coilovers

[mccarthy500]

bug@5speed i am going to go with the poly bushings and i will go with the same compressed and extended lengths as the person in the link. I'm not sure what rate spings i'm going to use i'm going to start at 300lbs (ricola is using that rate and his car will be simalar to mine) my car is going to have a 97' subaru wrx engine mated to a 915 trans i talked to jegs on the phone and they told me that you can use 1-7/8'' I.D. springs with the proma star shocks i'm going to call qa1 tomarrow and ask them. the part number for the shocks i beleive is DR4855P. -John

[mccarthy500]

volkdent thanks for the info what shocks are you using on your car? what are the extended and compressed lengths? by the way your car is f***ing awsome. i love the engineering of it.

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by mccarthy500

volkdent thanks for the info what shocks are you using on your car? what are the extended and compressed lengths? by the way your car is f***ing awsome. i love the engineering of it.

I'm using double-adjustable QA1s with poly bushings up front, I don't remember what length quite honestly. I went through a couple of them before I settled on these.

Thanks for the kudos, it's been a long time coming, and a long time to go!

Jason

[mccarthy500]

ricola yes your right im assuming your speedster replica is probably way lighter than my 1302. I don't know why i thought you had this comba on a beetle. is it a porsche 356 speedster replica? those are sick. so i'm assuming i need a higher spring rate. any suggestions? what have other people used?

[mccarthy500]

ricola are you using coilovers on the rear of the cabrio? if so then what spring rate are you using?

[ricola]

Originally Posted by mccarthy500

bug@5speed i am going to go with the poly bushings and i will go with the same compressed and extended lengths as the person in the link. I'm not sure what rate spings i'm going to use i'm going to start at 300lbs (ricola is using that rate and his car will be simalar to mine) my car is going to have a 97' subaru wrx engine mated to a 915 trans i talked to jegs on the phone and they told me that you can use 1-7/8'' I.D. springs with the proma star shocks i'm going to call qa1 tomarrow and ask them. the part number for the shocks i beleive is DR4855P. -John

My old speedster replica used the 300lb springs with 915 and subaru engine.
My new 1303 cabrio is using a G50 with subaru engine

Neither are particularly close to your car if it is a 1302 with 915 and subaru...

Rich