Recommendations for rear shocks please

[jon@127]

What do people think are the best shocks for the rear of my 280?
I just want to use the car for the road with the occasioal track day maybe a couple of times a year.
And here is the important bit my funds are not unlimited so price is important.
Thanks
Jon

[rev-erend]

Avo or Gaz !

[jchase]

My bet is the springs are in need of replacemnt by now - they tend to get an axial bend in them due to the rear geometry. No point in doing the dampers till the springs are right (IMHO of course). I put some new onse on from RT, standard made a huge difference even before the dampers were tweaked. And they are quite reasonably priced too.

[bugsy]

Yes springs are only about £20 and shocks about £80ish depending on where you buy them. Well worth the extra as damping is only part of the problem usually.

[jon@127]

Thanks for the advice gentlemen.
I can see this is going to turn into a big job!
I suppose the next piece of advice will be do the bushes with polyurethane ones, and if you're doing the back you really should do the front too?!!!

[jchase]

If you are on a budget, and patient, you could swap the dampers left and right, and wait for the ones on the left to get as knackered as the ones on the right.

;o

[jon@127]

Call me stupid if you must but I don't understand something....
I've been looking for the price of shocks and I came across these "Redline Racing coil over suspension units" in the RT catalogue. Do these replace both the springs and the shocks in one unit?
If so it means all of the suspension forces are sent through just the shock mountings, is this ok? (I assume RT Racing know what they're doing!). I thought the springs and shocks were seperate and the springs mount to the chassis independently from the shocks. I haven't got the car with me today so I can't go outside and have a look.
What do the experts say?
Jon

[bobfrance]

I think they are sold separate.

I've RT's Redline Adjustables on the rear of mine and they seem pretty good.

[jon@127]

Spoke to Steve Reid this afternoon, what a really nice and helpful guy! Good prices too. Got a complete set (that's all 4) of AVO's for £238 plus the dreaded VAT.
Next fun job will be fitting them. I'm sure it won't be as unpleasant as overfilling the gearbox with oil and getting a mouth full as it overflowed!
Jon

[jon@127]

Fitted my Avo's this weekend. It wasn't as bad as I expected and I even managed to do the rears without having to cut a hole in the boot floor.
And, what a transformation, handling is much tighter high speed stability is massively improved, only downside is the slow speed ride is a little harsh.
I suppose I could adjust them but I like the high speed performance so much I'll put up with the crashing over bumps & potholes.
Jon