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apex lowering springs - good buy or pile of crap?#discuss

Post by minimoose » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:59 am

Seen set of apex lowering springs on egay going cheap worth a poke or leave well alone?
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Post by Lude-dude » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:27 am

I wouldn't cheap out on the suspension, personally if your going only springs the eibach are good.

ride may be harsh or bouncy with cheap springs, I'm not really sure on the apex ones
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Post by vanzep » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:32 am

apex springs are ok imo - fitted to standard oem shocks they should lower the car about 30mm without compromising ride quality too much - I had a set of them on my BB1 grey lude and they were fine. If your planning going out on track them id look for a set of koni shocks or full coilovers like tein, bc or meister r's :)
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Post by ADS1 » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:41 am

I have apex springs on my road only bb4, I find them fine . Do exactly what it says on the tin . I dont have anything to compare wirh tho.

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Post by indigolemon » Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:46 am

Had them on my first lude, were absolutely fine :)
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Post by semicolin » Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:53 am

I use eibach springs with oem shocks, would recommend these if on a budget

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Post by toadster » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:32 pm

semicolin wrote:I use eibach springs with oem shocks, would recommend these if on a budget
Same here , they are fantastic 8-)

I have always used Eibach on my Mr2 and then my FTO now my Lude :mrgreen: all using oem shocks

Plenty of peops use Apex so i would think they would be fine :D

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Post by minimoose » Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:53 pm

Well just won set on ebay for 51quid so will see :)

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Post by ADS1 » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:10 pm

You will be fine with them mate, they are good quality springs :)

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Post by minimoose » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:49 pm

Can't complain at price either :)

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