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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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I'll get in touch with him. Bruce has done some stuff for me in the past. I understand the forum/board thing. AST is building a set of shocks for me right now for my Z06 and I have no plans on posting them anywhere just because of the incessant "what did you do that for?" questions that will come up over and over again.


I first read the TTX Manual 3-4 years ago (and multiple times since) so I'm just about as familiar as you can get with these aside from actually taking one apart. Really wish I could afford them...
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 01:00 AM
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They're right around Moton, JRZ range but I know you do good things on a low budget like your Penskes.

One thing I learned from the Bilsteins was that being able to valve a damper is one thing but valving it correctly is another thing. With these it's just not that they're valved really well, there's something else about them. Even when running them fairly firm there doesn't seem to be the need for that initial breakaway to get them moving like I felt with the other dampers, it's almost as if everything is on ball bearings and the other stuff is on bushings. It's just that initial feel when you turn in that feels completely different than anything else.
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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Nice work macr88,
Sorry for the lack of updates - i never knew how long it takes to fully settle in after relocation.
Updates to come.
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Old Apr 10, 2011 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Traction Limited
Nice work macr88,
Sorry for the lack of updates - i never knew how long it takes to fully settle in after relocation.
Updates to come.
Awesome, can't wait.
BTW did you get the clevis mount yet?
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 02:11 PM
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Anything on this ^
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 05:47 AM
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sorry - not yet.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by macr88
I tried to go the cheap route and valve some bilsteins but I just couldn't get what I was looking for out of them.
The even cheaper route is to buy your used coilovers after you get frustrated with them. Looking forward to buying these Ohlins from you in a year for $2000.
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by thomsbrain
Originally Posted by macr88' timestamp='1300613144' post='20379553
I tried to go the cheap route and valve some bilsteins but I just couldn't get what I was looking for out of them.
The even cheaper route is to buy your used coilovers after you get frustrated with them. Looking forward to buying these Ohlins from you in a year for $2000.
hahahaha not gonna happen
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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Showoff.



















And I can't blame you one bit.
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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by thomsbrain
Originally Posted by macr88' timestamp='1300613144' post='20379553
I tried to go the cheap route and valve some bilsteins but I just couldn't get what I was looking for out of them.
The even cheaper route is to buy your used coilovers after you get frustrated with them. Looking forward to buying these Ohlins from you in a year for $2000.
I'm just going to have him come over to my house one night, get him drunk, and swap them out for my SRCs. He will never know the difference. hehe.
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