FBEKEJEH
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2009
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- Location
- Taranaki NZ
- Members Ride
- VP Calais 304
Hi guys, first post for me.
I have a VP Calais V8 which I purchased a year ago. I have slowly been working through restoring this to mint. Ride quality was not great when i purchased it so was the first thing to look at. The strut mounts were not in good condition, so these were the first things i purchased, I also bought new shock inserts. While fitting these i found the springs had been cut so purchased new standard height King springs.
Ride didnt really improve so i did the back end as well. Still seemed harsh to me.
What I have found made the greatest difference was the subframe to chassis bushes, these were completely flogged out so swopped them with some VZ ones I had on hand, noticeable difference... night and day.
I have also gone from 17" rims to 16" VY calais rims with 225/55/16 goodride tyres.
Will have to add a couple of photos but i dont have any small enough files for this site.
I have a VP Calais V8 which I purchased a year ago. I have slowly been working through restoring this to mint. Ride quality was not great when i purchased it so was the first thing to look at. The strut mounts were not in good condition, so these were the first things i purchased, I also bought new shock inserts. While fitting these i found the springs had been cut so purchased new standard height King springs.
Ride didnt really improve so i did the back end as well. Still seemed harsh to me.
What I have found made the greatest difference was the subframe to chassis bushes, these were completely flogged out so swopped them with some VZ ones I had on hand, noticeable difference... night and day.
I have also gone from 17" rims to 16" VY calais rims with 225/55/16 goodride tyres.
Will have to add a couple of photos but i dont have any small enough files for this site.