Suspension...

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Suspension...

Postby JoeyZetecT on Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:50 am

hey all :)

just bought an xr2i non runner (snapped the cambelt wile they was polishing the rocker cover :o )
lookin around it further i found that it had AVO coilovers...
now bearing in mind i only paid £190 lol
has anyone used these before?? and are they ok?
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Re: Suspension...

Postby wildheart on Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:27 am

I have AVO coilovers on one of my cars and they are rubbish to put it blunt,Very little bump or rebound.
Sell them on and get some koni's :wink:
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Re: Suspension...

Postby tom_ on Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:34 am

lol i guess theres your answer
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Re: Suspension...

Postby Xr_Dub on Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:39 pm

avo are pretty crap from [ERRR] people have told me


best supsenshions are KW's

gaz's are very good
and Fk's
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Re: Suspension...

Postby JoeyZetecT on Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:52 am

yeah they are a bit too stiff for round town. when you put the car up on the ramp the wheels dont drop at all they stay exactly where they where when they were on the floor.
been looking at GAZ but they seem really expensive... spose you get what you pay for lol
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Re: Suspension...

Postby Ruishy1 on Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:59 pm

mine were ok, they were a little hard even on a soft setting, but i like it low and hard anyway :oooh:
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