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3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« on: 01 December 2011, 17:57:04 »

Not happy with the suspension on my 3.2 miggy! Any help as regards to coilovers and or lowering and stiffining everything up??
Advice and help please ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #1 on: 01 December 2011, 17:59:28 »

B4's!
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #2 on: 01 December 2011, 18:13:08 »

B4's!
...with either Eibach or stinmetz springs. Irmscher idealy but very rare.
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #3 on: 01 December 2011, 18:17:44 »

Ok excuse me for being abit blonde! but has anyone got any links so i can have a look..thanks ;D
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #6 on: 01 December 2011, 18:53:05 »

Very good ha ha he he ;D
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #7 on: 01 December 2011, 22:08:08 »

Very good ha ha he he ;D
Sorry ;) havent looked for a while, bit out of touch on prices etc.
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #8 on: 01 December 2011, 22:10:16 »

Balance motorssport for the B4's  :y
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #9 on: 01 December 2011, 22:23:29 »

Thanks peeps  :o :o
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #10 on: 01 December 2011, 22:24:03 »

Balance motorssport for the B4's  :y
They couldnt supply when i was looking. :(
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #11 on: 02 December 2011, 00:01:08 »

Not happy with the suspension on my 3.2 miggy! Any help as regards to coilovers and or lowering and stiffining everything up??
Advice and help please ;) ;) ;) ;)

What are not happy with? The ferry in a storm like handeling on twisty roads?
If you dont mind loosing some comfort, the best way is to loose the rubber donutbushings in the rear, and the front wishbonebushing and replace them with the poly ones.
Big gain in presission and handling allready there :y

If you want to lower the car, forget about the Bilstein B4. It's to weak for lowered springs( Iknow I will open a wormhole here, but I dont care  ;))

Option One: 30-40mm lowering. Any known manufakter will do on springs, but as said, Eibach and Irmscher is good. Shocks have to be Bilstein B6 or B8, or the cheap but very good alternative, yellow Koni (sport). The Koni and B8 are adjustable in rebounce, so you can finetune them to your springs.

Option two: Coilovers... Here's many ways to shop wrong, but the best way is to go for the expensive stuff and known brand. Many use Bilstein or Koni in their coilovers, and there's a reason for it, they make the best shock's ever 8) And the coilovers have to be made of stainless steel...

If you after lowering the car, and uses wide tyres in the back, bigger than 235's you have to have a camberkit installed at the back, or the inside of your tyres will be gone in a few thousand miles.

My car: poly donut, front wishbonebushing and full camberkit, Koni Sport, cobra 40mm springs, Works like a charm, and the comfort is nothing worse than a BMW 528 E39 with sport chassi, but my Miggy is more stable on twisty roads. Anyone who has driven it on twisty mountain roads, have come out of the car with a smil on their face :y :y :y :y My Duty Is Done 8)
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #12 on: 02 December 2011, 11:17:24 »

I can never quite understand why we have posts like this  ??? An Omega, especially an Elite, is by it's very nature is a car that's built for comfort ie soggy, soft COMFORTABLE suspension, so why are you then surprised that it won't go round corners like even a basic Astra will go round them? If you want a sports car that can carry you & your family buy a four door Ferrari/Aston Martin/etc  ;) ;)
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« Reply #13 on: 02 December 2011, 11:58:16 »

If you want a sports car that can carry you & your family buy a four door Ferrari/Aston Martin/etc  ;) ;)

How many of those can you get for Omega money, Andy? ;D
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Re: 3.2 v6 Elite coilovers
« Reply #14 on: 02 December 2011, 12:01:37 »

If you want a sports car that can carry you & your family buy a four door Ferrari/Aston Martin/etc  ;) ;)

How many of those can you get for Omega money, Andy? ;D

You'll perhaps be able to buy a tyre or 2 at a pinch for one of them, but you get my point!  ;) ;) If you want sports car suspension, don't buy a luxo barge!  :y
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