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Old 04-13-2007, 04:02 PM
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Default Vogtland Install and impressions

Finally got the vogtland coilovers installed. Back was great, easy - front a little more of a challenge - all in all about 3hrs and a few good knuckle scrapes.

Driving impressions - I love them so far - much smoother ride than I was expecting - I came from a 300ZX with suspension that could shake the fillings from your mouth so I was unsure of what to expect.

I ran out of time so I'm planning on fine tuning the ride height tommorrow some time - initial thoughts are that the back is too high, the front too low

Pics attached WARNING>> DIRTY CAR! If it gets above 40 tommorrow I might wash it. We had snow yesterday..in April..

Anyway, couldn't be happier right now - - time to start planning for the next mod

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Thanks! Any other recent buyers out there with em installed yet? Mike2KS4?
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Nexxt week at WMS, Avant also..supposed to be quite good for avants with stiffer rears
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Not yet. Maybe I'll do them one night next week.
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For anyone planning an install this pic shows the rear with 2 1/4 inches of thread on the c/o showing and 3 1/2 showing on the front. The write-up I followed for the install showed about 2 inches of thread - I failed to take into account the difference in brand (I think they were H&amp;R) Anyway after putting it all back together the front end was sitting on the ground at 2" threads - adjusting these by 1 1/2 inches after the install is not fun..
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Sorry, these are b4 the c/o's - the pics added in the initial post show the sizes.
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Vogtland GT's?
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Default Planning for Sunday install

Got the fronts assembled today. Rain forecast for tomorrow.
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What other things are you replacing at the same time??
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Default What is the ride height with those measurments?

I'm planning to install Sunday. I assembled my fronts with 3 1/4 inches of threads showing initially. Hoping that will give about a 25 5/8 ride height up front.

Oh, almost forgot. Are those the GTs from Startup Racing?


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