Should I Get Coilovers?

[d00dz]

I have coilovers on the front and kingsprings at the rear. Front is nice n stiff but on the track the rear is very bouncy and feels too soft (well obviously)

People say the back seats are good to sit in, esp over bumps. The front is stiff so when i got over bumps i can feel it.

*note this is not my preference, it's just the way it is, and im fk all lazy and/or no $$ to fix the suspension.

[funkymonkey]

Mate i dunno where you got your information from

but when coilover are set to a legal height they are not defectable

here's the QLD brief, based on the ADR's regarding light vehicle ride height. other states have similar restrictions, contact your local road transport authority for more info

http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/resources/...difications.pdf

pay attention to the bit that says:

It has come to the attention of Queensland Transport that passenger and light commercial vehicles are being fitted with replacement air bag or hydraulic suspensions.

Modifications are also being carried out that allow the body of the vehicles to be lowered substantially, sometimes on to the road surface.

<snip>

that permits the operator to manually adjust the vehicle ride height.

Anyways, I live in melbourne, and I found this out when the police gave my mate a defect at a EPA/roadworthy blitz station... one of the items on the notice was "adjustable suspension", when we questioned it, we were informed that they were illegal as they allowed the user of the car to manually adjust the height of the car. They were only legal if either the adjustment nut was welded in place, or an approved tamper proof sticker was placed over it by a VASS engineer.

[ckhawly]

that sounds hectic. i didnt know that

my information came from personal experiance

cause in my SSS i have coilovers and i slammed it on its ass one day and when i got pulled over

i told the police man it will take in me 10 min to raise the car.

well he let me and let me off. so yeah

Edited September 17, 2007 by ckhawly

[funkymonkey]

most regular coppers wouldn't care or be able to tell the difference. if you got done by a TMU officer specially trained to defect modified cars (like in qld and vic) then you'd be in trouble.

half the roadworthy places I've been to have no isses with adjustables, the other half require fixed height. so its a bit touch and go.

[ckhawly]

yeah mate your probably right.

If i was sent to the pits................ Anything that isnt standard is a defect so i guess your right