the beast is back!!!

[Fraz]

the front is an insert, so it its leaking and the mot centre spotted it....it must be well knacked for it to show ...the rears are just a a shock ...they would be easy to spot if leaking

and your car must handle like a jelly if you have uprated springs with standard shocks ...can get a full Apex kits for abour £250

[Allys Cally]

i think i will eventually change to the billys and use the g-max springs. wont be just now though
i suppose over a knackered standard set up the g-max is better but after driving a car with billys fitted i have to admit they are far superior to the g-max shocks

[BazV6er]

okay guys well after seeing frazs post i think i will be going for bilsteins and maybe use my spax springs.depends on whether the car fails on the shocks before i decide.

[v6 steve]

you wont look back mate if you go with the billys

[BazV6er]

yeah im sure i wont steve , i personally dont think anything is leaking but handling is great at front of the car and the rear feels like a bit of bodyroll at times..

[v6 steve]

its more than likely that you shocks are original so will be years old, have the donut bush's been done as they will give a funny feeling if they are fubard

[BazV6er]

well all i know was when the springs were replaced the driveshaft still had the old type of dust covers on the metal ones , my mate who used to be a vauxhall fitter said normally if there not on there then it would all be the original stuff.

and he said mine looked untouched

[v6 steve]

i still have the covers on mine and they have been off more times than iv had hot dinners i would change them even if it psses with them on its not a hard job should be able to do all 4 corners in a morning or less, have you done the donut bush's ? you could drive up here and ill do them for you its only a few hours drive

[Allys Cally]

if i remember rightly Steve we done the full g-max kit on my se9 in a couple of hours didnt we

[v6 steve]

if i remember rightly Steve we done the full g-max kit on my se9 in a couple of hours didnt we

yee i could have done it quicker but you kept getting in the road

[Allys Cally]

i'll remember that the next time i'm in the road

[vinny_69]

if your replacing the shocks baz you might aswell go the full monty and do your arms rod ends etc at the same time
or atlest your rod arms as you need to get the tracking done either way

[BazV6er]

yeah the arms are fine , but the arb links will need replacing as one was a advisory from last years mot

[v6 steve]

yeah the arms are fine , but the arb links will need replacing as one was a advisory from last years mot

i think vinny is talking about the track rod ends

[BazV6er]

yh i will have to see if i get any probs as last year tracking was done and car was fine and still drives great