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vipergti

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Hi all new to the club after buying a mint ASTOR 6 thats totally standard and got a list of mods want to do first and foremost is the suspension, I live in warrington so Skip Browns pug specialist aint to far away and they do a full race sepc suspension conversion for £1500 just wondering if anyone else has had this done there or even just thoughts on weather its worth it as wont be using it for track days but do have a good 25 mile B-road blast on the way to and from work Ninja
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Posted 20th Apr 2011 at 02:42
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miles

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If it's like the 205 conversion stuff then I'd say it's average namely the front Springs, I have changed a few now to Eibach's and have had nothing but positive comments from doing so, The dampers are Just Bilstein Units and I would think solid rear mounts which I make better or you can get welded up std ones at half the cost again, Torsion bars may get uprated but Race spec is a very open term, as my Race spec is 25mm Torsion bars with a 30mm ARB which isn't suitable for the road at all

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Posted 20th Apr 2011 at 04:14
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Everything Skip Browns do is excellent but really expensive. £1500 would ptobs buy you KW coilovers, Rich_W rollerbearing bushes, rose jointed drop links and a hybrid ARB.

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Posted 20th Apr 2011 at 05:53
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vipergti

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Thanks, im awaiting information on exactley what they would do as £1500 aint cheap but guess you get what you pay for Roll eyes

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Posted 20th Apr 2011 at 13:58
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matty_rallye

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IMO you would be better off looking for a decent set of coilovers, solid rear beam mounts, rich w roller bearing bushes for the front arms, hybrid rear arb and thicker torsion bars.

If you are using the car on the road you could use xsara VTS torsion bars which are 21mm. You can generally pick these up for about 90 quid. May go slightly over 1500 quid with that lot but not a huge amount.

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Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 00:17
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lotek

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hybrid arb £100,solid beam mounts £100, powerflex wishbone bushes £60, coilovers secondhand £300? job done car transformed.

Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 00:27
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maddriver9

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skip brown know there stuff.they used to tinker with the group b t16 so must know sumit and have good rep.

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Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 02:02
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vipergti

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the job is WELL beyond my skill level and skip browns has a great rep but will explore all options think marksorento from on the club may do jobs like this and he only lives 10 mins away thinking a call is in order Yes

Thanks for the advice lads Thumbs up

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Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 02:19
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davedgti6

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They talked about this when I had a job done there as they said my suspension was ok but too soft, they said that they corner weigh the car and rebuild/re-valve the bilstein dampers to suit each corner of the car, they then lower the rear a tad and lower the front by changing the springs but they also do something with the subframe, I think they raise it a bit, the front is only lowered by about 20mm I think,

They do know there shit though and I'm sure there package would transform the car, however I think using Eibach springs with Bilstein B'8's, 21mm torsion bars lowered beam and similar rear shocks, coupled with a hybrid anti-roll bar (I use a 28mm one and it's superb ) would be just as good,

People seem to bang on about coilovers but I bet 90% of them are set up wrong but you do have the option of some camber I suppose

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Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 02:23
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davedgti6

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vipergti wrote:
the job is WELL beyond my skill level


You don't know your skill level till you have a go, not that hard at all really

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Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 02:25
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vipergti

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Im always up for a challenge and love learning new stuff to do with my car but still thinkin help needed could be ugly if I mess up Angel

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Posted 21st Apr 2011 at 02:42
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coskev

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vipergti wrote:
Im always up for a challenge and love learning new stuff to do with my car but still thinkin help needed could be ugly if I mess up Angel


Give MarkSorrento a shout if hes that close to youSmile

He will do as good a job as Skip Brown!Wink

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Posted 27th Apr 2011 at 02:01
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vipergti

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Yeah Mark aint far at all going to the NW rollin road day so will have a good chat to him then Whistle

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Posted 27th Apr 2011 at 02:38
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