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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 05:32 PM
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Default My suspension, anyone else got these?

picked these up, slapped them on a while ago. i am very pleased with them, high speeds and low speeds great coilover setup. they are from KW suspension from the UK

i used to have eibachs and illiminas, and that ride was bone jarring it was so ******* stiff.


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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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ive seen those in a few english magz they look like there good quality.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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Are these available in the US? Are they adjustable? Did you have sportlines or the prokit eibachs? Sorry I have a lot of questions, I was just considering the eibach/illumina setup and hearing your opinion of them has made me question that. Also, what is the black control arm that I see? Thanks a lot..
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 08:22 PM
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Default Re: My suspension, anyone else got these? (shortyz)

I could have sworn KW was German.

KW coilovers seem to be popular in Europe and for German cars like Mini Cooper and BMW. A friend of mine has a set of the Variant-3s on his CRX - though it has not been running for quite some time, so I haven't been able to evaluate them myself. All I can really say about them is that the stainless steel construction is very cool
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 04:46 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by coll9947 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are these available in the US? Are they adjustable? Did you have sportlines or the prokit eibachs? Sorry I have a lot of questions, I was just considering the eibach/illumina setup and hearing your opinion of them has made me question that. Also, what is the black control arm that I see? Thanks a lot..</TD></TR></TABLE>

-i believe they were pro kit, they are black springs.

-the illum/eibach setup handles great and alot of people have good sucess with that combo, but it was stiff, prolly cause of the pro kit springs.

-that black control arm is a stock arm, i had to switch in some stockers because the illum's use the integra control arm. painted with caliper paint and new ES bushings
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Old Jun 11, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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odd that you found prokits stiff. theyre not much more stiff than stock.

KW seems like a good company. from what i understand, they use koni internals, basically koni yellow sports.
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Old Jun 13, 2005 | 01:14 PM
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Great suspension...
I prefer my S6s.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 03:05 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rice-Boy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Great suspension...
I prefer my S6s. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Your sig says it all.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 05:34 PM
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You like that don't you... I couldn't stop laughing when i read that about someones lights changing color on them...
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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i have kw v -3 i loved the ride and yes kent my car has been out for quite some time


my 12.2 in paper weights should be in in a couple days
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