Coilover setup

[Tango23]

Can anyone advise me of what "fast road" setup for suspension for a Coupe would consist of?
I have limited funds to sort new shocks or possibly coilovers.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
S

[Sleeper_Avant]

depends purely on making sacrifices and more importantly.......BUDGET!

were dont judge here, say what you have to spend funds wise and advice will be promptly dished out my friend

[Error404]

IMHO best bang for buck in terms of improving the way the car handles is poly bushes and stiffer rear anti roll bar
Following that you have a few options in terms of springs and damper inserts or coilovers, none of them very cheap!

[newsh]

Konis set to 1.5 turns on the front an 0.5 turns on the back and stock springs (with RS2 FARB and Whiteline rear) for me

[Tango23]

Thanks gents,

Budget is around 500 Quid. Having the subframes rubbed down and treated with hammerite- not wanting to replace the bushes on these as yet (fear that I will end up chasing too many problems this year)!
Will remap the standard car, once the turbo has been refurbed (next week)- so looking for a nice ride with aorund 280 bhp?
Standard 16 inch Avus rims, covering S8 upgrade brakes.
Any suggestions for replacing the shocks (including the legs) versus the coilover route?
S.

[willg54]

If its not too late...Use por15 not hammerite, will do a better job, last longer and protect better. Imho...hammerite is rubbish! Do a forum search, lots of threads on subframe refurbs

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[Error404]

don't use hamme*****. If you have gone to the trouble of removing the subframes now is the time to do the bushes
It's a lot of work to do it all over again!

[Tango23]

Thanks gents,

Lots to consider...

[Greg_S]

I did have similar setup to Newsh but with H&R lowering springs too and found this too be too hard and also bottomed out easily so I have now gone back to stock springs but still find it a bit wallowey at times