actually im not that happy :( coz the guy promise me that i get the comfort n lowered look after installation (paid rm1200++) but after install he said u cant get that type of level if the car is lowered ! (im F****ed) and i jus drove off loh coz paid aleady wat to do :)
i tried adjustable aleady n its doesnt suit my taste :( so i go for this n same also mayb it wil be better i jus stick to standard shocks settings :) how if i coupled my short stroke with GAB springs ? any comments ? thanks !
actually my shocks are custom made short stroke coupled with front sport spring and rear standard spring !
There's a lot of definition for short stroke absorber. There;s one, which is the shaft(silver shinny thingy) and it's barrel (body) was short. and another is the shaft is short but the barrel is still long.
So far for all the Gab absorber i manage to get my hand on (dissect and cut open) the so call AVCS sys is the same thing as the valve you will get in any normal KAYABA absorber. AND be aware, there's a lot of counter fare GAB on the market, especially in Sunway City.
Did you saw a welding line around the original welding line on the absorber? If not, they cut the tip of the absorber short only. Nothing other is done to your absorber.
RM1200 is definitely OVER charge~! For you setup, i think you can get it around RM350 in our shop (w/o the spring).
Lastly, my recommendation, you can try use, original spring, cut one round off, heat-treatment at the point of the last quarter of the cut edge to make it's angle less steep so it will sit better on your absorber's bow. then cut one inch off your stop bump~ and walla, you get a two finger gap between your wheels and mud-guard and a comfort ride.
bro ..... i think my short stroke the barrel they modify it coz i saw some kind of opener/cap at the top (wer the rod located) - not sure mayb not !
In business world, they were not telling lies. Because b ythe time they develop the system, they hasn't name it or they didn't bother putting the name for it for stock absorber. But in a way to attract ppl/customer, they had to come out with something flashy~ so walla, the system got a name~! lol~
if you were generous enough to show me a close up photo of the cap thing~ mayb i'll be able to tell what it is. normally we do suggest that we used back our stock spring and 'cut' a bit to archive the desire ride hight (strongly recommended above two fingers/1.2~1.5 inchs on 195/45R15 tyre min.
ok ...... i wil snap some picture of my abs ! u re from penang so far loh ? :cry_smile:
dennis.. i cut my original springs few months back but didn't heat treatment it. Now it's giving me problems.. whenever i pass thru uneven roads or small potholes i'll hear some squeeking sound coming from the abs area. Even sometimes when i turn my steering i can hear "tak tak" sound. Any solutions? However i must admit the handling is quite nice actually =p
From the photo, i think that's one of the local made absorber. But so far i hasn't get my hand on one of this so i couldn't tell you much about it. But from the tyre size you tell me, it shouldn't be a problem for a conform ride except that the absorber bounce-re-bounce rate was set-ed wrongly.
The squeaking sound should be coming from the spring rubbing against the absorber spring bowl. You can try one traditional way - fixing water hose to the last round of the spring or heat treatment the last quarter round of the spring and press it inward to make it sit nicely in the spring bowl.
i've asked my mechanic to check but he said everything's fine. he tried looking for the source of the sound and found that it's actually coming from the absorber itself (the top ball joint or whatever you call it). i'm suspecting the cut spring is the culprit. anyway am i able to know what's the spring rate for this set of hwl coilover with this code number?
