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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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Well, with the spring/summer right around the corner the car will be out of storage. It will be time to get some parts on the ws6. I was looking into the QA1's with 300lb spring setup in front and QA1's in back on stock spring unless otherwise recomended.

pretty much just want to see how your setups look, ride height/stance and state how you like the setup!
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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Well I have 10 Way Rear QA1's and they sit fine, Stock Spring with Stock Isolator. The Fronts will be getting a R series Shock and has a 310-315 pound Spring on it currently. I would need to mess with ride height when I get them on. They were on JL-ws6's car (drag racing moderator's car).

Currently the Fronts are stock, Rear set to 5's and you can def feel the feed back, especially in low rolls, the rear needs to have a hoppy feel. Personally I like it due the feed back and the car will perform mint when I set it up for racing.
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Old Mar 11, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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nice! a friend of mine has a full drag setup.. I didnt want to go that far.. but he just loves his QA1 setup. Id like to hear more opinions and hopefully some pics of some sick setups!
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Nobody else hase some nice setups they would like to show off and give pros and cons on!?
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Just a couple days ago I installed a set of Strange adj. drag shocks which are basically the same deal as the QA1's. I'm running a 300# spring upfront and a Strano lowering spring out back with the isolators removed. You can see the stance in my sig pic below. I haven't had it out on the street yet but when I drove it around the neighborhood I liked the way the whole setup felt.
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Originally Posted by StealthFormula
Just a couple days ago I installed a set of Strange adj. drag shocks which are basically the same deal as the QA1's. I'm running a 300# spring upfront and a Strano lowering spring out back with the isolators removed. You can see the stance in my sig pic below. I haven't had it out on the street yet but when I drove it around the neighborhood I liked the way the whole setup felt.
I really like how that stance looks!
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I run 600# QA1 springs in the front and like them a lot


of course they're not on QA1 shocks...
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Originally Posted by 1FasstWS6
I really like how that stance looks!
Thanks man, the beauty of adjustable coilovers!
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