Forgotten update -- got my items from Ben, very nice piece of equipment. However some other projects taken earlier have kept me from actual installation. Now found a bit of time and did the rear first.
The aim was - OEM ride height but a bit stiffer and reactive. For the rear ordered Koni pair to work with factory leaf spring. Installed were Boge OEM shocks with just about 200 miles old.
Koni item proved to be 1 cm (25/64) shorter than the stocker:
Had to add some dust boots because having such a product exposed feels much like committing a crime. But after the installation rear height increased by 1.5 cm (19/32), which was a sudden spot on change -- not little, not too much - just exactly what's needed, the car got clearly elated from the mod. First impressions from the ride met the expectations - rear holds the track quite a bit better, rebound controlled and actually now is damping much of the wallowing that comes from the front.
What done by the shop is one of the best cars brought to the 21-st century from good old times, so one may have best of two worlds -- a solid feel of a real car and the design art, and upgrades in the section that is actually got the most advance in car tech.
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Hopefully, updates to the front will follow.
The aim was - OEM ride height but a bit stiffer and reactive. For the rear ordered Koni pair to work with factory leaf spring. Installed were Boge OEM shocks with just about 200 miles old.
Koni item proved to be 1 cm (25/64) shorter than the stocker:
Had to add some dust boots because having such a product exposed feels much like committing a crime. But after the installation rear height increased by 1.5 cm (19/32), which was a sudden spot on change -- not little, not too much - just exactly what's needed, the car got clearly elated from the mod. First impressions from the ride met the expectations - rear holds the track quite a bit better, rebound controlled and actually now is damping much of the wallowing that comes from the front.
What done by the shop is one of the best cars brought to the 21-st century from good old times, so one may have best of two worlds -- a solid feel of a real car and the design art, and upgrades in the section that is actually got the most advance in car tech.
--
Hopefully, updates to the front will follow.
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