lloyd6240

Hi, thinking of getting some and need a bit of guidance. Are these any good? eBay number 110720328777
Any help would be great with what people recommend and what all you people are running and the money I need to spend.
Thanks

Myles

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Rob Day has a set. PM him for details.

RetroMk1

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I was warned away from these as well as d2 and other brands on eBay, but I know one of my mates using them and thinks they are great, he was only looking for a lowered ride and isn't too concerned about performance, if your going to track your car I'd opt for something else but for looks they are a bargain. And they can't be worse than standard subaru shocks
I went for Tein Flex but think I'm going to update the springs again as its still to soft for the track

lloyd6240

Ok thanks. Are they easy to fit myself or is it best to have them fitted. I am better than ok at mechanical stuff but would hate to hit a fitting problem half way through.

Myles

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The topmount nuts wont be an issue, but the bolts that hold the bottom of the struts will be welded on, if they are anything like mine were. Make sure you have a nice long breaker bar handy, and if possible blast them with some WD40 the night before.
Remember youll need a full alignment set up done after.

RetroMk1

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Took me an evening to fit them but as myles said proper setup somewhere is a must. Good luck

Myles

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Im off to Litchfields to get my alignment done in a mo, Ill let you know how it goes and rough prices.

joz8968

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BC coilovers for the win!

£650-750 brand new, depending where you get them.

Pyrotechnic

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BCs do the job for me:

lloyd6240

Love the look of that pyro. And £700 is good thanks joz.
Price would be good thanks myles

Pink_Floyd

Give Apex Performance a call. They may still have some of the Apex branded units left for your car. They're basically BC's with a different name on them. £559.00 is the cost

joz8968

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API Dave told me they are NOT the same. It's an inferior product, I was led to believe...

The price differential would indicate this too.

Pink_Floyd

Perhaps David would like to clarify why he believes this to be the case?

My invoice actually shows them as being invoiced as BC/Apex and everyone I've spoken to has stated they are the same coilovers bar the name and colour. Bren, I'm lead to believe cannot say so in public for marketing reasons I presume.

Obviously I have no real idea if they are different as I'm purely a consumer. I'd hazard a guess however that anybody claiming they're not are likely to have stock of BC's and want to shift them. Or cannot get the Apex units through Bren for whatever reason. It would also be quite logical to assume that BC dealers are none to pleased that their customers can buy direct from Apex at a lower price than they themselves can buy for

jayallen

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TBH fellas, i wouldnt pi$$ on BC coilovers! Buy cheap buy twice!

*EDIT*

Mine are a year old.....the offside front has started leaking, all 4 knock their **** off and now they all creak so bad it sounds like the suspension is about to drop out.

lloyd6240

Mine are a year old.....the offside front has started leaking, all 4 knock their **** off and now they all creak so bad it sounds like the suspension is about to drop out.

Hi Jay. How do you use you scooby? Do you track it. I am not going to and am after the look mainly so was hoping £600 was good enough to spend. But not if they only last a year.

joz8968

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Are yours from Apex (or at least not from BC themselves)?

Or are you saying that do you have GENUINE ones - but they still crapped out on you?!


All I can tell you is Dave stocks the genuine articles.

Ryan@Indigo-GT

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I'm not sure about the ebay item you've listed, can't say I've ever heard of them but bc are decent and you can opt for a fast road set up or a track set up depending on which version you buy.

Tein coilovers are pretty decent and it's fair to say they're the next step up from your bc's but naturally that's shown in the price too.

After that there's your KW which are really good, thats what we use on the Time Attack car we've built, and the daddy of all coilovers are ofcourse ohlins, they're usually around the £3k mark but are well worth the money, the result on Ant's Evo 10 is incredible.

We align and setup coilovers that are already fitted for £75 inc. VAT, results from a happy customer of ours can be seen here; https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...-hawk-sti.html

sovietspybob

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I've been warned away from those Raceland ebay specials by 2 separate independent sources. 'Cheap tat' i think was the phrase...

I've just got a set of the APEX branded BC coilovers and so far very very impressed with them along with a good FRSU.

EH52WRX

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Yet again one of you's are talking $hite.

I suggest that anyone has anything bad to say about BC/Apex has the *****, and speaks to Bren directly.

I am sick and tired of people saying on here, oh someone said this, someone said that. Stop Talking $hite.

Rant Over With

joz8968

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In your opinion it's ****e.

But I'm only relaying what Dave that to me in person. I've not made that up at all.

Perhaps I shouldn't have said anything at all (in fact I wish I hadn't - but I was just letting people know what I was told).


If YOU need it clearing up, then I suggest you speak to Dave and Apex.................

EH52WRX

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That because david always speaks the truth

Don't you think its because david want to sell you a set of BC you D/F

Perhaps you should think before you speak the next time

jayallen

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Im not talking $hit im talking from experience.......My coilovers were bought in a group buy on here by the cars previous owner, they are only a year old and are now useless!

joz8968

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Not necessarily.

I don't have to justify myself to YOU, Mr, ahem, Guru.

(We all know you 'have it in' for APi from another thread anyway.............)

EH52WRX

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joz8968 Just keep on digging, that hole is ******* huge

EH52WRX

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Wasn't speaking to you

EH52WRX

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Your the one out here QUOTING WHAT DAVID FROM API SAID

joz8968

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And?

What's so wrong with that, pray tell?...



...Seems like it was sound advice if you ask me (if you checkout the above quote).

jayallen

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Ill let you off then....

EH52WRX

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Because he is talking ****e.

Thats whats wrong with that.

I just spoke to louise @ Apex, and the only difference is the paint and stickers.

EH52WRX

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Thx dude. At least you are speaking for yourself