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Old October 1st 2004, 11:31
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AVO shocks, ranging from GBP60 to GBP200 each (approx US$110 to US$360)

http://www.avouk.com/pm/12
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Old October 1st 2004, 12:29
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I bought my QA1 Proma Stars from Naake Motorsports. They seemed to think that QA1 was the way to go for the $. I don't have any experience with any of them, so I'll have to wait and see. Hopefully no problems. The QA1s are completely rebuildable, so at least I'm not throwing $ away regardless. My fabricator for the suspension likes Alden, but it is really set up for the Hot Rod crowd as far as I can tell.

Ohlins is at the very top of the heap from what I've read. For the same shocks Penske is about $600.

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Old October 1st 2004, 12:36
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I like the looks of those AVO shocks Tim. Moderately priced, and a big plus is they offer the small body coil-over that could be used on a Ball-Joint beam (like the Red-9 kit).

Got any references or experiences with these?
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Old October 1st 2004, 15:48
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My only caution with AVO would be repair. If somethings up, your probably looking at 3 weeks IF they have good customer service. I'm looking at 2-3 days returned with QA1s.

The Coopers used AVO in their setup:

http://www.centralvwaudi.com/Beetproj.htm

But they are in England. AVO just doesn't have much of a presence in North America sadly.

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