Froggz' S15 Silvia Spec R Import.

[HERONVY]

What are your thoughts on ohlins coilovers ari?

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[ari666]

if you can afford the ones with the remote passive rebound, then go for it. otherwise theyre just another end user set of coilovers.

edit* these bad boys:

not sure if theyre made for 15, now i could be wrong, but i believe that S15 share the same setup as 34 and 33 on the rear, so you can get these no probs, but the fronts im pretty sure are different (i.e. double wishbone for 34, macpherson for 15)

edit edit* it might just be a case of scoring a set of S15 pillowball tops and sticking them on 34 struts...

 

[_R_J_K_]

if you can afford the ones with the remote passive rebound, then go for it. otherwise theyre just another end user set of coilovers.

edit* these bad boys:

not sure if theyre made for 15, now i could be wrong, but i believe that S15 share the same setup as 34 and 33 on the rear, so you can get these no probs, but the fronts im pretty sure are different (i.e. double wishbone for 34, macpherson for 15)

edit edit* it might just be a case of scoring a set of S15 pillowball tops and sticking them on 34 struts...

You're correct about the identical rears and the front tops being different, but the fronts also use a clevis.

If you're referring to the external reservoirs there's a few manufacturers who produce units with them (even BC).

Heard rave reviews about some stuff coming out of Australia now like MCA and Shockworks.

 

[ari666]

Heard rave reviews about some stuff coming out of Australia now like MCA and Shockworks.

only reason i would even slightly ponder an Ohlins is cos their remote systems are fully rebuildable. "rave reviews" mean nothing to me if they cant be rebuilt. teins would be kick-arse if you could rebuild the stops in them, but then how would they make any money?

IMO the NUMBER ONE thing you look for in coil-overs is the ability to have them rebuilt. the rest is all just BS wank factor.

 

[wraith]

only reason i would even slightly ponder an Ohlins is cos their remote systems are fully rebuildable. "rave reviews" mean nothing to me if they cant be rebuilt. teins would be kick-arse if you could rebuild the stops in them, but then how would they make any money?

IMO the NUMBER ONE thing you look for in coil-overs is the ability to have them rebuilt. the rest is all just BS wank factor.

But but 36 levels of adjustment....

 

[HERONVY]

But but 36 levels of adjustment....

i only had 30 on my old BC's lol

 

[Froggz]

Double post

 

[Froggz]

Wow plenty of info, thanks guys, rebuild-able seems to be the way to go, see how much tax money I can score, pretty sure there is an exhaust leak from near the manifold which is annoying but oh well, will pull the heatsheilds off tomorrow and see if I can see anything.
21st is coming up so hopefully money from that will go towards standard front bar

Gave her a quick tub today

 

[HERONVY]

cant wait til you chuck on an oem bar !

 

[frogsta]

Cool when is your 21st?
We seem pretty similar hah. I'll be 21 on the 1st of March