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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 03:17 PM
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Here is my setup.

Springs and coilovers and KYB gas shocks.
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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Looks good, ive been thinking about that set up myself, but cant get over the price of koni's.
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 05:57 PM
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He doens't have Koni's.. and you don't need Koni's to run coil-overs. They'll fit any shock, they just don't work as well with most other shocks.
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 08:57 PM
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Sam.... with your kit can you pick the spring rates and am i correct that you cant use your stock springs?
Im running a G2 set now
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Nice setup

I just installed my LG coilovers this past weekend. Can't get over the stance of the car. I took off my iForged wheels, and put back on my 17s for now. Front wheel is tucked, with a nice rake as well.

Thing handles bad *** on the street, which is the sole intent of the car. I'm so glad I went with an adjustable setup.

I don't have any experience with the ground control stuff on our cars. I installed a full race kit on an M3 though. Titanitum shock bodies, etc. Awesome kit, haven't been in a car that was setup that well.....ever.

I had to do a few mods to get my LG kit to bolt in. Which sucked, because we pulled an all nighter after we got home from the bar.
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 10:26 PM
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Nice, I need to get the GC kit for my unit
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He doens't have Koni's.. and you don't need Koni's to run coil-overs. They'll fit any shock, they just don't work as well with most other shocks.
Yea I know he dosent have them, and I know I dont need koni's, but if I go to the trouble of buying the ground controls im not gona waste my time with anything less. Im pretty much ready to get the bilstiens off the car right now, just let me spend a little bit more time with my money before I send it to you, lol.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by BitViper
Sam.... with your kit can you pick the spring rates and am i correct that you cant use your stock springs?
Im running a G2 set now
You cannot use stock or stock type springs. The fronts use a 2.5" race spring, the rear a similar spring to a stock one, but a lot shorter to compensate for the weight jacker height. And we can specify rates....
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Originally Posted by stang killer
Yea I know he dosent have them, and I know I dont need koni's, but if I go to the trouble of buying the ground controls im not gona waste my time with anything less. Im pretty much ready to get the bilstiens off the car right now, just let me spend a little bit more time with my money before I send it to you, lol.
I understand... Just read like you HAD to have Koni's to install them, and wanted to point out that wasn't the case. But I agree, if you are going to do it, do it right and use the right shocks for the job.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Sam Strano
You cannot use stock or stock type springs. The fronts use a 2.5" race spring
The advantages to this (besides the almost infinite rates available) are that these are linear rate springs, and if you ever choose to replace them you have a big choice of very high quality manufacturers (Eibach, Hyperco, H&R, etc.). I'll let Sam, trackbird, Cal and others on here explain the benefits of a linear spring over a progressive.
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