Leda Suspension Coil overs going on my car!!!

[m0rk]

Your right that custom is far more expensive....but its the age old saying you get what you pay for....

Reading IOMMAN's thread - they'll just use Eibach springs

So all they'll do is valve a damper? So working on the theory that most coilovers are adjustable.... what's the custom aspect again?

I think Rob's points are the most valid (as I tried to state earlier) regarding longevity of seals, Bills point regarding plating

Ilmore make great race engines. wouldn't want one since I couldn't get to London & back on it though.

 

[Pabs]

Your right that custom is far more expensive....but its the age old saying you get what you pay for....

Indeed this is true. But you'll be paying for a lot more than just a suspension kit. You'll be paying for the man-hours etc too.

By purchasing a kit thats widely available, the prices have dropped due to mass production, and the r&d costs etc are spread across 1000's, if not millions of sales worldwide.

Anyway, enough of that. I'm sure you're aware of the way it works If you can give us a rough idea of the spec of them too (when you know) we'll look forward to seeing the results / costs.

 

[neil_f225]

I spoke to Leda over a year ago before i purchased my H+R's. At that point they quoted me about £800 for a mk4 golf kit. Told them the front struts are different due to the drop link mounting. They weren't sure what i was meaning and i couldnt afford the car to be off the road for ages. Are they going to develop it specifically or just use a golf kit?

 

[F2 Stu]

Or to but it another way, you could pay many £1000s for Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to decorate you're back passage, but you could pay any half decent decorator to do it at a fraction of the price.

I'm sure leda will do a good job of your LCR, but why bother as theres other kits readily available off the shelve that will do the same job.

 

[ice maiden]

Because I like to be different!!!! why follow the crowd?????

 

[RobT]

Because I like to be different!!!! why follow the crowd?????

good enough reason, its your time and dough, and your choice at the end of the day - keep us posted as to how it goes

 

[Yumann]

pmsl with this thread and others like it - fascinating the amount of misinformation that is about.

A top quality racing / rally damper will be no more or less 'hard' than a street damper - unless its built to be so - what will be better is the materials and tolerances and the ability to fine tune / modify what the damper characteristics are.

Rob

I would disagee with that rob i would say that rally dampers/race dampers will be harsher than road dampers as they will have a more agressive valving set up for compression damping to aid steering response and is the primary factor for comfort compared to road dampers.