easy. i called whiteline they said it happens sometimes, and if there was a shart edge they sometimes need to grind it off..

There were no sharp edges, the hole was just too small!!

so we used to dremel to grind the hole out a bit more and them it all went well.

(i did try and use the 'persuader' at first :) )

all up fitting took about 4 hours including removing and refitting the interior.. the whiteline springs didnt need to be compressed to fit in..

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How much did it set you back? Looking at getting some to do mine shortly.

Well I payed $1000 for the bilsteins and $320 for the kings. I got the kings from capital steering & suspension and the socks from pedders. I had to haggle a bit with pedders to get the shocks for $1000...

siksII Grand Master

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you can get the whiteline sports pack (springs and shocks) from UAS with sau discount.. comes to around ~1215

but can add up to more once u buy dust covers if needed (i got 4 new ones) which are not cheap, around 20-25 each

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I used the low ones which are supposed to lower the car 35mm at most. You have the option of standard, low and super low. But I would not go the super lows because it would cause camber probs....

Yeah i am looking at geting the "low" springs

How does your car sit now? do you have a pic?

siksII Grand Master

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is the UAS discount only for NSW members? Or being a Vic member, can i apply for the discount?

how you finding the springs/shocks anyway siksII?

cheers.

Hey, im pretty sure its just for forum members too ie. just mention sau and they will see what they can do, speak to john(boss)

the springs and shocks are just what i was hoping for, car rolls less and is a lot easier to drive, ride is similar to standard ride.

only complaint is the front end feels less precise and stuck, although u do get some stabilising understeer before the tail comes out, so plenty of warning..

also when the front/rear comes out they slide nice and smooth, just overall making the car easy to drive, especially on bumpy(ALL) roads

i used to have coilovers and there is no way i could have rounded corners as quick or as stable as i do now..

siksII Grand Master

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Did you consider just getting new coils made for your coilovers rather than buy whole new suspension???? Much cheaper option. Obviously depends on the condition/quality of the coilovers.

hey, i considered this, but decided against it, i wanted a very good setup, and dont have the knowledge, and dont really trust suspension places to make up a set of springs to suit the shocks that would work as well as the whiteline setup

so basically i wanted a minimum of stuffing around, also my alloy tops were very noisy, so i needed to get rid of them anyway, they annoyed me!

i sold my coilovers for around $500 so in the end it only cost about 800 (1300 all up)

for springs, shocks, strut tops(from a forum member), bump stops, and new dust covers

i installed myself otherwise that would have been maybe an extra 250 or so.

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Sciby Experienced

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I'm on this path too, already have the Bilsteins installed, although they've been working too hard with the shit springs, so I suspect they'll need a service soon... I just rang Repco for a quote on King Springs low's, and they said $220 for front AND back springs, with $10 freight... that sounds... wrong.

Anyone confirm or deny that pricing? :P

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Nah, he said $110 for each set, meaning $220 all up... but maybe its more the truth, considering you feel that $440 would be too expensive.

I gave the Repco on the other side of town a call, they said $161 for the fronts, and the rears weren't in their catalogue. :P

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