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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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Im looking at buying some coilovers. I have no idea what to look for, but have seen some with the following spring rates:

F&R 7/392 5/280

Is this good? They are G Force coilovers. Does anyone know anything about these?
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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IMHO:
The rates for the front are high.
As a general rule, the rears should be 80% of the front.

Having said that it does depend on what you will really use the car for.

No idea what G Force sell as Coil overs.
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 911
IMHO:
The rates for the front are high.
As a general rule, the rears should be 80% of the front.

Having said that it does depend on what you will really use the car for.

No idea what G Force sell as Coil overs.
Thanks for the quick reply. Is that high as in good, or too high? They will be used for fast road only.
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 07:23 AM
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Sorry, i was not clear.

The rears are good, but the fronts (following the 80% rule) should be 350.

Overall they will be a bit hard but ok especially if you take the car on track.

If you do change the springs on the fronts make sure the length of the springs (when off the suspension (free length)) are the same on the old ones.
Springs are cheap.

I think I ran 300/240 on my first AVO coil-overs, but I'm metric now!
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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The main reason I am upgrading the suspension is because I had to replace one of the springs at the front (STI spring) and have now subsequently found out that the car has lowering springs fitted before I bought the car. So I have 3 lowered springs and one standard STI spring, which is obviously not great!
Maybe I should just consider some new springs to go over the STI struts? Probably a better option. Ive already got Whiteline droplinks and an ARB on there.
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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I would do just that.
Get a nice fresh set of Eibach springs on the Sti struts and the car will be great on the road.
Have the alignment done by someone who actually knows what they are doing.
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 911
I would do just that.
Get a nice fresh set of Eibach springs on the Sti struts and the car will be great on the road.
Have the alignment done by someone who actually knows what they are doing.
Thanks for the helpful information
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