I can get a set of progress full coilovers with 650f 850r with Pillow Ball mounts for around $800. Is this a good price? Are they going to be good on track? How about daily driving and overall opinions?

Thanks.

 

user "chad" is sponsored by them, and there are a few guys out here down south that run them, not alot of people run them though.

 

Is there a reason many people don't run them.

 

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I don't know, i know of one small problem that some one experanced with them but i have never heard of it being common

 

Theya are great coilovers one thing is that they are not user adjustible.

 

The only problem I have encountered was when trying to change springs, I ended up unscrewing the shaft while I was unscrwing the nut and had to send them into progress to get them fixed.

 

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im pretty sure thats what happened to my freind.

Edit- just relized that i know HPDE007 and we are talking about the same incident


Modified by slammed_93_hatch at 9:30 PM 10/12/2005

 

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there 1200 bux a set and people are cheap

I've used them and as a mixed setup you can't do any better, the advance design coilovers that GC makes are better on track but there sold explicity as race only

heres a few more

http://www.progressauto.com/co...e.php

 

http://www.progressauto.com/bi...9.jpg

does that seem weird to any one?

 

oh you mean the big H&R logo on the side?

 

Hmmm. I am pretty sure they didn't use Progress suspension on their car. Could be wrong though.

 

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In So. Cal, there are a number of H4 drivers using the Progress set-up. Steve Ellsworth, Don Mock's car, Gus Heredia, Miguel Escobar, and Mike Schmitt. Rick Hohwart might also be using them, but I'm not sure. In H1, John Thawley is using them.

With the Bernardo Martinez spec. damping, they seem to work well even without the adjustability afforded by other dampers.

 

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H&R Damper/Springs, Progress (Custom Diameter) RR Bar

See it at SEMA for yourself!

 

I have been running on Progess Coilovers this season and have had no problems.

Progress knows what they are doing and they build reat suspension. For the price and the customer service you can't go wrong.

Let me know if you have any specific questions.

 

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Emmit, you're a bad boy. Did you know you're supposed to remove the top nut off the shaft with one wrench, whist firmly holding the shaft with a second (1/4") wrench? Well, it's true. Using an impact wrench is a no-no. Shock pistons are designed to move up and down. They don't like spinning around at high rpm (as you discovered). If however, this ever DOES happen to me again, I hope I'll have a couple of guys as nice as you and your brother around to bail me out. Thanks for all your help that weekend!!!

As for the Progress sticker and H&R stickers on the TL... That car used a Progress rear bar (and maybe some other stuff, too), but the coil-overs were H&R...

Oh, almost forgot to mention, Progress coilovers are damn good shocks. They are only tune-able with disasembly and re-valving, but the latest valving bitchen. I ran them on the street for a short while, and I can say I'd recommend it on a daily driver (but I'm old and soft...) but they are great on the track. Progress gets a bad rap for being non-adjustable, but they are a much better shock than most guys are drivers. The way for me to get faster isn't adjustable shocks. It's with more practice and track time. Affordable and bullet-proof shocks (Progress) let me concentrate on other matters...


Modified by thawley at 9:51 PM 10/13/2005

 

well I got them. they have 650 fr and 850r hypercoil springs on them. I hope they do well on my car.

 

^ How do you like 'em, so far?

 

havent gotten a chance to put them on yet. I'll let you know after this weekend.

 

I'm running them on my car and I'm very satisfied. I ordered them with 450F 650R but asked for valving for 700F 900R (in case I wanted to go with stiffer springs in the future) and I like the way they feel. I occasionally drive on the street and it is quite unpleasant, I could never daily drive this setup with the terrible roads we have here. As was mentioned above, the fact that they are not adjustable has not yet been an obstacle as I don't feel I've yet achieved the maximum performance they can deliver. Besides, one less thing to adjust is one less thing I can screw up.

 

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My feelings exactly.