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ryno have u rolled your guards yet?

tyre might rub on the guards

Hey mate,

There was no need for me to roll my gaurds, as they're not rubbing anywhere. I went down to 225/45R17's on the front so they wouldn't rub on the upper arm, but the rears are still 235/45R17's.

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Gary, PM sent and $400 deposited :dry:

Gary, not sure if you're getting my PM's. Could you please confirm receipt of my $400 deposit ?

Thanks.

Hey SK

What is the lowest setting that the car will sit at? I.e. how many mm from guard to centre of the wheel will the car be at on the lowest setting in the lowest groove? I am trying to determine how much lower my car can go, as I am trying to avoid getting new springs and mucking up the current set up.

Hey SK

What is the lowest setting that the car will sit at? I.e. how many mm from guard to centre of the wheel will the car be at on the lowest setting in the lowest groove? I am trying to determine how much lower my car can go, as I am trying to avoid getting new springs and mucking up the current set up.

With the Whitleine coils and 5 extra grooves they will go to ~320 mm at the front and ~310mm at the rear. I can have extra grooves machined if you want, a few of the guys have done that for shows.

As always I have to mnetion that anything under 350 mm will give reduced handling and decreased ride comfort. The dynamic camber angles go to hell, bump steer front and rear occurs, traction is reduced, the extra drive shaft angles soak up power and there is simply not enough travel to absorb the bumps. Some people are willing to sacrifice that for looks, each to his own.

:P cheers :(

Guys, just fitted Gary's kit to my GTST & it is the best $1700 I've spent on my car. This is a very well sorted package & the results certainly exceeded my expectations, to be honest I think you could spend $4 or $5k elsewhere & not achieve the same result. Anyone considering upgrading their suspension would be mad to go past this package. Thanks again Gary!

UPDATE: This suspension reduced my PB lap time by 3.25 seconds (QR CLubman circuit)!

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  • 2 weeks later...

Check out the thread on the differences between a bad shock and a good shock for more information.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=114718

:( cheers :O

extra grooves machined ?? whats this ?

The Bilstein shocks come with a circlip retained lower spring seat. By machining extra circlip grooves it enables the exact height to be selected prior to fitting the shock/spring set. The circlip groove settings give pre determined heights that I have tested on a number of Skylines. Slight variations from vehicle to vehicle as usual.

:D cheers :nyaanyaa:

Edited by Sydneykid
hey sydneykid,

i've tried to pm twice, have you been getting them?

thanks

george

Sorry George, the PM mailbox was full for a couple of hours. Lots of guys with questions and needing help. Maybe give it another go, I have cleared some space during the day today.

hey sk,

i got my kit today, I plan to install it soom, just wondering if you still have some of the bump stop pics which were up in the topic alittle while ago.

Just need to know where to trim them.

Thanks

George

hey sk,

i got my kit today, I plan to install it soom, just wondering if you still have some of the bump stop pics which were up in the topic alittle while ago.

Just need to know where to trim them.

Thanks

George

Hi George, until Prank fixes the Gallery bugs, the best I can do is email them to you. Just PM me your email address.

:) cheers :D

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Gary, you've been offering this great package for almost a year now but I just wanted to check if it will still be going in approx. 2 months when some money comes back to me?

Keen as mustard! Cheers

Gary, you've been offering this great package for almost a year now but I just wanted to check if it will still be going in approx. 2 months when some money comes back to me?

Keen as mustard! Cheers

Yep, from memory it started in September. We stopped for a month or so when Bilstein ran out in December/January. Then Bilstein Germany sent over some via airfreight, so we could restart it again. I have recently closed the R32GTR Group Buy as there are no R32GTR front Bilsteins left until the next production run.

I know you are asking when the R32GTST Bilsteins will run out, the answer is I have no idea. Sometimes Bilstein sell 1 set a week, but the R32GTR's sold 10 sets in 2 weeks. Hence all goooooone.

My suggestion would be (same as a few guys have done) put down a $400 deposit to secure the Bilsteins, then pay the rest when you have it.

:P cheers ;)

Just checked my front tires for the first time in a while and the insides of each are down to the metal strips :\!. Looking at them its asif the tires dont sit straight down instead they angle out. Whats worn? I presume a full kit will fix this?

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