GI: AURFA coilovers for BG chassis (finally)

[Grant8311]

Wow. ok. I'll try to get the responses one by one.

Lex.. the amount of stroke on the strut dampener it self stays the same. use the lower adjustment for height increase/decrease. I'm not sure if i understood your questions correctly, but hopefully that answers it.

Steve and I have put about 3000 hard driven miles so far.. and it rides the same, and hasnt blown out yet.

1967 cutlass. The dampeners are replacable. its a threaded body assembly that you would have to purchase through AURFA. As for pricing, I have to contact them again to work out the final costs. You are correct, they are dampeners to match the spring rates,

Smoke187.. The sub $1000 price is $750, as stated in the post

1967cutlass. I know about taiwans track record with coilovers. There are manufacturers that I would avoid, and I wont mention any names to keep proper industry ettiquite. When I was in Taiwan, these were the more recommended amongst the local crowd. WHether AURFA outsources the dampener assembly, I don't know.. Gotta remember, it is a different culture out there, and I'm trying my best to work with them and get things accomplished bit by bit.. and not come off as prying into their business operations (A lot of Asian companies dont want to deal with you if they dont like you, and so far this company has been much nicer than others out there, especially for a person thats not going out there and spending $30,000 for a buy in. Anyhow, thats enough international business culture 101 from me). This is as much info as I can provide for you right now.. Whatever other technical info you would like, contact me on AIM or PM, and I can relay the message over to AURFA.

Hope this helps to a certain extent.

[Grant8311]

Same as Lex: when will they blow and how much to replace the inserts?
You said the original springs were too long, but what if that's what I want? 4WD rally, what kind of travel do these offer? I know the max the protege can handle without binding, and I want to get as close to that as possible.

I'll be honest with you on this one.. I wouldn't recommend them for rallying.. I'm sure AURFA can alter the setup and increase stroke length for that.. but still iffy about it.

Like I told Lex, I'm not sure when they will blow.. First off, I'm sorry steve.. I've been rather abusive to these coilovers to see how well they hold up (and since I am still on 14" wheels). But no luck killing them so far from my driving or Steves. I've only killed my front lip. I've been abusive enough to suspensions to kill them in a couple months time.

[smoke187]

$750 ain't bad so how many people do you need in on this or is it not that kind of group buy

[almighty4wd]

I'll be honest with you on this one.. I wouldn't recommend them for rallying.. I'm sure AURFA can alter the setup and increase stroke length for that.. but still iffy about it.

Like I told Lex, I'm not sure when they will blow.. First off, I'm sorry steve.. I've been rather abusive to these coilovers to see how well they hold up (and since I am still on 14" wheels). But no luck killing them so far from my driving or Steves. I've only killed my front lip. I've been abusive enough to suspensions to kill them in a couple months time.

no worries then. I was hoping for a relatively simple rally setup, but seems I'm still stuck with custom built setups. Thanks for the info though

[Grant8311]

It would take at least 5 to get this going.. less than that..... well you get the point..

Almighty.. rally is a lot of abuse. I wounldnt want you to have something that couldn't hold up to its purpose

I did however forget to mention.. Like i stated earlier, Cusco plates can be used, but arent necessary unless you really need the accuracy (response of pillowball mounts vs. stock rubber). The bracket that bolts to the spindle are pre slotted for camber adjustability, rougly about -2 to +2.. I haven't had the chance to have this on an alignment rack yet.

[Turpro]

For location varification

Grant8311: it says socal and taipei
turpro93: Socal= south california right?
Grant8311: san diego, california

[therieldeal]

dammit, way for this to happen when i'm broke

gl with the group buy guys

[Skuce]

look in the first picture, there is a tab with a hole where the line could be zip tied to.

Are you serious??

[itchnertamatoa]

any chance they could ship deirectly to Tahiti by air?
I'd pay for the extra costs, just no point having them go to the states and back down here to me
LMK costs but looks like I'm in

[Grant8311]

PM me your address and postal code. I'll see what I can work out with AURFA

[Hadoken]

You mentioned these will work with Cusco camber plates, but how? It looks to me that the rear spring is tapered towards the top to fit in the strut mount, which will have to be removed to use the camber plates. How is that able to be held securely since there will be no top hat or anything equivalent on top of the spring?

Does AURFA have a compatible mount to fit the spring or is it something that I'd need to hunt for/have machined?

[FE3-323]

a good question^

[TurboProto]

I'll be honest with you on this one.. I wouldn't recommend them for rallying.. I'm sure AURFA can alter the setup and increase stroke length for that.. but still iffy about it.

Like I told Lex, I'm not sure when they will blow.. First off, I'm sorry steve.. I've been rather abusive to these coilovers to see how well they hold up (and since I am still on 14" wheels). But no luck killing them so far from my driving or Steves. I've only killed my front lip. I've been abusive enough to suspensions to kill them in a couple months time.

Well then I want a fresh set if you are going to keep those and beat up on them cause I dont want used suspension. Remember the 4wd is alot heavier and id rather breaking in my own stuff on my car. Not trying to be picky but im wierd when it comes to new parts. I didnt know you were going to beat up on my stuff. I know these can take the abuse but I want to be the one doing it.

[TurboProto]

You mentioned these will work with Cusco camber plates, but how? It looks to me that the rear spring is tapered towards the top to fit in the strut mount, which will have to be removed to use the camber plates. How is that able to be held securely since there will be no top hat or anything equivalent on top of the spring?

Does AURFA have a compatible mount to fit the spring or is it something that I'd need to hunt for/have machined?

Those wont be the springs that will be comming in the kit. All four springs will look similar to the front springs.

[Hadoken]

Good to hear. Do you know what the inner diameter of the spring will be? Hopefully it's a standard size so those of us with sleeve kits can just use the tophats from them with camber plates.

Alternatively, would there be any option to have the rears setup the same as the fronts with a similar mounting plate like the one in the picture? It would be a nice option for those whom already have camber plates since the factory style mount will just be discarded anyway.