MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 24/07/08 08:42 AM Share Posted 24/07/08 08:42 AM Hey people,Well the T is going strong but its startin to show its age in the suspension department..It feels like im not 100% in controll of the car and when going over a series of bumps on the road I hear a faint popping.. The car has about 103,000kms now and doesnt feel as good as it did say with 60,000kms.. I want to freshn it up and am unsure as to what to get done, I have a few questions.. BTW I have SL front and SSL rear King springs...I know I should get the shorter shocks, but what brand? I dont intend to do any sort of remotely hard cornering so wont be needing the fancy Koni or Bilsteins..Should I get any new bushes? If so what brands? Is there a kit or something for the Falcs?I am also planing on getting Whitline swaybars and a camber kit too..What else should I look into to freshn up the suspension?Cheers Mike... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUZ580 Member 448 Member For: 18y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Manly - Sydney Posted 24/07/08 09:09 AM Share Posted 24/07/08 09:09 AM I've got a set of front Bilstein struts for sale if you're interested. Cheap upgrade and haven't done heaps of kms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 24/07/08 09:12 AM Author Share Posted 24/07/08 09:12 AM Thanks for the offer. I have seen it in the for sale section, but im keeping my options open at the moment, and am wanting to buy new, for my piece of mind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 27/07/08 09:42 AM Author Share Posted 27/07/08 09:42 AM WoOOooww dont all reply at once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 24d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 27/07/08 10:06 AM Share Posted 27/07/08 10:06 AM lol, everyone is still checking out the new look forum!If you just want to freshen it up, just get some pedders shocks, matched to your ride height and they should be fine. This way you keep the cost down and still get nice new shock with similar to stock ride and a litle better handling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7MA61 Member 471 Member For: 17y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/07/08 10:18 AM Share Posted 27/07/08 10:18 AM (edited) I wouldn't piss on the pedders factory if it was on fire. My father spent good money on pedders equipment on our old Pajero and the shocks were rooted after about 15,000kms all on road use.Koni or bilstein are much better and not a whole lot more expensive. Not to mention there advantage isn't just from thrashing a car hard. I run farily stiff springs in my weekend car and with Konis it allows the car to have a decent ride when potterin around town. Much better then the previous king low & monroe combo the car had. Edited 27/07/08 10:20 AM by 7MA61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 27/07/08 11:12 AM Author Share Posted 27/07/08 11:12 AM Hmm my guess would have been either monroe which I have had in the old car or as senna said pedders. I havent delt with pedders products before, but it aint looking good by what 7MA61 said...I'd seriously be happy with just the factory spec shock suited to my ride height.. Im coming from a VS with chopped springs and as bumpy as all &%^@ so the T already feels like a limo LOL.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7MA61 Member 471 Member For: 17y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 28/07/08 12:09 PM Share Posted 28/07/08 12:09 PM Lol I put monroe GT's in my old corona and the front right shock blew out in 5000kms. Seriously if you want something to last that is actually decent quality spend some decent coin on it. Only cheap shocks that are decent IMO are KYB but they don't make anything for the BA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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