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Original Mr Sentra
Registered Loser
Registered: November 2000
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 6883
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Review Date: Thu December 9, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,720.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Adjustable ride height without sacrificing suspension travel, pillowball upper mounts, camber plates, damper adjustability
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Weak upper strut mount bolts, camber plates hard to adjust
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I was part of the original group buy from Paul at Avalon Racing. I ordered the A2\'s with the 7/6kg spring rates. Overall, I\'m very satisfied with this product. Very easy to install. Top notch housing and build quality almost 2 years later with the exception of the weak upper strut mount bolts which need torqued properly! Surprisingly streetable, which was almost a deterrent from getting these if they weren\'t. Adjusting ride height is very simple, especially when you have a lot of suspension travel available no matter what ride height you select. Camber plates are located under the strut tower, which is a PITA to adjust, but once you got it right, I would forget adjusting camber(set it and forget it). If you want to go all out and you have the cash, I\'d definitely recommend the JIC FLT-A2\'s on a very well put together full coilover suspension.
p.s. If you need help installing these, drop me a PM!
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Sunburst03
Endless USA S13 Silvia
Registered: October 2002
Location: On the right side
Posts: 3084
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Review Date: Thu March 24, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,400.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Excellent ride quality, increased rear suspension travel, easy to adjust ride height, ability to preload the springs, camber adjustment, etc.
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Adjustment of camber plates requires removal of the front struts
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An excellent product. Very comfortable on the street, great for autox useage, and incredible on road racing courses. The ability to lower the ride height w/o losing suspension travel is an awesome feature. You can see pics of how low my car is on my cardomain site, and even at that height i still have suspension travel and never bottom out my dampers
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Fireball
Registered User
Registered: May 2006
Location: Thunder Bay
Posts: 42
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Review Date: Tue June 27, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,600.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Great ride, easy adjustability(height)
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Cons:
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Adjustment on damper in poor spot on fronts
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Great on the track, but a little stiff for a car that's never tracked or autox. I ordered softer springs that i swap in when on the street. Very good costomer service. They are easily rebuilt with all the individual parts available from JIC.
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Driving Illini
Engi-nerd
Registered: February 2001
Location: Under the Weather
Posts: 2218
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Review Date: Tue October 10, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,600.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Performance, Adjustability
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Long Term Durability
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Great suspension for combined street and track use. Reasonably comfortable ride on the street for a high-performance suspension, yet certainly firm enough for track use, and able to help tune handling characteristics with shock stiffness adjustments. Tested extensively on autox and road courses, with very positive results. Would highly recommend for a dual purpose weekend/local street driven and autox/track toy, or a non higher mileage accumulation daily driven car.
However this product does NOT hold up well at all to winter use in salty climates for longer daily commutes. Externally exposed front adjusters on the bottom of the strut are prone to clogging with road grime. Coating on shock body wears away allowing the body to corrode after a couple years daily driving through Chicago winters. Have seen much better weather durability on other suspensions that powedercoat the shock bodies. Also over the same time period the pillowball mounts began having an annoying tendancy of loosening up, creating excessive (unnatural) suspension noise over bumps. Would not recommend for high annual mileage cars in salty climates.
Corrosion Pic 1
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Edit: Photo links have been fixed!
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