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Apollo Coil overs

Old May 5, 2005 | 08:23 PM
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Apollo Coil overs

anyone know anything about these? i've heard they are rated at 8kg in front and 10kg in the back.now i rode in my friends car with cusco basics in it (s13).he said his setup was rated at 8kg and 8kg.now what im also looking for are rates of other springs and coilovers to compare if these coil overs are streetable enough for me to drive to workschool,etc.does anyone have info on THEIR (meaning yours) rates on their setup.thanks
Old May 6, 2005 | 01:05 AM
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shock dampening is more important than spring rate if you're thinking "streetable". I've been in cars with 10kg springs that felt good enough to be streetable still.
Old May 6, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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10 kg rear will induce oversteer more.

but i havent really heard anything about apollos.
Old May 6, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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but wouldnt that make the s13 neutral due to the fact that the s13 is know to understeer
Old May 6, 2005 | 02:33 PM
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no

to get a neutral feel you would want to add some braces to the front i.e power bar, fender brace.

good luck with that though
Old May 7, 2005 | 01:31 AM
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oh,yeah...i got my bars.oh and by the way...they're 12kg Front and 10kg rear.
Old May 7, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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I'm on Silk Roads, 8/6. But valving has a lot to do with stiffness and streetablity as well, as raine stated before. Its like they go hand and hand.
Old May 7, 2005 | 07:13 PM
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Originally posted by redfish
oh,yeah...i got my bars.oh and by the way...they're 12kg Front and 10kg rear.
Thats going to be pretty bouncy.

If you decide to get those make sure you that they have some type of us support in case of unit failure.
Old May 7, 2005 | 11:50 PM
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the apollos suck dont get them... maybe if they were a quality peice like my GP SPorts they could handel 12/10
Old May 8, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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its all in the valving.
Old May 9, 2005 | 01:29 AM
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i rode in a set of apollo's..they ride nice if set right.the valving is actualy nice and firm..well this is comming from a guy that things tein HA's ride too soft
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