AP coilovers

[BoostHard]

Who you insured with Brad?

2 year warranty is a bit poor really. I'd like at least 5.

 

[brad_barker12]

Admiral. Yeaa I know the prosports come with 5 year but i wanted a well known reputable brand. APs generally are known to be decent where as prosport I've heard mixed reviews

 

[nd-photo.nl]

I thought AP is a daughter company of KW?

 

[JDUB 20V]

Im selling a damp adjusting set of AP's

 

[GMan_88]

Or you could remove 'back up' from your last sentence and then use it to refer to your mrs.

Haha that was my first thought but it will have to wait until after xmas as shes promised me a ps4

 

[dgjdrummer]

I thought AP is a daughter company of KW?

I was lead to believe the same, AP and Weitec are both budget brands of KW.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

So there has to be something good about them!

 

[xDaNx]

Just changed top mounts back to some new standard ones from Powerflex, wow what a difference, the ride is so comfy now.

 

[BoostHard]

So are these better than prosport?


Awaits the ap owners to say yes and the prosport owners to say no.

 

[xDaNx]

You just have to look at the price difference, usually the terms 'you get what you pay for' and 'buy cheap buy twice' most of the time turns out to be true

 

[dgjdrummer]

Just changed top mounts back to some new standard ones from Powerflex, wow what a difference, the ride is so comfy now.

May have to change to them after winter then! Did you do them yourself? Is it a full damper out jobbie?

I don't have spring compressors or anything and it'll cost a fair bit to get a garage to do them, just wondering how much of a pig they are to do.

 

[MaximOD]

So glad you've just said how good the AP's are. Been thinking about going springs and shocks, but think I will wait a bit and go for these!

 

[xDaNx]

May have to change to them after winter then! Did you do them yourself? Is it a full damper out jobbie?

I don't have spring compressors or anything and it'll cost a fair bit to get a garage to do them, just wondering how much of a pig they are to do.

Nope, just took the top 2 bolts off and undid the drop link, the strut then drops down enough to get the topmount out, the spring isn't really under any tension so no need for spring clamps, this is with AP coilovers bearing in mind, standard strut you'd need clamps, and even then when I tried before I had coilovers I couldn't make enough room to get it out so I left changing them until I got coilovers and did them all at once.

Hope that makes sense lol.

 

[dgjdrummer]

Cheers for that mate! Doesn't sound too bad then. Did you torque the top bolts back up or just tighten them a decent amount? I have the APs and the adjusters are only a few threads off the bottom so should have enough room.

 

[xDaNx]

Cheers for that mate! Doesn't sound too bad then. Did you torque the top bolts back up or just tighten them a decent amount? I have the APs and the adjusters are only a few threads off the bottom so should have enough room.

Just tightened them, just remember to redo them both once the cars on the ground.