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The term 'coilover' refers to the the coil being mounted on the shock, ie. there's a spring seat mounted on the dampening device. All Commodores, from VB-VE, have 'coilovers' on the front as standard from factory. Unfortunately, what the 'google mechanic cafe racing ebay sellers' have turned the term 'coilovers' into, is the ability to adjust ride height through the use of a threaded sleeve, in which the lower spring seat can be positioned at different locations to change the ride height.
I probably came across a little harsh in my rant, yesterday, but honestly mate, who is telling you this rubbish? There's no possible way that monotube shocks will wear out quicker. Especially on lowered spring where the big advantage of monotube is their ability to perform the same at any point in their travel. Unlike twin tube shocks that go off badly (and wear alot quicker) if their neutral point of travel is changed substantially (ie by lowering the vehicle).
Fronts are inverted, rears are standard shock.
There's Bilstein and there's Bilstein. They've got 2 factories, the German one (where all there performance shocks come from), and one in asia land somewhere. When people here refer to Bilstein, they're referring to the performance ones. Bilstein don't make their cheap crappy ones for Commodores.
See above about only the performance (German) made ones being available for Commodores.
And that's fine, and let's face it, 99% of customers won't notice the difference anyway. Do you use Boge at all? They'll be available for most of the Euro cars, shouldn't be too expensive, and come with a lifetime warranty, which is quite unusual for shocks...
They wouldn't be using DMS. If I had to bet the house one way I'd go MCA.
Do you mean Proflex as in what Murray used to call his stuff (now known as MCA), or Proflex as in what Alistair McRae sells? I'll assume MCA given the Kings comment as that's what Murray has been using for years, and that's what I'd bet on too. Out of interest DMS use Kings too, but they're not off the shelf Kings, and are rolled to DMS's double progressive wind, and basically branded DMS springs. In fact I can't remember the last time the Australia Rally Championship was won on Springs other than Kings!
