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 Post subject: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:44 pm 
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The age old question which is better??
And also what shocks should I run with them
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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:56 pm 
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Can't go wrong with King springs....Better than Pedders in my opinion.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:05 pm 
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Shocks to treat em with??
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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:09 pm 
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If your budget will allow I'd recommend Koni shocks.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:19 pm 
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i used to swear by king springs untill my lows sagged into ultra lows. :evil:
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:24 pm 
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I went with Kings and Monroe GT.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:55 pm 
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TheKrazeD how is the ride comfortable or hard as a rock?? and hows the height??
TROYMAN How long did that take roughly mate
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:23 pm 
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Lovells and bilsteins or konis for me..

 

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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:23 pm 
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in my case it was 3 years, just a note, king springs also have a harsh ride compared to the pedders..
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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:42 pm 
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so pedders are the softer of the 2? and are lovells softer then pedders if anyone with first hand advice knows
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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:49 pm 
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Out of the 3 I have had:

Kings<<Pedders<Lovells

Pedders have a higher spring rate than the King springs. Both the lovells and the Pedders rode better and were more comfortable than the Kings, with Lovells being the best. The Kings were noticably more harsh over bumps. In saying that I have pedders sitting to go in my current car because I got a bargain on them from ebay.

It doesn't matter what springs you use if you chuck a set of Ultima shocks or some other s**t...Will still handle like a**. If you are on a budget better to go with Kings (being cheapest) springs and better shocks/struts.

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:53 pm 
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Lovells are a progressive wind spring, Kings are static, I CBF typing an essay, but a google search on each of those terms will tell you all about it. Progressive wound springs are better and more predictable.

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:33 pm 
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TROYMAN wrote:
i used to swear by king springs untill my lows sagged into ultra lows. :evil:


My rear's have done exactly that, with 5 years of abuse, towing heavy loads, and a gas tank in the boot too. Shocks are good, pedders white comfort gas all round. Much better than the monroe gt gas I had before.

The shocks you run will make a big difference to the ride quality.

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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:47 am 
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Anyone know the price of koni yellows to suit sportsrider for the ba xr6?
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 Post subject: Re: Pedders or king springs
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:40 pm 
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Anyone know the price of koni yellows to suit sportsrider for the ba xr6?


Call up a few places like Repco, Bursons & so on, to get the price. They will probably be a buy in line, so be prepared to wait for a quote.

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