whiteline...flat out

[Lenno]

hey guys, i'm looking into getting a full white line suspension package for my 33 gtst. Has anyone fitted one of these complete kits and can give me some feedback. good, bad, value for money etc. basicly the car is a road car, but i'll also want to a bit of dragin at the creek, and maybe a couple of track days a year

thanks

lenno

[BoOsTeD_RB26]

if any of ur mates have the video "Serious Performance 5" it has a gtst comparison with other gtsts with different performance mods, and one of these cars had the full whiteline kit fitted. To sorta sum it up, the car with the whiteline kit beat other more powerful cars round the track simply because they couldnt get the power down.

And from memory the car had a boost increase (12psi), FMIC, POD filter with partition, and an exhaust and it managed 5.66 0-100. Quicker than all of the other more powerful cars, basically because of the suspension setup.

I'm pretty sure the guy who used to own it was "ONARUN", and now I think "2rismo" owns it? But Im not sure, sorry

Hope this helps.

Dan

[Silver-Arrowz]

I've got whiteline sways front and rear. Going to fit some whiteline bushes for the rear soon.

I had the handling kit minus springs on my wrx before and it was the best money I spent on any mods on that car.

[jlnewton]

I got the whiteline front camber kit for my R33 recently to go with the cusco tension rod and cusco rear camber arm. Great value! I bought mine through the web page. It was easy and the parts were delivered within 4 days. I also got the pineapples but haven't got round to fitting them yet! Next I want the Adj. whiteline swaybars. The guys at whiteline said they will make the single biggest difference/improvement in the handling of the car.

[franks]

i had the "fullworks" kit fitted to my WRX and im close to doing something similar with the ER34 soon.

I was really happy with the kit. Ride wasn't bad, passengers would often go unnoticed of the firmer ride on distant trips (to the snow for eg). Going through the nasho, the suspension was never unsettled by the bumps - everything just worked well.

on the track, the WRX had *better* turn in, considering its an AWD car and camber settings were totally nuetral (i went for best tyre wear ), but it had a tendancy for oversteer with some throttle control. i was managing 1:12's on RSpec tyres in this configuration but with some more tuning to camber i reckon i could've dropped by another 1 or 1.5 seconds with better turn in...

[whistla]

i have "the works" whiteline kit on my r33 gtst and its been the best money iv spent to date

included:

bilstein shocks and springs

front anti sway bar

rear anti sway bar

castor and camber correction rods

new bushes front and back

hicas lock kit (which i didnt get, no real point on the street)

the guys i all my car suspension work done at did a few strengthening of the diff cradle and such to really get the axle tramp down to a minimum (basically there is no tramp any more on hard take offs)

my car came standard with a rear tower brace, need to get the front tower brace to "box" the whole thing in

now, theres no point going all out on suspension if u dont get tyres to compliment the package

so, while there i had some azenis semi comp tyres installed and the overall improvement is AMAZING

words can no discribe

[Dragon18]

i want to fit somthing on this on my 180sx but i dont want to spend more than 2.5 k ?

can i got somthing for that price =)

[Silver-Arrowz]

swaybars are 200 to 300 each. Will give best improvement.

[2rismo]

Yep that's my car on the vid (HEAD SWELL!!)

Handling is awesome, make sure you get good tyres too as suggested here. Makes awesome difference too. FM901's and the like make excellent choices for what you wanna do with your car.

Adrian

[T0nyGTSt]

HKS hyper adj. susp. and whiteline pineapples in da back.

Car launches good now.

T.

[two40]

Originally posted by 2rismo

Yep that's my car on the vid (HEAD SWELL!!)

Adrian

no way, that's my car

Lenno, choose what you want to do with the car first. either drag or track. you'll be wasting your money going for a compromise. just go all out on either one.

[Lenno]

thanks heaps for all your help guys... i think i'm sold on the complete kit which seems pretty good value for what you get, bout $1800 unfitted, but i can tackle most of this. I dont think the hicas lock will be needed at the moment.

cheers, lenno

[Beeble]

hi... for what it's worth i got this kit on my car a few months ago, made the world of difference. genuinely happy with the $$$ spent, the handling is excellent and no complaints. one word though - i hear that bilstein aren't making the shocks for R33's any more, i had to wait 7 weeks for them to come from germany and apparently that was part of the last shipment. maybe a few places have stock in reserve though. good luck!

[Moanie]

How cute!!! You used my car as your avatar!!!

[Dragon18]

hay guys where is a good place to check out get a quote on this whiteline set up iam really interest? =)

[franks]

www.whiteline.com.au

a very comprehensive website. you should be able to get a pdf document on all bits and kits for your car and prices too.

[2rismo]

Just a note re: Bilstein availability:

They are repairable so no worries "replacing" them if you're worried about breaking one.

[JimX]

I had Whiteline swaybars and bushes on my Commodore and the thing handled like it was on rails. After that it actually went better through the twisties than my mate's VFR800 motorcycle (if anyone knows this bike, that is no mean feat!). He was able to shoot out of the corners quicker, but if we went into the corner at the same time, I had to back off to avoid riding up his arse

I'll be getting at least the swaybars again for the Skyline as soon as I can afford them (I'm not so sure that the bushes are worth the money at this point). One question I have though is that the adjustable rate bars seem to be "smaller" than the extra heavy duty ones, and yet still cost more? What's the point of getting the adjustable ones then, when the uber-thick ones cost less? I had the uber-thick ones on the Commodore and I never wanted them any thinner under any sort of driving conditions.

[predator]

yer.. one day i'd like to on my skyline.. and for the price ($1500 i think it is) I think it would be a very worthwhile upgrade if you have stock or even some japanese aftermarket stuff, which might not always what you want (still not sure about my Zeals)

what are people getting for the 1/4 with a few mods and the full whiteline kit??

[mtam22]

The whiteline swaybars made a world of difference to the handling of my Supra. However, you should know these are solid bars instead of the hollow bars made by Cusco and Tanabe. These are more than twice the weight of the original hollow bars on my Supra but for the money, nothing beats them.