Have sent him an email.
I have poly pushed arb's front and rear plus uprated drop links already.

May have to get two near rear shocks too as I have one side with a thicker ram than the other! Obviously been replaced for an incorrect one in the past.

 

I got a set in October from Peter. They are crackin and he's great to deal with, very knowledgeable guy

 

Cheers mate. It needs lowering as the front arch gap is ridiculous. And it will look even worse on bigger wheels which I am on the hunt for.

 

Just be aware these are probably the 'least' lowering springs you can get. But the ride quality is awesome. I didn't want too low so these were ideal...

top is before, bottom is after. front is more noticeable.

 

Yeah the rear looks ok as standard but the front is ridiculous! Cheers for the pic.

 

I've been in touch with Peter Cambridge today by email and he writes that he's ordered a fresh batch of 12x kits from Eibach. The cost is now £221.39 plus £13.50 p&p. Four people (including me) have now registered their interest.

Peter Cambridge
Tel: +447827778743
Email: peter@pcadynamics.com
Web: pcadynamics.com


All I need now is a set of fresh struts, some camber bolts and an anti-lift kit. Any pointers gratefully recieved.

 

ah interesting...wish I'd sold mine for a touch more now lol. Nevermind.

 

Hopefully I'm one of the 4! Peter has been very helpful with regards to install etc as I have a Bug and the springs are Blob/Hawk, so rear top mounts need changing, along with the strut being modded. Just awaiting confirmation of which shocks are best to go for. I'm deliberately not going to change any bushes until I've run the new suspension for a while, so that I can get a feel for exactly which components need attention.

 

I'm on the list for the new batch also. My original plan was to replace just the springs and keep the standard shocks. Today however whilst bleeding the brakes I see that one damper has blown. I of course don't want to go to the time and expense of replacing the springs and putting them onto old, worn out and defective dampers. I queried this possibility with Peter and he noted that someone had used the blue springs in conjunction with KYB Ultra SR dampers (from Camskill) and reported good results however Pete mentioned these springs have been specifically designed for the standard dampers.

My question is has anyone used the KYB / Prodrive Blue combo and if so how did you find it? If anyone hasn't, does anyone know if this combination would be likely to work well? The KYBs seem to be the only option really if I want to retain as close to standard as possible (which I do) and I don't want coil overs.

Any reviews or informed opinions welcome

 

I'll be replacing springs and shocks together - it's a 10 year old car. New springs will just accelerate the demise of the old shocks. As far as I can tell (I'm a newbie too), there are various flavours of KYB available, plain KYB, KYB AGX (adjustable) and KYB Ultras. Happy to be corrected. I'll probably just run the plain KYB shocks from Scoobyclinic.

I need to keep this a road car, and to be quick over the ground, you need compliance. It's one of the key reasons I wanted a WRX.

 

what can be usefully polybushed on a Newage? any suppliers do a nice package?

 

I have these springs on my hawk with kyb golds(ultra)on the front and kyb black(excel) on the back and the car is well planted and stable but still good with the family in it. The only issues I have had is it can be a wee bit bumpier on the motorway sometimes bug I think that's more to do with the road surface than the car.
Being a wrx hawk they have upside down shocks and the kyb are standard shocks so I had to get blobeye bump stops.

 

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Can he do some for the sti?

 

really want to get these installed...

 

Same here. My top mounts are totally shot all round, plus I have a leaking damper. Gonna be another month minimum before I can get them replaced though.

 

any news on when these are going to be available?

 

I was just checking my email. Peter wrote that "[he] should have them available to ship during the week beginning 25 May". So I'll wait til next week to chase him up.

 

I'm hoping that it won't be much longer than the 25th, as my suspension is completely shot now and doing 700 a week is exhausting with it's current bone-shattering ride.

Mind you, there is still a 3-4 week lead time on getting one shock from Camskills...

 

I put my name down for a set today, Peter said he only has a few kits left from this batch so get them quick! He told me they should be ready for dispatch next week

 

I've now heard from Peter by email

 

Had an invoice now, so all good to go. Just waiting for Camskills to source a front right shock absorber now....

Incidentally, if anyone is changing their shocks too, I have a spare set of gaiters and bump-stops for Excel-G Bug, as I managed to order 2 sets instead of 1.

 

Due to be shipped next week

Been busy ordering all the other parts. So far have; Excel G dampers (on back order, FR is out of stock....) OE top mounts from Blob, 921 spacers, bump-stops and gaiters, Whiteline front and rear drop-links, 22mm adjustable W/L rear ARB and 20mm W/L front ARB bushes. Anything else I should look to change? Was considering steering rack bushes but can't say that I notice any play in my current steering.

Only other parts I was after were things like the springs seats and shock bolts, but I couldn't find them online (well, not for a sensible price). So will have to strip down the current units and hope they are OK to use.

 

Before:


After:


As mentioned already, the drop isn't massive but its enough to make a difference!

The ride comfort is amazing, can get over big speed bumps with ease and it handles much better, it has taken away the 'boatiness', I find myself cornering at higher speeds without even noticing!

The only thing I would say when installing these is, if you have inverted struts, you are gonna have a 'baaaaad, tiiiiiime'. Trying to undo the nut at the bottom on the strut to remove the damper from the strut body to gain access to the bump stops was a nightmare, the thing just wants to spin. The only way I managed to do this, was to let the thing soak in penetrating oil, then use a very low powered battery impact wrench (a high powered one will just make it spin), tighten it, loosen it, keep doing that and it should come undone. This was the method I did the fronts.

This method however did not work for the rear (I was trying to do the grease nipple mod at the same time). Ended up having to cut a slot in the stud and and relief slots in the nut. Held the stud in place with a screwdriver in the newly cut slot, then turned nut with a spanner. I am going to order non-inverted struts to replace the rears now anyway.

But overall, the springs are very good IMO and the service from Peter is second to none! Absolutely fantastic!

 

Taken from my thread re feedback on these

Pic as kit fitted. OEM spec dampers from ICP



'Picked the car up earlier and wooow what a difference. I can't emphasize enough what a stark difference there is in the handling. Before the car would pitch and wallow around corners, I never thought I wouldn't make a bend at speed but it did complain a little in the process. Now however I cannot believe how flat it is through the corners, there's no perceivable roll or leaning during spirited driving, its superb, I actually let out a laugh and started clapping after a series of bends going over Caerphilly mountain I was that impressed. Love it, perfect. Thanks to Peter @ PCA Dynamics he really does know what he's doing. The ride is still comfortable and compliant at normal speeds, it feels standard but press on and it transforms. Amazing.

The drop isn't too severe which is great as I didn't want to lose driveability around town etc, there's a subtle drop that particularly reduces the front arch gap and makes the drop uniform front and back.

before



after



If you're looking for stance these may not be the ones for you but for a usable daily with a transformed ride I can't recommend it enough. 3 Arches gave me a choice of road, fast road or track alignment setup, I opted for fast road as track would probably just eat the inside of the tyres and, well its a road car, fast road is about perfect '

After a few days of getting used to this setup it really is superb, thanks again to Pete for his expertise and attention on making the buying process simple and enjoyable.

 

How many sets left?

 

Im interested in a set of these, has anyone fitted them with 18's?

ALso if i need to replace my standard shocks, where should i look?

 

Yep see my thread:

https://www.scoobynet.com/1004847-fo...l#post11521299

I've had the PCA Dynamic springs fitted for almost a year now and still think they're best mod I've done. If I ever end up with an STi the first thing I'll do is fit STi specific PCA Dynamic springs...

 

Any chance these are still available?

 

I have been in touch with Peter today and he says he has "a couple of kits from the last batch".


Anyone know what shocks are a good like for like replacement for the original ones on a Hawkeye Wagon?