Stiff Springs for VT S-Pack S2

[sus_038]

Hey peeps, im upgrading my springs in my VT, its already got FE2 but i want a much much stiffer spring?

Any ideas on what are good and what are not?

Cheers

Also are these any good - COMMODORE HEAVY DUTY SWAY BAR LINK KIT VN VP VR VS VT | eBay

thanks in advance!

[GEN3RATD]

Kings or lovells are the better brands out there, unless you've got the money for coilovers.

Swaybars are awesome, well worth the money

[sus_038]

No worries, cheers for that - nah dont have cash for coilovers wish i did, but are the 'heavy duty' lowered kings stiffer than FE2??

[NV-MY-VT]

Just out of curiosity, what benefits would "stiffer" springs give and what sort of costs are you talking about? I'm looking at doing some work to my VT also, and I'm a bit (read: alot) of a newb.

Cheers.

[sus_038]

Well iv got a S-Pack with FE2 springs etc, and iv also got a strut brace, i do alot of fast hills driving with my other mates (who own imports) and they cant beleive how well i do keeping up with them, defiantly get a strut brace it has made the world of difference plus i'm going to get the bigger sway bars (45$) and also some real stiff springs (maybe round 400-500$)

Im also running Neuton NT5000 235/40/18 which are around 150$ each and they are a great tyre so after i get the other stuff she will handle well i personally think.

Also im making up a custom rear strut brace for the boot where the towers sit to hopefully stiffen that up a bit.

At the end of the day it is a commodore which get the name of 'boats' but i wanna prove that you can change few things and get a responsive ride. I only have cat-back exhaust and KN panel filter with more piping going into the air box i run Bendix high performance pads plus service every 5000kms plus do leads, plugs etc every 10xxxkms.

All those things i have said above make a great combination hope this helps people out

Cheers.

[NV-MY-VT]

Thanks for the advice mate, I might look into doing some of that.

[old mate]

hey mate, you would be better off looking at stiffer shocks than springs. especially if you're going to be giving it a proper hard time on the roads, not the track.

[GEN3RATD]

Just out of curiosity, what benefits would "stiffer" springs give and what sort of costs are you talking about? I'm looking at doing some work to my VT also, and I'm a bit (read: alot) of a newb.

Cheers.

You can't really get stiff "springs" perse, springs affect the ride height. Shocks when matched with the spring will offer that stiff ride you are after

[glenn l]

most after market commodore coils are aprox 15-25% stiffer in rate than a standard coil, kings also do a h/d version which is a bit heaver again, but a stiffer coil needs to have a stiffer shock to control it.