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Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207987 03/08/05 04:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,117 West Palm Beach, FL - Going to... T TourDeForce Hard-core CEG'er
TourDeForce Hard-core CEG'er T Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,117 West Palm Beach, FL - Going to...	Originally posted by RogerB: Hmmmm. Stock early SE springs? IIRC the stockers are linear as well. Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207988 03/08/05 04:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 3,867 Wichita, KS R RogerB_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
RogerB_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 3,867 Wichita, KS	Originally posted by TourDeForce: Originally posted by RogerB: Hmmmm. Stock early SE springs? IIRC the stockers are linear as well. I'm not sure. They have that pigtail, which means they'd have to be progressive in the first inch or so, but I think maybe the car's static height has already eaten up that travel. And the rears are tapered along their whole length. Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207989 03/09/05 03:07 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7,012 moving up M m!key Hard-core CEG'er
m!key Hard-core CEG'er M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7,012 moving up	Originally posted by getlucky151: So you currently have H&R's in there right now...well no [censored] they dont sag, H&R's dont sag.... Eibachs sag!! you are not smart. did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid? eibachs dont sag. show me pics of these sagging eibachs. i have a set of eibachs on my 95 and they dont sag, in fact they have been on there for years with no problem. my H&Rs on my svt look like the rear end is actually higher than stock. Oo (xxx)oO o xxxxxxxx o

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207990 03/09/05 04:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,887 Wisconsin T Thinkmoto Hard-core CEG'er
Thinkmoto Hard-core CEG'er T Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,887 Wisconsin	H&R give the car the "raked" look not very appealing to me. I'd take the Eibachs over them. But I got GC's instead Mikey I think more then few on here could lay off the paint chips 06 GMC Sierra 2500HD Dmax/ally 06 Pontiac G6 GT 05 CRF250R FOR SALE 06 KX65 with riding gear $2700 obo

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207991 03/09/05 05:40 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7,012 moving up M m!key Hard-core CEG'er
m!key Hard-core CEG'er M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7,012 moving up	Originally posted by Thinkmoto: I got GC's instead well there you have it. problem solved! Oo (xxx)oO o xxxxxxxx o

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207992 03/09/05 05:53 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 58 Dublin (Columbus) Ohio N nudespeed CEG\'er
nudespeed CEG\'er N Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 58 Dublin (Columbus) Ohio	any opinions on kybgr2's vs. sachs, with GC coils?

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207993 03/09/05 09:36 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,469 Virginia D Dan Nixon_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
Dan Nixon_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er D Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,469 Virginia	Originally posted by RogerB: I have Koni/Roush. Roush are probably similar to the BATs but linear on the front rather than progressive. Very little drop, so far. Less dragging on curbs and dips, since compression is better controlled than with my worn out stock struts. Roger, I thought the Roush were about an inch F&R..are you less than that? How is the ride? 1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760) "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." -Soren Kierkegaard (as posted by Jato)

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207994 03/09/05 09:49 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,033 S.E.M.I. G GetBooby151�?© Hard-core CEG\'er
GetBooby151�?© Hard-core CEG\'er G Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,033 S.E.M.I.	Originally posted by mikey boy: Originally posted by getlucky151: So you currently have H&R's in there right now...well no [censored] they dont sag, H&R's dont sag.... Eibachs sag!! you are not smart. did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid? eibachs dont sag. show me pics of these sagging eibachs. i have a set of eibachs on my 95 and they dont sag, in fact they have been on there for years with no problem. my H&Rs on my svt look like the rear end is actually higher than stock. Sure just let me have someone take a pic while Im taking off down the street and you'll the boat effect the eibachs have! Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207995 03/09/05 11:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,887 Wisconsin T Thinkmoto Hard-core CEG'er
Thinkmoto Hard-core CEG'er T Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,887 Wisconsin	Originally posted by mikey boy: Originally posted by Thinkmoto: I got GC's instead well there you have it. problem solved! See paint chips are good in the end 06 GMC Sierra 2500HD Dmax/ally 06 Pontiac G6 GT 05 CRF250R FOR SALE 06 KX65 with riding gear $2700 obo

Re: 2 quick questions: koni's and springs #1207996 03/09/05 11:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 47 Z Zetetic OP New CEG\'er
OP Zetetic New CEG\'er Z Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 47	okay I'm pretty set on the Koni's and the BAT 25mm sport springs... from searching, it looks like it's a good idea to replace the upper strut mounts at the same time. My car is a 2000 SVT with 50,000 mostly city miles. I drive the car very hard but try to treat it really well when I can. Scare me! What harm can I do by not replacing these mounts?? Are we talking vastly increased wear on other components, possibility of failure, 1% or maybe 20% loss of some performance aspect, increased tire wear, simultaneous combustion, ??? Give me a low and a high, i.e. "nothing really it's kind of a good idea" to "approximately 10% loss of bound/rebound strut performance and possibility of mount breakage.

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