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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 11:50 PM
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Default Qa1 (hal) Shocks!!!! Need Some Help!!!!

ok i little back ground.
I had a 02 Z-28 and i was going to install QA1 Package on it, but i sold
the Z, and bought a 02 SS 35th LE,
How you guys feel about QA1 kit for the SS it's a daily drive and it
going to be lightly modded. As i go here and there.

Front shocks -Drag Race "R" single adjustable.
300 lb front spring
Rear shocks single adjustable.

I'm not sure if i should just sell this kit and get a set of Bilstein, or Koni maybe even the LE package and just sell the QA1
Any advice would be great appreciated!!!

So what would you do?
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 01:00 AM
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no help in here???
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 04:04 AM
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cash + my shocks for your QA1'a (i have the bilsteins)
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 07:24 AM
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I have QA1 set up on my car except it's just the single adjustable with the 300lb springs in front and BMR springs in the rear. Not bad but you may want to see what others recommend. I see a lot of the guys in here running DMS springs and Koni shocks; they seem pretty satisfied with that set up.
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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I just put G2 Supersprings on the QA1's (F series 12 ways front and rear). I had to get a BMR spring cup to mount the fronts. I think I like it, but need to do some tweaking. From what I read, my springs are around 550 lbs, the 1LE's (stock) are arond 360 lbs. I set the front shocks to +6, and the rears to +4 and it rode pretty good. When I stiffened the front and back, it got pretty harsh.

Does anyone have another recommened valving for this setup? I will try to experiment over the next few weeks.
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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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Default QA1 with Lowering springs

Can you use QA1s with on a lowered car?
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