Jump to content
SAU Community

R33 Gtst Whiteline & Bilstein Suspension


Sydneykid

Recommended Posts

I got the shocks, springs, camber kits, subframe lock kit, castor kit and standard upper mounts installed yesterday and I'm now driving a completely different car!! It's amazing!!!

I previously had some coilovers and they were rubbish compared to this setup... When I got the car the coilovers felt what I thought was good, I just thought you had to deal with a bit of bounce in order to have a firm ride. I had the coilovers for 15,000km and by the end they were absolutely destroyed due to hitting the usual big bumps/potholes of Sydney roads.

I have much less body roll now (amazing how little roll there is even without the sway bars), I CAN drive through pot holes and my rear wheels don't spin unless I really give it some. The ride is about as firm as the old coilovers but can handle bumps big and small which is very surprising (especially when driving over a gutter to go up a driveway). The bushes make the whole car feel very tight and there is none of the squirminess I was used to when accelerating, braking or when making a change of direction. On top of that, there are no clunks or rattles, even when going over a speed hump.

I got it all installed at Heasman's and yes - expensive. However, the result is worth it. Doug Heasman personally did the majority of the work on my car and doesn't have the "good enough" attitude - he made sure everything was perfect. I was able to choose the ride height I was after and am very happy with the aggressive stance.

I'm so happy that I didn't go down the path of coilovers again for their various gimmicks. The reality is that they're not good enough for daily driving around Sydney roads.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 714
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

I have this kit too, and the above post is correct, the car handles so much better than ANY coilover kit.

oh, and DON'T change Sydneykids height settings. If you go any lower it will completely f**k the ride. I did, and I regretted it, lifted it back to how it came from SK and ride was 100 times better.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I used SK's height settings - only way to go!!!

I have this kit too, and the above post is correct, the car handles so much better than ANY coilover kit.

oh, and DON'T change Sydneykids height settings. If you go any lower it will completely f**k the ride. I did, and I regretted it, lifted it back to how it came from SK and ride was 100 times better.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sorry for the delay in responding, especially to PM's. The video card in my home PC died and it took me 4 days to find out what it was and fix it. So I am about 110 PM's behind at the moment and trying hard to catch up. Add that to the workload at Superior Suspension (12 to 14 hours a day, 6 days a week) and it will take me a few days to answer everyone.

Hang in there, if you have transferred money, it's safe, I am not going to run off to Brazil with it. You won't miiss out, the Group Buy isn't going to end soon as I have spent some time with Bilstein securing the shock supply for a couple of months at least.

Advanced warning, I am off to the US for 5 weeks from 1st October to 5th November. Checking out some east coast action, Detroit, Chicago, Daytona and the SEMA show in Vegas. So when I don't repond to PM's or emails in that period, I am sure you will understand why.

>_< cheers :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey SK,

tried to send you a PM but your inbox is full :-)

i'll just write it in here, when you do read it, can you please pm

been reading your Whiteline/Bilstein group buy thread and unfortunately was a bit too late as i have already bought some "low" king springs.

anyways,

at the moment i probably dont have the cash for the full package but would like to replace the shocks/springs

do you think the king springs should be fine with your spec bilstein shocks?

cheers mate

Izmir

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey SK im in the same boat your message box is full so i will just leave message here. I would like to purchase the whiteline springs and bilstein shocks for my r33.

How do I go about this? Will I be able to order and receive these items before you go overseas? I can make payment immediately. Is the transfer account that Jamex Australia account listed on that recommended settings pic? How much will this order be? Anyway any reply will be appreciated.

Cheers Chris

Edited by SevenAngryPenguins
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • The stock one will outperform any aftermarket standard position exhaust manifold. If you don't believe me, do a back to back test (same turbo, same boost, same timing) and you'll be super surprised.
    • Any recommendations on a decent replacement manifold that doesnt break the bank or require additional mods for the stock turbo setup? I figure if I'm going to pull the manifold off anyway to fix the studs might as well replace it. 
    • So I checked the turbo out today. Very minimum play at all just enough for the oil to take up when it's running. I did find an exhaust leak at the manifold. 1 stud all the way in the front is missing and the one all the way in the back is broken off. Front has visible signs of an exhaust leak. I'll fix that soon but that's not my problem still.  I also found that the nipple coming off the turbo had the hose capped off and a hose ran from the j-pipe by the bov going to the wastegate. I removed that hose and capped that nipple and put the turbo nipple hose back on the wastegate.  There was a ton of oil residue all through the charge side of the intercooler piping going to the throttle bodg. I'm thinking that's from the pcv. Doesn't seem to be coming from the turbo that was all clean on the pipes side.  Haven't had a chance to check fuel pressure yet, haven't had time been having to pull a lot of doubles at work. I did pick up some carb cleaner to clean the iacv but wanted to make sure I had a fresh gasket in case the old one rips when I pull it off.  I'm waiting on a MAF that was supposed to be here today but delayed to Monday. Have a double Monday and Friday and work all of next weekend so going to try to find some time in the middle of the week to try that out. Did about a 10m trip around the block today and towards the end the issues were coming back. Fingers crossed on this MAF but if not just going to throw a fuel pressure gauge in and see where I'm at.  Did notice today that I can definitely hear the injectors pulsing. Very audible clicking coming from them. Assuming that's normal? Should also mean CAS is functioning somewhat properly. After it warmed up when I started it the intermittent misfires came in again. Did start doing that before it was fully warmed up. 
    • This morning I carefully reinstalled the manifold and started looking at a couple of things I need to do.  Heat wrap arrived sometime today so I popped into the shed with the missus dishwashing gloves and started wrapping the first half of the dump and the screamer/plumb back.  Once I do the second half I'll be able to final fit the turbo and exhaust up.  Also pulled the harness out today and started terminating it at the ECU end. A connector is done, just need to run the remaining wires that arent in the harness - 12v, gnd and couple I/O
    • A31 is pretty much the same thing without HiAIDS I mean CAS, no improvement lol. Not to late to send it.
×
×
  • Create New...