Cos Gaz make mini subframes look like automotive pron.
That's all I got. I made my decision cos I liked the blue on gold of the Gaz...
I didn't have any useful intelligence for either...
| ausmini https://www.ausmini.com/forums/ |
|
| GAZ or Spax shocks https://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=53555 |
Page 1 of 2 |
| Author: | girtp [ Sun May 24, 2009 6:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | GAZ or Spax shocks |
Which do you prefer & why ?.......... Need to replace shock on a car and interested in your input ? & Dont tell me Koni's as I dont want to remove them to adjust them ! Cheers |
|
| Author: | aaron [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
GAZ because there not koni's or Spax...... |
|
| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
The one set of Spax I bought many years ago I could not adjust to be the same. So I vote GAZ. |
|
| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
I vote Konis because they are worth it. |
|
| Author: | girtp [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Morris 1100, Ive got a set of KONI's that are 2 race meeting old that are about to come out as I'm sick of no being able to adjust them without removing them ! Thats if you love them enough !.. Thanks for the input ! |
|
| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
I have never used GAZ but the Spax I have used were rubbish. I have used Konis on a lot of things and found them to be great. I used to muck around with them a bit till I was happy and then leave them alone. |
|
| Author: | girtp [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Im pretty happy with the Koni's too, But its the whole adjustment thing for wet & dry races............ It wouldn't be so bad if I did'nt have a fuel tank that had to come out to adjust the rears !......... |
|
| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
girtp wrote: Im pretty happy with the Koni's too, But its the whole adjustment thing for wet & dry races............ It wouldn't be so bad if I did'nt have a fuel tank that had to come out to adjust the rears !.........
Could you cut the threads off the rear stub axles and tap them 3/8" UNF then use a Grade 8 bolt instead? (like we do when converting wet arms to dry). Then no need to move the tanks... or undo the tops. <edit> I like Konis too- I put 150,000 miles on a set of K Sports on my `69 Fiat 124 Sport, got them rebuild for $50 each by Proven Products then fitted them to my rebuilt `68 124 Sport. OK so it was a while ago... but all Konis can be overhauled back to new condition. |
|
| Author: | minifreak1 [ Sun May 24, 2009 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
there used to be a bilstean version for the mini??? northern minis had a set but he put them on his own car b4 i could buy them...doooh $$$$$$ but was told they are good. was told that the gaz items are good ...buy link automotove just last tue.... konis are great too but the taking off to adjust is a pain but once set its all good. |
|
| Author: | Mick [ Sun May 24, 2009 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Cos Gaz make mini subframes look like automotive pron. That's all I got. I made my decision cos I liked the blue on gold of the Gaz... I didn't have any useful intelligence for either...
|
|
| Author: | 1071 [ Sun May 24, 2009 9:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Could you cut the threads off the rear stub axles and tap them 3/8" UNF then use a Grade 8 bolt .....s... or undo the tops. Or just cut access hole like they did on the Works cars... I like Spax..AVOs are supposed to be pretty good. Cheers, Ian |
|
| Author: | Mini Mad [ Sun May 24, 2009 11:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
bilsteins are good but non adjustable. I vote Gaz, |
|
| Author: | yeti21586 [ Mon May 25, 2009 5:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
ive got spax on Vini but have lots of good things about Gaz and am thinking of chaning mine to Gaz YetI |
|
| Author: | TheMiniMan [ Mon May 25, 2009 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
I used to use Konis,,, love em to death,,, but now i use Gaz 
I don`t like spax that much but there are plenty of other good shocks on the market these days,,, have a good look around before you buy, you might surprise yourself |
|
| Author: | meeni [ Mon May 25, 2009 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
bilsteins lol... i dont really know from a mini side of things but in general gaz shocks are crap they last about 5 minutes with heavy use |
|
| Page 1 of 2 | All times are UTC + 10 hours |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|