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hi all zoners from across the pond. big push on here as febuary is closing in on us here in the west of ireland and start of the rally seasion.... well need a point in the right direction please please please. car nearly sorted out now apart from shocks. im looking for a coilover set up. got a price from leda 1600euro about 900pounds, waste of money or good price? any other brands prices would help??? even second hand stuf would do for 5 or 6 months till we get a few euro back in the bank. anyway the call is out so hope ye can help . cheers keep the revs up & stear 4m the rear

Speak to Dave Lyons at GAZ half the price of leda and just as good

BTW you sure that was 1600 euro not GBP as that is a very cheap price if its for full set up including springs

Tell him James Cuthbert sent you ;)

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cheers james ya rang them myself thats the price they gave me. that was trade discount and i would not have to pay the vat as i from ireland & can use an irish vat no. il give that dave a buz in the morning cheers

Hi

Are you thinking of doing West Cork in March as I will be doing that also , If I was you I would fit Bilstein before the other two , With a small modification you can fit Mk 2 Escort Gp4 rear coil overs on the back of your car , I fitted these myself while I was building my car , I also had some Bilsteins for the fronts , I changed my mind before using the car and went a bit mad and bought some Proflex which are on now , I bought the Proflex from Belgium, cost about £2500 delivered , which is a very good price for what you get , I sold the bilteins on to a guy in Scotland , I can get hold of him for the part number for the front struts if you want , The Bilteins on the front are a monotube shock so is much stronger for rallying , you dont get the flex in the strut ,

Here's some pics





Here is the Proflex



Hope this helps
Cheers Ian

What spring rates front/rear? Is it tarmac setup?

hiya ian,
i may be able to get hold of a set of grp4 mk2 escort back legs, did you mean thst the shock and spring would fit the car? have you any experience of how ther car behaves when fitted?
all help gratefully received
Kevo

Kevo , the silver shock in my photo's is an Escort shock , the rod needs threading further down and shortening to be a perfect fit , otherwise you lose most of the travel if left as they are , i had 450ld ft front springs and 220lb ft rear springs when I fitted mine , but never used them as I then bought the Proflex ,

cheers mate for the reply only problem is now i don't know what to do with the car wether to keep it or swap it arggh!

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