Do Up Interior, Exterior Or Engine?

[Turk1]

Looking very clean man, good stuff!

I went to Repco yesterday for some quotes, the guy said that the car isn't listed on the paper. He suggested I go to Bilstein on the Princes Highway. Took a trip there, the mechanic had a little doze off looking at the car haha and then recomended some things to do with it, then took me to the office to get some quotes.

x4 Bilstein Shocks - $1350

x4 King Springs - $400 (He said he can get Tein Springs in for a little extra, not much though, said it was like within 10%)

x2 Sway Bars - $400

How is that sounding?

EDIR - Oh and they charge $600 for labour.

Edited August 13, 2009 by Turk1

[Turk1]

Also I got a sound system in the boot of my car so the back sits lower than the front which is understandable....however the front of my car is WAYY to high for my likings. Could this be because the suspension is to soft? Will the above suspension setup fix this? Or like is there sometihng else I should be doing? Becuase its sorta bugs me eveytime i see it lol...

Edited August 13, 2009 by Turk1

[central coast person]

$2750 sounds about right there. The shocks are expensive because there Bilstein but they are the best shocks. Only thing i would look into is the springs if you find some good ones for 600 its still under $3000 .... $2950

the labour is good price if it includes a tune to suit the GTS-4

[Turk1]

Ok well I got another person I am going to call tomorow for a quote. Can I ask something though...don't know if I am going to get flamed for this lol but what if I go for just the coils and the sway bars with the stock shocks?

[central coast person]

the coils will lower your ride so you will be closer to the ground and therefor better control.

Swaybars are always an awesome mod, there probably better than shocks. Still shock would complete it.

[Turk1]

Definately going to get some swaybars, heard alot of good about them. I'll see how I go with money...also, a member on the forums is selling some HKS coilovers...i am interested in them but also double minded becuase everyone says there not the way to go for a daily.

[AYW550]

have you considered D2 coilovers? i got them on my r34 and they are gr8, fully adjustable and way cheaper

[Turk1]

How much they go for? They very stiff or you tihnk there good comfort for street?

[central coast person]

d2 coilovers are 10kg at the front and 8kg at the rear...........not even track skyline have shocks rated that high, the reason i said is because these anodized coil overs are to heavy for Aussie roads. Read up about coil overs on the suspension forums, they will give you the info on whats good for its money and whats not.

I agree it would defiantly work out a lot cheaper but i doubt the handling will be half as good.

[AYW550]

d2 coilovers are 10kg at the front and 8kg at the rear...........not even track skyline have shocks rated that high, the reason i said is because these anodized coil overs are to heavy for Aussie roads. Read up about coil overs on the suspension forums, they will give you the info on whats good for its money and whats not.

I agree it would defiantly work out a lot cheaper but i doubt the handling will be half as good.

you can get them with lighter springs if you want, mine are alot lighter, like 6 and 4 kg...cos yeah we arnt allowed to use the heavy track set up on public roads either, and you can adjust the spring stiffness quite alot within its weight range, ive driven a mates mitsu GTO with tein shocks and its rock hard compared to my set up. personally i think my handling is very good, D2 are also very stiff laterally, i reckon their great value for the money

[central coast person]

in that case then if you can change the spring no problem then they would probably save lots of money. Still prefer Bilsteins for the handling but 6kg and 4kg is a massive improvement for there 10kg, 8kg setup.