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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Damn! Those are actually really cheap [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] if i give up on the happy blue and go for a refund then I'll pick those up!
Also you think they'd be okay for 18s then or would they be too high or low? Hmmmm I'd pay someone to do it haha
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 7:th-Mar-2016
I think they'd look good on 18s, I'm going for 18s myself as tyres are cheaper haha!!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Sweet! I'll get some then ASAP
ta. Any idea which places (big named companies) would fit then? e.g. KWIK Fit, national tyres etc.? Yes I know they're both ***** but trust me...they're better than my local small garages lol
Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 7:th-Mar-2016
Do it yourself if you have a friend to help, you will need Spring compressors too!! You can actually change rears without taking wheels off!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
It's fine... I'd rather pay someone else lol. Thanks though [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 7:th-Mar-2016
Haha ah right, I got the fitter at my father in laws TA centre to help me do mine as I wasn't confident by myself! But it is easy enough, most local garages wanted about £90-£100 for fitting, Vauxhall wanted £225 with master for discount.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Dayum!! Hahaha. I'll ask around then and see what the prices are like [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] ta dude!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - mrtc - 7:th-Mar-2016
i have a mate who will change springs for me for a case of beer lol
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
WTF! Does he wanna be my mate?! Haha
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 7:th-Mar-2016
Haha I win, got mine done for free and learned how to do it in process
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Damn you all! I get to have some moron at KWIK fit do it for £100 then leave with 3 new issues hahaha
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - J1ODYA - 7:th-Mar-2016
I'd be tempted with coilovers
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Stupid question time...what's the difference between coilovers and springs?
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - J1ODYA - 7:th-Mar-2016
Hmm... suspension is made up of springs and shocks, ideally you should change both when lowering however most of us only change springs.
Coilovers remove both replacing with a single unit, the added benefit is that they are adjustable so you can sit the car lowering than just using springs... or at some stage you can change ride height.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Ahhhhh nice one! Nice and easy to understand...so I'd guess that a set of 4 coilovers would be a lot more than the £100 or so quid for the springs that @tonto has?
Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 7:th-Mar-2016
I think I remember seeing the Eibach coilovers for around £500-£600 for the set lol!!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 7:th-Mar-2016
Ermmm while i like the idea of them...sack that! hahahaha
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - stigeye - 8:th-Mar-2016
You can get some Astra J coilovers for just under £300 if you aren't bothered about the brand name, they also include shorter stabilizer link bars.
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - J1ODYA - 8:th-Mar-2016
You get what you pay for.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 8:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 07:16:46)J1ODYA Wrote: You get what you pay for.Oh indeed! I agree with that... I always pay top whack for stuff... Just if there's an alternative which is less but just doesn't offer as much flexibility (which I don't need anyway) then I'll choose that [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - stigeye - 8:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 07:16:46)J1ODYA Wrote: You get what you pay for.
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That would depend though as to whether you would prefer to drop your car on branded springs alone or drop them on middle of the range coilovers with droplinks. You do get what you pay for, I dropped my last peugeot on apex springs and had to change the droplinks almost yearly. I will always google the name and read reviews where possible, and if I like what I have read and researched I will buy them even if it's a brand that I may not of heard of.
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - mrtc - 8:th-Mar-2016
Get kw coilovers there a bargain at around 1175 lol
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 8:th-Mar-2016
Eibachs are renowned for quality by all accounts
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - stigeye - 8:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 09:07:45)bhalay207 Wrote: Eibachs are renowned for quality by all accounts
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So are Bugatti's but I don't need to buy one to go fast in a quality made motor at a 100th of the price :-)... it's horses for courses really, someone who is looking at just over £100 for springs isn't really going to contemplate paying 5 to 6 times that on coilovers unless you tell them it will knacker their car or you offer some middle ground. Springs alone are fine, and I am sure their are lots of people who may never have an issue, but in my experience I found they messed with the droplinks unless you already had some uprated shocks to begin with like in the vx-line for example. To be fair though, droplinks are cheap and relatively cheap to have fitted when needed.
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - mrtc - 8:th-Mar-2016
i know you can get coilovers for this price but im tempted by these
http://www.dcperformance.co.uk/cheap/58637/vauxhall/bilstein-b12-suspension-kits/46-188779.html
Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 8:th-Mar-2016
You can get a set of coilovers for around £200-£250 but I was warned away from them. Many people use the Eibachs straight on standard shocks and never have a problem. I don't see the problem?! Drop links shouldn't really be a worry either as they're not weight baring, I was only advised they'd need changed if the snapped while taking off...
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 8:th-Mar-2016
Are you saying that the astra Sri vx line's have different shocks to the normal Sri? Or did I read that wrong? Cheers
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - stigeye - 8:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 10:59:04)marcus Wrote: Are you saying that the astra Sri vx line's have different shocks to the normal Sri? Or did I read that wrong? Cheers
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VX Lines have an uprated sport suspension as standard.
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 8:th-Mar-2016
Did not know that. Have noticed that there isn't a big gap between the top of the tyre (19's) and the wheel arch unlike some of others Sris I have seen photos of.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Danny Talbot - 8:th-Mar-2016
I' fitted eibach springs to my 2.0 cdti vxline with 19" alloys a month ago. No issues as of yet for me
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 8:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 16:42:37)Danny Talbot Wrote: I' fitted eibach springs to my 2.0 cdti vxline with 19" alloys a month ago. No issues as of yet for meNice. Do you happen to have a photo of the gap between wheel and arch? Cheers
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Danny Talbot - 8:th-Mar-2016
If you can tell me how to upload pics mate then, sure no problem lol
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 8:th-Mar-2016
Unfortunately I can't.
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 8:th-Mar-2016
If you don't use tapatalk (you can upload using the app) try uploading to photo bucket or imgur and then paste link!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Danny Talbot - 8:th-Mar-2016
http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a468/danieltalbot/2BC8D57B-A854-4BCA-9724-458DDF5AF696_zpsxldbrloo.jpg
That's only 1 I've got at min mate. I'll try and get you some better 1s
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - stigeye - 8:th-Mar-2016
The ride height is just about spot on for me on that picture, that's probably how much drop I would put on mine... what was the drop on the springs?
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 8:th-Mar-2016
Just had the two scuffed/damaged alloys refurbed and WOW! I spent a good few mins trying to find the areas which he'd fixed before I eventually spotted it! It's very very hard to spot the repair job and only really possible because they're sparkly clean!! Done a brill job!
Before:
![[Image: 7vTVzvs.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/7vTVzvs.jpg)
![[Image: GUFRVTv.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/GUFRVTv.jpg)
After:
![[Image: U3FVNoa.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/U3FVNoa.jpg)
![[Image: a1MUc8r.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/a1MUc8r.jpg)
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - mrtc - 8:th-Mar-2016
Looking good
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Danny Talbot - 8:th-Mar-2016
There 40 mm drop mate
Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 8:th-Mar-2016
Very nice mate they've done a great job!!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jerry - 8:th-Mar-2016
Looking good, nice job mate.
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 8:th-Mar-2016
Cheers guys! I'm made up [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] was only a mobile repair too so he just filed and sanded down the marks and did it like that... Did a damn fine job in my opinion!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - opelastra - 8:th-Mar-2016
Great job nice alloys
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 8:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 22:06:34)opelastra Wrote: Great job nice alloysThanks mate! I'm really pleased with them!! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] next up... These bloody boot strut springs! Haha. Have asked for some shorter ones to be sent so will see how I get on
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Rusty2009 - 9:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 17:36:30)Danny Talbot Wrote: If you can tell me how to upload pics mate then, sure no problem lol
See here which is in the help section
https://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/Thread-How-to-add-your-photographs-to-the-forum-using-Photobucket
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 9:th-Mar-2016
Old elite alloys sold [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] just had a guy from Swansea spend 5 and half hours driving here to collect them!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - mrtc - 9:th-Mar-2016
jeese, 5 hours, you gunna pay bills with the money or get springs lol
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 9:th-Mar-2016
He's so going to get springs haha
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 9:th-Mar-2016
Hahaha I am actually gonna pay the bills :P. Spent almost a grand this past month or so on the car so taking a break for a month
I'm still working on getting those springs sorted for the boot project though so have something to tide me over lol
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 9:th-Mar-2016
(8:th-Mar-2016, 18:15:01)Danny Talbot Wrote: http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a468/danieltalbot/2BC8D57B-A854-4BCA-9724-458DDF5AF696_zpsxldbrloo.jpgThat looks good.
That's only 1 I've got at min mate. I'll try and get you some better 1s
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