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  • BMWVolvo
    Member
    • Aug 2005
    • 42

    #1

    My Ground Control coilovers

    Watcha think??

    Mike Nacarato
    2004 Volvo S40 Turbo
    1986 BMW 325e
  • kencopperwheat
    King of Kegstands
    • Oct 2003
    • 14396

    #2
    Lower the front more.

    What spring rates do you have? Shocks?
    Originally posted by Gruelius
    and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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    • nando
      Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 34827

      #3
      looks good, are you planning on doing any aesthetic modifcations or is this going to be a track rat?
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      Bimmerlabs

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      • BMWVolvo
        Member
        • Aug 2005
        • 42

        #4
        track... 590 rear/720 front spring rates with bilstein sport shocks
        Mike Nacarato
        2004 Volvo S40 Turbo
        1986 BMW 325e

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        • nando
          Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 34827

          #5
          yeah those are pretty hardcore rates, are your bilstiens revalved?
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          • BMWVolvo
            Member
            • Aug 2005
            • 42

            #6
            brand new
            Mike Nacarato
            2004 Volvo S40 Turbo
            1986 BMW 325e

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            • M3NTAL Kev
              Member
              • Jul 2005
              • 43

              #7
              Originally posted by BMWVolvo
              track... 590 rear/720 front spring rates with bilstein sport shocks
              Those rates sound backwards... I'll be running 440f/625r next week on custom valved Konis. Also those rates sound a little stiff for off-the-shelf Bilsteins.
              /// M3NTAL Kev

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              • kylebes1
                R3VLimited
                • May 2004
                • 2804

                #8
                Where do you get such stiff springs? are tehy only availble if you go to GC?

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                • 808BMW
                  R3VLimited
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 2910

                  #9
                  Originally posted by kylebes1
                  Where do you get such stiff springs? are tehy only availble if you go to GC?
                  When you order from GC, you can choose whatever spring rates you want, all the way up into the 1000lb range (I think).

                  I'm sure you can get insane stiff springs from other places too, but its pretty easy with GC.

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                  • BMWVolvo
                    Member
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 42

                    #10
                    i guess i have em backwards, i did not set up the suspension and order the parts, Treehouse Racing did. Anyways I love the setup and I cant wait to try it out in the AutoX. They have had a lot of sucess with this setup so I went with it.
                    Mike Nacarato
                    2004 Volvo S40 Turbo
                    1986 BMW 325e

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                    • uflnuceng
                      E30 Enthusiast
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 1049

                      #11
                      Man... must be nice to have such nice roads for those kinda spring rates... I was running 350f/475r eibachs with adjustable koni's from GC and that was plenty for me. Any more and I probably would have punched a hole in my strut tower.

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                      • Schneider325
                        No R3VLimiter
                        • May 2004
                        • 3818

                        #12
                        Originally posted by uflnuceng
                        Man... must be nice to have such nice roads for those kinda spring rates... I was running 350f/475r eibachs with adjustable koni's from GC and that was plenty for me. Any more and I probably would have punched a hole in my strut tower.
                        PA sucks ass, I hate our road quality!!

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                        • BMWVolvo
                          Member
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 42

                          #13
                          i have a correction to make on my rates, 550f/700r i went and found out for sure today and that is the setup they gave me.
                          Mike Nacarato
                          2004 Volvo S40 Turbo
                          1986 BMW 325e

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                          • Jarvis
                            R3VLimited
                            • Nov 2003
                            • 2132

                            #14
                            Start saving now for some Koni SA's. Bilsteins suck with GC springs. Especially hardcore ones like those.

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                            • BMWVolvo
                              Member
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 42

                              #15
                              ok those are adjustable correct? also, where can i purchase a front bumper for my car? stock is fine or a nice plastic bumper instead of metal.
                              Mike Nacarato
                              2004 Volvo S40 Turbo
                              1986 BMW 325e

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