My 182 on Coilovers (Cheers Loony & Fred)

[makavelli]

A big thanx to Loony for the coilovers and Fred for doing all the Work

Before:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/makavelli2005/P1010161.jpg

After:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/makavelli2005/IMG_0242.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/makavelli2005/IMG_0243.jpg

coilovers will go lower but need to get over the speedbumps at work.

really chuffed with the look and the handling

 

[Gary G]

Nice mate, looks like mine lol.

If anyones interested i have a set of GAZ coilovers for sale to fit a 182

 

[TomS]

Corrrr what a difference! Looks way too high in the 1st pic!

Tom

 

[Middo]

looks awesome, altho not as good as mine will

i'll have to come round and have a nose when i've got mine on.

absolute bargain for you as well it sounded like

 

[GeeUK]

What you going to do about tracking? It will probably be out now and you wont get a tracking arm on top of the tyre.

 

[makavelli]

fred sed it shud just fit on (hopefully), but me mate runs a garage and race team anyway so if all else fails i will let him sort it

 

[Middo]

couldnt they jack the car up (so space under arch) then drop it back down again and do the tracking?

surely it wouldnt catch the arch doing it that way as theres a bit of room.

 

[makavelli]

yeah im sure they will be able to do summut, think i need to practice me driving skills tho..... fred took it for a spin round his 'trak' (country lanes) and definately put it thru it paces lol :race:

 

[Josh27]

Looks great, much nicer.

 

[Gary G]

Go somewhere decent that uses the hunter laser alignment kit and you'll find the equipment mounts to the face of your rim

 

[GarethM]

looks loads better dude, fred working his magic again

 

[Middo]

slightly off topic: do you need to have all 4 wheels tracked? or just the front 2?

 

[makavelli]

cheers for the tip gary, will name drop that wen im askin round the garages

 

[makavelli]

the only thing is i had a sit in loony's cobras and now i really want sum

 

[Fred@BTM]

you have the front wheels aligned off the rears

i was slightly disapointed i had to raise it (angle grinder shed a tear because i didn't use him!!)

Handling was very good, and the ride was fine, dunno why people say the GAZ coilovers for the 182 are crap because they're not

 

[makavelli]

fred im still tempted to go lower tho :evil:
had a go over the speedbumps at work and rekon i cud go lower! he he he

 

[Fred@BTM]

GOOD MAN!!!

you know how to do it now anyway

 

[makavelli]

yeah cheers for 'schooling' me on everyfin! now its time to play!

 

[Maz]

Looks mint mate, can't wait to get mine done

 

[Turkish]

Glad your happy fella, sorry i had to shoot off and leave you and Fred to finish.
As for the seats im sure Fred can sort you out with a pair

 

[Jamie _Swales]

wish i had purchased these now, but have spend my money elsewhere.

All other peoples 182s that had the Gaz coilover didnt look as low as your. yours looks minte

Very Very jelous

 

[makavelli]

they will go alot lower as well!! he he he... im tempted to go further

 

[makavelli]

gary g and leeds 182 are selling sets as well btw

 

[Jamie _Swales]

Yeh i know, leeds 182 live just round the corner from me, but he wants £350 insurance want around £250 extra, and then fiting will be about £150.

Got a holiday to pay for so cant realy spend that much, wish i cud though

 

[makavelli]

gutted matey! btw fred fits them for around the 40 quid mark and imo did a far better and thorough job than any garage wud

 

[Jamie _Swales]

Yeh but it would cost about 60 quid in petrol to Freds lol. I guess ill just have to live with it how it is

 

[nobblebonce]

looks wicked fella

 

[Fred@BTM]

£50 to fit coilovers
£40 to fit springs

Devilworks, Suspension and Angle Grinding Specialist

 

[Jamie _Swales]

I want to see how much lower the front is.

Park the car on flat ground, and put an object that is always the same size (e.g ci pack) under the splitter, then take a pic. That way i can compare it to mine lol

 

[Gary G]

lol @ Fred.

racing182...Virtually the entire strut body is threaded so you can lower the front right to the ground if you want lol!

 

[Aust1n]

£50 to fit coilovers
£40 to fit springs

Devilworks, Suspension and Angle Grinding Specialist

yessur.. i'm ordering mine soon fredrick.. i'll be requiring your expertise..

Carbon's having his around the same time.. Do you do group buy discounts?.. pmsl.

182 wheels too next sunday.. so i'll be dropping those off at somepoint.. may aswell collect one of my seats while i'm at it girlfriend..

 

[Nafoff]

looks mint...coilovers for the vlaver maybe next

 

[fUbAr]

FK's for my 172 soon

cant wait

 

[Turkish]

Fred, you lower those seats of yours in the end ?

 

[Fred@BTM]

Fred, you lower those seats of yours in the end ?

just done it LOL, not easy in the dark + pissing rain!!! muchos muchos better

 

[Turkish]

lol, my neighbours must think im a moron the amout of times ive been out in the pissing rain doing something to cars. Thought you'd prefer it at that height. :approve:

 

[Thomss]

Looks really nice.

 

[sh33n]

Looks sweet!

 

[Jonaldinho]

Looks awesome!

Certainly know what im doing first when I get my 182

 

[Phill1978]

What you going to do about tracking? It will probably be out now and you wont get a tracking arm on top of the tyre.

obviously you need to get the c amber done and tracking for good measure, but lets say you lift the suspension setting as per H&R every time you alter the ride height do you need to alter the tracking camber ???? or is it just that the Gaz are fixed ride height