i searched everywhere, but no luck. where can i find these??? good prices? thanks

 

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Here

 

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imagine that...

 

now that we've covered the basics of where to find them...

does anyone have an opinion as to whether these are a reasonable substitute for shortened body shocks? Seems like they'd serve roughly the same purpose (increase wheel travel) but be hella less expensive than shortening the shocks...?

 

I have them in My BMW. Its amazing how much they firmed up the ride... It not rides like a barge board! but who cares about that when you have the added :"bling" it brings to the table!!

 

I like them. It defenitely help to bring the shock travel to it's proper range. But it doesn't help much for higher spring rates. You also have to drill out you bushing to fit Koni or Bilstein shocks. The shock shaft is too big, I think it was meant for stock shock shaft diameter.

 

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Heh, no you dont

 

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huh? what do you mean?

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or use the bushing/sleeve that came with your koni's. fit's right in there.

nate

 

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And if it doesnt, push harder...use a socket... it'll go.

 

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:cringe: you use this method with your gf too?

as to whether or not these peices are a good alternative to shortened shocks, that's up to your definition. they do work as advertised. they are substantially cheaper then shortened shocks, though shortened shocks do have the advantage of _slightly_ more travel. whichever way you go, keep this in mind. increasing shaft travel by more then 1" greatly increases your chances of uca to strut tower contact.

nate

 

*sighs* that's why i wish we could run custom uprights in STS

 

Are these legal in SP/STS? The way I understand the rules, technically the only allowance allowing strut mount changes is in the camber plates installation for mac struts...

???

 

consider it part of the shock, which is free. we've been thru this before....

 

my understanding is that they are legal since the strut/spring/GC shock mount assembly still mounts through the stock mount holes and in the stock location.

 

I run them on my 4th Gen and have never had any problems with bump steer or running out of travel. My car is however a DD, HPDE'er, and not a race car.

I will most likely use a combination of the GC upper mounts AND a shortened shock on my race car....

 

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I wonder if you'd have coil binding issues with a combination of the GC mounts, with shortened shocks, and with a super low ride height (3" below stock?).

 

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ok, thanks.

Anyone know if these will work only with the GC coilovers or other springs as well (ie, H&R or Neuspeed race springs)? I know the GC site says Only for use with Ground Control coil over kits..., but it will be nice to know if they'd work with the forementioned other springs. TIA...

 

They'll work with 2.5" ID springs....

 

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they'd probably even fit a 2.25" ID spring if you left out the urethane isolater.

nate

 

I like 'em. Front end of the car doesn't wash out anymore.

That said - in the process of installing them so its hard to precisely phrase how much better they made the car.

One other thing - be careful with hood clearance. I had to pound on some of the inner webbing with a hammer to clear the top of the passenger side Koni adjuster once these were installed.

 

I run them too. My car is now 5 inch off the groud in the front. Having the car this low, I almost have 4 degrees of negative camber Since I've put them on, I've race Daytona and Sebring. At Daytona, the car was simply awesome. At Sebring, the car turns in really when but it doesn't handle some of the bumps too well because I don't have a lot of travel. I'm considering raising the car half an inch to get it to handle some of the bumps a little better.

 

i had them. they do exactly what there supposed to do. increase travel. if u do a search, u should find some threads about them.

-spenc

 

I'm happy with mine.

 

Your artistic skillz amaze me....

 

When we installed my koni's we had to bore out the bumpstop because the rod diameter was too big for it. They're Neuspeed SP3 series if that matters.