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When looking for coilover suspension, you'll find several dozen brands to choose from. How do you know which is the best shock for your car and usage? This guide will help you understand the different features included on the best coilovers. Quality First things, you want to purchase a quality damper. Look for manufacturers that are well known and respected, like Bilstein, Fortune Auto and Öhlins for example. The best coilovers will use anodized aluminium where possible to save weight and resist corrosion. The damper piston will be made from a chromium alloy or stainless steel for corrosion resistance and...

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One of the best changes you can make to improve the handling and responsiveness of your track car is to replace your suspension bushes. If possible, you should try replacing them with a polyurethane bush, as these deflect less than standard metalastic factory bushes and are easier to replace in the pits without the need for special tools. We stock SuperPro bushes in the store, I personally only ever fit SuperPro bushes as these are the best of the best in my opinion.  However, to remove the old factory bushes can be sometimes quite difficult. Because they are made from a dense...

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One of my favorite things about YouTube is the build videos, where you can watch as a YouTuber creates a car little by little, one video at a time. I was browsing the YouTube archives when I came across SK8215, who has been slowly turning an E55 AMG road car into a "properly fast track car". In part three of the build, the guys remove the standard air suspension for a set of coilers on the front. Fitting coilovers don't necessarily improve lap times, but they are infinitely more adjustable than air suspension. You can also simplify and lighten the car by...

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Watching suspension systems at work is mesmerizing. It also shows just exactly how much work the shock absorbers do to keep your wheels planted to the ground. One thing we noticed from watching these videos, the suspension is constantly doing something! Even the smoothest of roads have undulations and imperfections that work the dampers. Miata with Bilsteins This video shows an upgraded set of Bilstein fitted to a 2013 Miata MX5. The Miata is running a multilink suspension set-up and you can see how rapidly the wheels respond to the road surface. Check out the sway bar in operation and also how...

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Track use, whether on or off-road can be punishing on your suspension system. We've put together a guide for maintaining your shocks and suspension components. Depending on the type of circuits your racing on and the level of competition events you enter, you'll want to repeat this checklist after every race. Maintaining a race car will make it more reliable and therefore, more competitive.  The checklist assumes normal wear and tear from track use. If you get into a crash, get airborne during the race or are competing at a track with a rough surface or big curbs, you should...

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