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Adelaide
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October 2003
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Re: Suspension in a RA23 LOTS of questions :)
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Mon, 24 November 2003 09:19
 
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It all really depends on how much you are willing to spend and how good you want it to handle. when my shocks were worn they went hard and can cause the wheel to leave the road. not good for handling. Go the good shocks kyb's will be the way to go if they even make them. Koni dont make them anymore for your car but you can get them made for i recall 250 a corner. the thing with adjustable is you can adjust them to your setup so once they are right you can leave them.
The back end alignment can be sorted with an adjustable panhard rod, you can get them anywhere. I've heard and seen some dodgy things about king springs and their inaccuracy with height and rate but if you already have them your in the same boat as me. your bump steer could have a lot to do with spring/shock setup.
Go the urethane bushes, i've never heard a bad thing about them. The only difficult part in changing them is getting the old bushes out.
If you are after wicked handling buy a car with irs otherwise front camber (adj strut tops), caster (adj standard), sway bars and get the setup right.
Standard ra brakes have heaps of stopping power so if you can get vented disks for them leave them standard it will save farting around with front end stuff.
I have a ta23 with the ra struts so this is a first hand opinion. if i had a standard car to start with this is what i would do.
I have .25 and .5 front camber(big difference but not adjustable). Whiteline swaybars (nice and flat good balance), urethane all round and crappy kings and gt shocks.
I'd do the springs and shocks different if i had it my way but it all comes down to $$$'s
Good luck.
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