Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 21y 5m 18d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 20/07/05 02:34 AM Share Posted 20/07/05 02:34 AM Having all this equipment is no doubt a great idea but finding the correct settings for each car and driving conditions could be time consuming. What would be ideal is finding someone that has experience in the suspension setups for the BA and knowing what adjustments need to be made to get a car that handles well and is comfortable to drive at speed. My experience is some places that do do suspension work don't really have a passion for it and the adjustments that are made don't really work as well as they should.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Benny,Whiteline have done a truckload of research on the BA.. in particular the turbo.. if you dig around their website they even have footage of the T with one of their kits on it... all this leads me to think they know a bit about suspension for the BA...I believe there was a lot of discussion on these forums some time ago... hit the good ol search button...Cheers,Miyagi<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sorry didn't mean imply that Whiteline haven't got the experiance. Just if the kit is installed by someone other than them, what sort of settings are used and are they the right settings for a good handling car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi fordxr5turbodotcom Member 892 Member For: 21y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Point Cook, Vic Posted 20/07/05 09:55 AM Share Posted 20/07/05 09:55 AM no need to apologise.... just wanted to make sure you knew that Whiteline has got some experience... as to experience of 3rd party suspension places... who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR. Member 41 Member For: 22y 17d Location: Sydney Posted 10/08/05 01:21 PM Share Posted 10/08/05 01:21 PM Sorry to drag this up after so long, but I don't have much of a chance to read the forums at present and just saw this thread.The car has done about 3000km since the suspension was fitted and on the whole the experience has been positive.When you look at the ride height of my car, there is still thread left in the height adjustments at both ends. The back can come down another 10-15mm, the front has well over an inch of thread left on the coilover - if anyone would want to go that low on our speed hump infested roads.As for ride quality, it has suffered. Daily driving around town driving has found the back to be quite a bit harsher than standard - the rear shocks need to be softened off a bit more I think - it's still a bit too hard for my own day to day driving tastes.On the other hand, a round trip to Dubbo was a glorious experience with the new settings making country road cornering a test of my own nerve and not the T's handling limits.Also, the car picked up a meaningful time around Wakefield with the new set-up, and launches extremely well the few times we've been out to WSID with it to test some power mods you'll be seeing in future issues of the mag.One thing I noticed at Powercruise last weekend was that while the coil-overs and sway bars help it hold on longer before the back end steps out, when it does it tends to be a bit more sudden than what I was used to prior - It caught me out in Turn 2 the first time I tried to step it out on purpose when it broke loose quite a bit harder than I was expecting - maybe this is just because you're physically going a lot faster.So after a bit of reflection I can stand by what I said in the mag - it's probably a bit too hardcore for a lot of conditions, but if you're prepared for some of the ride quality compromises you get going to a true performace set-up, then it would be money well spent (and I haven't even started fiddling with the shock settings yet).CheersJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 1m 7d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 10/08/05 01:31 PM Share Posted 10/08/05 01:31 PM Thanks for the info Jason, I read the article in the magazine, very informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 10/08/05 01:34 PM Share Posted 10/08/05 01:34 PM I remember whiteline releasing an article back when the XR6T was first realeased and they said they have never seen such an underdeveloped suspension system on a sports car ever before..... I had owned my T for 4 months prior to reading the blurb....I stopped reading not long after the bagging as I had already had the T in situations and positions that the engineers had possibly not allowed for and had loads of confidence in what I had under me...Most of this was on full sweeping, badly cambered country mountain roads, and not flat track and I had trouble understanding why they said the stock setup was sad... A few LS1 owner have driven my car and commented on the ability, then went home and tried through various methods to produce the same in a SS.... To no avail.... 3 I know off have left the road...If whiteline made tailamps they would say the BA had bad ones...They may make decent undercarraige but in reality... "Do you really need it"..... my brakes (prem) let me down long before the springs and dampers did........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordak Member 1,226 Member For: 20y 7m 15d Posted 11/08/05 12:37 AM Share Posted 11/08/05 12:37 AM I remember whiteline releasing an article back when the XR6T was first realeased and they said they have never seen such an underdeveloped suspension system on a sports car ever before..... I had owned my T for 4 months prior to reading the blurb....I stopped reading not long after the bagging as I had already had the T in situations and positions that the engineers had possibly not allowed for and had loads of confidence in what I had under me...Most of this was on full sweeping, badly cambered country mountain roads, and not flat track and I had trouble understanding why they said the stock setup was sad... A few LS1 owner have driven my car and commented on the ability, then went home and tried through various methods to produce the same in a SS.... To no avail.... 3 I know off have left the road...If whiteline made tailamps they would say the BA had bad ones...They may make decent undercarraige but in reality... "Do you really need it"..... my brakes (prem) let me down long before the springs and dampers did...........<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That being said for those interested in flattening out the cornering a little without effecting ride quality, for less than $200 fitted a whitline front swaybar (not the bigger adjustable one) is money well spent imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlnt6 Donating Members 350 Member For: 20y 3m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posted 23/02/06 12:04 PM Share Posted 23/02/06 12:04 PM All,I noticed the Group4 kit is currently "on special" with a $400 pay back deal. Currently I have the standard Kings SSL/SL combo with the stock shocks, but I have found it to be a little low (scrapping on bumps, driveway, etc). I need to go up by about 10mm to alleviate the problem, and like the idea of adjusting the height as required. So anyone else care to comment on this kit and how they have found it on the street ? CheersRobin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinkas Member 4 Member For: 20y 2m 6d Posted 10/08/06 10:39 AM Share Posted 10/08/06 10:39 AM Hi All,Any of the dealers listed at :http://www.whiteline.com.au/dealers_au.htmhave good knowledge on set up of Whiteline stuff.CheersCase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVO61 Member 70 Member For: 20y 2m 7d Posted 10/08/06 10:55 AM Share Posted 10/08/06 10:55 AM I agree with jordak just get a 27mm front bar for $130 and you can fit it up your self in just 12 minutes old one off and new on on and drive, all you need is 13 & 14mm spanner or sockets and easy did on today.. very happy.!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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