Suspension Options

Suspension Options

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QBee

20,905 posts

143 months

Wednesday 27th July 2016
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Suggestion - when you gave had the Gaz dampers fitted, don't throw the ASTs away. Keep them, and send them away for refurb. If you don't like the Gaz as much, you will then be able to change them back. Or sell them. Refurbed they will be worth at least £600 I would have thought.

e46m3c

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874 posts

154 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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Will do. smile

Ive bought the car with shagged suspension so i dont really know what AST feel like when good.

Perhaps ill do a back to back comparison.

AST are 450, gaz are 400 spring rate. So probably gaz a little more GT

QBee

20,905 posts

143 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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e46m3c said:
Will do. smile

Ive bought the car with shagged suspension so i dont really know what AST feel like when good.

Perhaps ill do a back to back comparison.

AST are 450, gaz are 400 spring rate. So probably gaz a little more GT
In my limited experience, different dampers need different spring rates. I was on 500 lb front and 450 lb rears (track and fast road) on Gaz Gold Pros on my Chimaera. I changed to Racing Reds, and was advised to go 75 to 100 lb lower all round, so I did, and it feels right.

So you cannot really divine anything from the spring rates fitted.

gruffalo

7,509 posts

225 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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m4tti said:
QBee said:
Sorry, I was going on the cost of refurbishing Gaz or Bilsteins.
AST are on par with nitron.

The problem with all of these shocks is if your going to drive the car every day in what ever weather (pretty much what it wasn't designed for) you'll be needing to have the shocks rebuilt. I think the last conversation I had with nitron they mentioned every 18 months or so.
I have had my Nitrons on for about 6 years now, had the fronts refurbished in April. Nitron do say 18 months but pointless really just get them done when the seals start to weep.


Speed 3

4,486 posts

118 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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gruffalo said:
m4tti said:
QBee said:
Sorry, I was going on the cost of refurbishing Gaz or Bilsteins.
AST are on par with nitron.

The problem with all of these shocks is if your going to drive the car every day in what ever weather (pretty much what it wasn't designed for) you'll be needing to have the shocks rebuilt. I think the last conversation I had with nitron they mentioned every 18 months or so.
I have had my Nitrons on for about 6 years now, had the fronts refurbished in April. Nitron do say 18 months but pointless really just get them done when the seals start to weep.
+1, classic case of manufacturer over-specifying maintenance to make money. You wouldn't strip your diff or fuel pump every 18 months.

m4tti

5,426 posts

154 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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gruffalo said:
I have had my Nitrons on for about 6 years now, had the fronts refurbished in April. Nitron do say 18 months but pointless really just get them done when the seals start to weep.
If you read what I posted I caveated that it depended on how you used the car...