Ohlins, OMG!!

track_addict · Postby **track_addict** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:36 pm

How low have you guys got your cars set with the DFV's? I've fitted them to my NA and just went to lower the rear of the car cause I think its sitting to high. I had already lowered the car roughly 10mm (measured from wheel centre to guard) from the settings Ohlins suggest and I only managed to get half a turn further out of the rear left coilover and a further 2 turns out of the rear right coilover. At these settings the RL was at 340mm and the RR at 330mm. This has obviously happened from the RR settling abit with the extra weight on this side of the car. I just wound the RR up to meet the RL but im not overly happy with how high it is. Im not looking to slam it on its guts but I was hoping to cut down the wheel to guard gap. I havent played with the spring perches yet since I dont fully understand how it will effect the cars handling.

ksharp · Postby **ksharp** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:12 pm

Revisiting an old thread because the Yellowspeed is giving me grief on the bumpy Sydney road..

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:21 pm

Get mca reds. Cheaper with comparable ride comfort.

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ksharp · Postby **ksharp** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:41 pm

Saw the GWR sale but they don't ship them

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:51 pm

Aye kev. I got mine through Steve Cramer products in Melbourne.

Google them and shoot ema email. They might have them in stock. From memory they were around the 2400 mark

ksharp · Postby **ksharp** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:12 pm

Cheers mate, I think it's only a matter of time before I bite the bullet..

Will shoot Steve Cramer an email

deviant · Postby **deviant** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:23 pm

shox.com are worth a look to.

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:46 pm

deviant wrote:shox.com are worth a look to.

i looked at them when i was buying my ohlins

Cramer still worked out cheaper, and had them the next day

ksharp · Postby **ksharp** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:44 pm

Regie

Do you recall when you purchased the onlins from Steve?

Just got a quote and the price has gone up somewhat to ~$2.6-2.7k with no stock til late August.

Is it exchange rate at play?

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:09 pm

Late Feb this year Kev

Could be that he had them in stock already, Myself and James bought them around the same time from Steve.

Check the sponsors section, Chris @MX5 parts may be able to get them in for you from Goodwin

cwto24 · Postby **cwto24** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:05 am

Don't we all just love our Ohlins

ksharp · Postby **ksharp** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:00 am

Chris is also doing it for $2.7k

Good things certainly don't come cheap!

Just out of curiosity, why doesn't Mr Goodwin ship out of the States?

Sailor · Postby **Sailor** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:35 pm

zephyrus17 wrote:I'm also curious about that. And how they compare to the PSS9s? Are they supple enough for roads full of potholes?

Nothing is supple enough for a road full of pothole BUT
I did talk to these guys a while back at SMSP.

http://www.shockworks.com.au/

They were working on an NB that the owner wanted to drive over railway crossings at speed without tearing the front end out!?
Apparently they got it right.

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 5:38 pm

PSS9 is an NB fitment, also fits NA with NB hats? NC is a different designation (PSS10 from memory), so valving may be different.

Anyway, for that money you would want more performance - my last PSS9s were about A$1700 in my hands from Shox.com.

Mr Goodwin has had some bad experiences with us, and made a policy decision as he is entitled to. Mind you, paying him was pretty 1950s, as he couldn't handle electronic or credit card payments and I used bank drafts by snail mail for my stuff, so going through Chris will be a lot simpler. That was a long time ago though.

:mrgreen: