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GAZ suspension stuff -- opinions ?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:03 pm
by Basho
:D Any oppinions on GAZ coilovers and other suspension bits amyone ?

Re: GAZ suspension stuff -- opinions ?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:05 pm
by dimarg
ive got a set of the gold pro coilovers under my bee ready to go in my nb8a, just waiting to do the brakes then ill throw them in and give you a review ;)

in the box they have good build quality and were really good to deal with, but no in car review as yet

Re: GAZ suspension stuff -- opinions ?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:00 pm
by Lokiel
GAZ suspension is more common in the UK - you'll have more luck finding out what they're like on http://mx5nutz.com/ (a UK MX5 forum).

Re: GAZ suspension stuff -- opinions ?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:55 pm
by Basho
dimarg wrote:ive got a set of the gold pro coilovers under my bee ready to go in my nb8a, just waiting to do the brakes then ill throw them in and give you a review ;)

in the box they have good build quality and were really good to deal with, but no in car review as yet


Reviews and comments on the UK sites are good by and large , though set up adjustments seem to of given the odd headache--given some of the accompanying comments I'm fairly sure that the faults were probably not with the GAZ kit though :lol: .

I'm seriously thinking of getting a set do you know if the MK 1 kits need different strut tops or can the OE ones be used ?

Re: GAZ suspension stuff -- opinions ?

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:31 pm
by OurCognitiveSurplus
I read a bunch of stuff from the UK on GAZ when I was looking at coilovers. My take-home was that the reviews were mixed. Some people said the stuff was good for the money, but not a really high quality product. We're talking yellowspeed not Xida.

Re: GAZ suspension stuff -- opinions ?

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:10 pm
by Basho
OurCognitiveSurplus wrote:I read a bunch of stuff from the UK on GAZ when I was looking at coilovers. My take-home was that the reviews were mixed. Some people said the stuff was good for the money, but not a really high quality product. We're talking yellowspeed not Xida.


Yup by and large thats my take on as well and a rebuild for 12 quid is a good until it's 13000 miles away :lol: ,

There's also a few choice comments on BC that I came across while I was searching , the soap dodgers don't rate the asian stuff very well from what I found so far but with Bilstein and Eibach at the prices they get them at why would they.