Spax vsx kit

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Post Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:06 pm

anyone got one on their car? I'm looking into this as I have heard good stuff about spax suspention and I need to get rid of the wollowing lol
anything else to recommend? I was thinking about a 40 mil drop
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Post Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:15 pm

the kit that seems to get recommended the most is a h&r cup kit. I normally see it with 35mm drop.
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Post Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:52 pm

Hi- have fitted Spax 40mm lowering springs and non-adjustable gas shocks to my 320i - handling is absolutely spot-on - no body roll on corners, and not low enough to cause problems on speed bumps, etc. The ride felt very hard at first, (compared to the tired old standard set-up), but I soon got used to it. Is the VSX kit the one with adjustable shocks? At first, I wished I could 'soften-up' the ride on mine, but I don't do track days etc so I decided not to spend out on adjustables. Now I'm used to the slightly harsher ride I'm glad I didn't bother with adjustables!
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Post Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:04 pm

no the vsx is the non adjustable vertion, I dont want to lose the ride make it too harsh or crashy. this is really the only reservation I'm having about it.
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Post Sun Aug 21, 2005 9:05 pm

i've heard nothing but bad things about from spax from many mechanics and suspension dealers.

If u have a perfect crank, Cup kit is proven no need to be different it's the dangley bits, or can go H&R springs -35mm and inverted bilstein dampers which are fanatic and auto adjust on both. I have the latter and that is also very very good!
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Post Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:10 pm

i can only back up the point about spax

iv heard nothing but bad things about em

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Post Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:52 am

spax (40mm drop will become a 50mm drop, after the setteling in period she'l drop lower, i stuck 60mm drop on mine, shes all bedded in now and dropped to around 65mm-70mm ooohh its low, scrape city baby, one thing i will say handles very very well, if your going for the setup get the 40mm, dont be tempted for the 60mm like i did, its tooo low :wink:
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