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Old 12-18-02, 06:41 PM
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Shocks?

I was looking at racingbeat last night because I am going to replace my suspension very soon and was wondering what everyone thought about the Tokico Illumina adjustable shocks on the front and back.
Just wanted to know if they would be good for daily driving and some auto cross use. TIA
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felt good on my TII in combination with coilovers. You might splure for the "white" adjustables though. The blue ones are mighty stiff.

I'd stick with springs that have the OEM dampening rate though if it's your daily. Don't want to spoil that ride with the "kidney puncher" springs
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dude if your driving daily I wouldn't get coilovers, I just upraged my Shocks and springs with KYB agxs, and suspension tech 1" lowering springs. the ride is almost like stock if not better.....and if you looking on buying some got to www.shox.com I got my shocks and springs all together for $560!
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PM ARD TII Rishie was givin me some good advice on suspension, or go to the section and ask, he will see the post and help you out.

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ARD T2 sorry...

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I've had the Illuminas, they were pretty decent, but died fairly quickly, but then again they have a lifetime warranty.. so thats fun.

KYB AGX + Eibach Prokit is a good setup, I used that on my previous TurboII.
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Originally posted by BlackRx7
dude if your driving daily I wouldn't get coilovers, I just upraged my Shocks and springs with KYB agxs, and suspension tech 1" lowering springs. the ride is almost like stock if not better.....and if you looking on buying some got to www.shox.com I got my shocks and springs all together for $560!

did you have to call them for a quote with the KYB AGX shocks included? i don't see them listed on the site. i'm thinking about a set of AGX's and an Eibach pro kit set of springs for my car. and what do you think of the shocks you got? how stiff do you have the shocks set? that's a killer price you got on that setup.
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With the springs w/o a coilover setup the top springs you're limited to are the Racingbeat 142f/132r springs compared to a stock FD R1 which is 280/220 or something... (can't remember exactly) Stock for a FC is 95/90.

www.k2rd.com for the cheapest KYB's you can buy.
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do u guys know anything about the gold color Tokico. i have on the front of my t2 and can't find any info on it.
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i cant even begin to tell you how inportant good shocks are in racing. Get the best that you can buy, and make sure they match your springs. All the shocks listed above should be fine with STREET springs, but with stiff springs, they could go out of the range of dampening. You could get the koni yellow's that are single adjustable. I would go with those over the kyb's, koni makes much better stuff.
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I was thinking about going with Racing beats springs with the illumina shocks. How does that combo sound?
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suspension

i got agx and eibach adjustable springs on all 4 and the car is very stiff.... fun for a daily user... agx you can adjust stiffness of shocks and the springs i can adjust the ride height.
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www.shox.com will beat any price, I have them set just for street driving set on 2 in the front and 4 in the back. the 560 is with the AGXsand the S/t springs

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check out coximport.com they were cheaper on agx's than what shox.com quoted me.
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I ran the eibach pro-kit springs in my bimmer and was very unhappy with the squishiness of the first inch of travel on the street. I'm more into ultimate handling though. Comfort in a 5 point? hahahahaha I want to pull so many G's my kids will be born needing chiro work to get them straighened out.

Anyone use bilstiens on their 7? I had their "sport's" on my bimmer and loved them.
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how would koni yellow's and racing beat springs work because that is what i want to use in my 86gxl
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