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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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I took a few pics of my car today as i just finished fitting BC coilovers, i will adjust the ride height tomorrow All feedback welcome. Sorry for the quality of the pics, they were taken using my phone.













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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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Stunning mate, looks a well sorted car.

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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:11 PM
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car looks fab
parking is ****e!
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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v nice..!
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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That's low, look great ...!
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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Stunning, loooks hard as **** fella...
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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car looks fab
parking is ****e!
Don't want to kerb the wheels hey? Looks ace mate, love the front mount
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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nice n low
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Out of interest, I've heard that the BC coilovers are better suited to UK roads than most other coilover set-ups. Can you comment? What's the ride like (quite harsh that low I suspect), but have you been in any cars with any other set up ie Tiens, KW variants etc that you an compare them against?
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:27 PM
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That's as hard as the crays on crack, hard as ****.

Maybe too low?
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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Looks good, what tints do you have on that?
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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Thanks for the comments, the ride height is a little low the tyres rub against the arch liners. I will raise it slightly all around before the geo setup.

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Out of interest, I've heard that the BC coilovers are better suited to UK roads than most other coilover set-ups. Can you comment? What's the ride like (quite harsh that low I suspect), but have you been in any cars with any other set up ie Tiens, KW variants etc that you an compare them against?
I haven't driven the car much to comment yet but will do as soon as.... Have not been in any cars with other suspension set ups

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Looks good, what tints do you have on that?
The tints are 20% front and 30% rear.
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Tokyo driftin....sweet.
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Looks real nice mate!! I just put my BC's on this weekend, and it was that low too. Raised it though, as the mud flaps were scraping the floor!

Want my blob to look exactly like that when mine is done. Got a FMIC (along with other mods) to go on for the summer, so will nearly look as good. Although I don't have the wheels yet
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Very nice harry, you managed to fit the turbo and map it??

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hard as nails mate
what are these bc coilovers i want to look them up
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DO NOT ADJUST YOUR RIDE HEIGHT! .... That looks hot!
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by wrx9181
hard as nails mate
what are these bc coilovers i want to look them up
Check out APEX performance. I think there's a GB on at the moment as well
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisdicko
Looks real nice mate!! I just put my BC's on this weekend, and it was that low too. Raised it though, as the mud flaps were scraping the floor!

Want my blob to look exactly like that when mine is done. Got a FMIC (along with other mods) to go on for the summer, so will nearly look as good. Although I don't have the wheels yet
Sounds good what turbo are you planning to run? keep us updated on your progress.
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Originally Posted by bigfella
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR RIDE HEIGHT! .... That looks hot!
I am thinking of removing the arch liners instead of raising the height
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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Are they 18s or 19s? Looks great BTW Really mean
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by wiley
Very nice harry, you managed to fit the turbo and map it??

Wiley
Thanks Wiley, I fitted the turbo and have had it mapped. Very happy with it. How did you get on with your car?
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by RB5 Boyo
Are they 18s or 19s? Looks great BTW Really mean
Thanks mate, they are 19" OZ superleggras with 235/35/19 tyres. I need a set of 18s for track....
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Originally Posted by wrx9181
hard as nails mate
what are these bc coilovers i want to look them up
I bought them in a group buy from Apex performance a couple of months ago!
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Harryr34
Sounds good what turbo are you planning to run? keep us updated on your progress.
Still not 100%, but maybe the MD321T or a FP one.
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