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Now after Wales my zed was not responding to the way i would have liked on the fast open roads iv decided to delve into the world of suspension, one part i should have really done sooner. Its not often i push the zed that hard anyway, so when i bought her it was important for me to get the 'looks' as i wanted now iv done that and it was quite a while ago iv just enjoyed the car for what it was without wanting to spend more money. Little reminder Returning from Wales though im sure im going to keep the car now so thought id turn to the suspension because as much as i loved the power of the superchargers theres so much more potential for my car to be quicker if the handling was made better with quality parts. So first things first before jumping straight into coilovers as i only run springs my shopping list to buy next week is..... Eibach Anti roll bars Whiteline Drop links front/rear Rear diff bush kit super pro compression (bananna arm) to chassis mounting bush Then more bushes and front camber arms following very soon and this is where your guys experiences comes in..... So..... front camber arms, should i swap the arms for uprated ones or just put the elongated bush in, im not sure yet, one part of me thinks i should buy new arms as the bushes are near £170 but.... unless i go for really expensive arms such as spl i see quite a few of the aftermarket camber arms i.e cusco, ichiba dont seem to last the test of time as the ball joint fails so little more homework needed there,would be good to hear anybody elses experiences...... i already have spc rear camber arms and toe bolts so it will be onto full bush replacemnet and coilovers. Now my budget wont stretch to a full superpro bush setup and looking what others have done its crucial to have the superpro bush for the main compression arm to chassis bush but after that it seems whiteline or energy bushes will be fine for all the others and at alot more of a competitive price. While iv got my compression arm off to fit the new superpro bush im thinking i might as well swap out the other one can anyone tell me what this one is classed as?? Also need to swap the front damper to control arm bushing as this is shot so thinking there again while the arm is off i might as well swap the other two bushes now one i think is called the lower control arm inner does this mean the other one near the shock damper bush is the outer??? little help here again would be appriciated!!! So thats the plan so far guys ill not get into coilovers yet as more important to get ther other bits sorted first If anyone can help naming exactly which bushes i need though on the front bottom two arms that would be great and also there experineces with front camber arms

That's the best suggestion so far! We uset to!! Just takes a hell of alot of time for the organisers

Gorgeous!!!! Bet you don't get called that very often Bennet!

Bugger, just about to pay for the tickets then realised I'm at the German Grand Prix

This would be a good idea, then as niki says the slower drivers wouldn't feel uncomfortable and the faster ones can also enjoy it more I got stuck behind Shire the whole way round, felt like i was in the slow group You know different

Swapped mine out for these before wales, good quality! Just means you've got to spend alot under the bonnet now so you can keep using them!!! That was my excuse anyway

This would be a good idea, then as niki says the slower drivers wouldn't feel uncomfortable and the faster ones can also enjoy it more

Never thought Bala was a great idea for food, the location to stop is beautiful, but its quite a long walk to the pub for food and if its raining which it has before that can be a nightmare, also found the bloke who run that pub very tedious at times and not really interested in us for the amount of people and money we put there way, was more interested in getting us in then out ready for the next lot!! Similar to the reception at the Sportmans on the evo triangle!

Put it this way ..... We know who was more generous with there £££ when there was prizes to be won

A hotel more in the heart of Wales would be great so we just had great roads to drive But..... It would just end up being to expensive an finding a hotel that accommodates us like the moreton I fear maybe very difficult

Lets do it for a week

That's great news graham thought it might be slightly less than that so well chuffed!! Thanks for everyone's generosity

I'd look at a peugeot 107 think there one of the cheapest to insure Mine was a 1.2 Corsa p reg in maroon and grey interior

Need to have mine done also, but would definitely like to keep them as they rolled out the factory!! It's just finding a company up to the job without it costing a fortune! If we found a quality refurb shop at decent money could always look at a group deal ....

Got to sort my setup, but suspension first!

Happy birthday buddy!!! Never realised when we spoke on the phone or I'd have said buddy! Get some beers down you!!

Cracking write up Bennet, doing the banana arm bushes myself and the front shock absorber lower bush kit but any reason why the super pro kit is twice as expensive as the whiteline, is it that much better??? After these two bush kits are fitted (swapping these out first as they have perished worse) what did people find to be the most significant bushes to change as don't think my budget will stretch to all bushes at present. The eccentric bushes on the camber arms to correct negative camber seem a natural choice but what then??? help much appreciated!!

But got to say good taste!!!

So two people in a zed on the club stand = £28 ?

Iv had the same problem bud, you need to get it sorted ASAP especially before the ring, if not swapped it can cause way to much movement in the diff resulting in damaging it, iv got the whiteline solid bush kit which replaces all of the diff bushes not just the rear hopefully fitting tomorrow so will let you know how it goes! Nissan will only sell you the subframe at £900 prats!

With it being a V10 plus it was full carbon spec and he'd scraped the underside of the front carbon splitter to! Luckily for him audi had loaned it him for the weekend after buying a new A5!!! Can't be bad

there isn't much pushing let me tell you, even mark had some brave pills and found the throttle pedal either that or I'm going soft!!!!

Bennetts probably just told Mary that's he gave her and daves engine a once over

quite like that shade graham!! I'm staying now already looking at the best options for suspension, really good picture and a pleasure driving with you guys!

Ill second that ian, it's a cracking setup something else I'm now looking at!! Somebody needs to sort out that music collection though