dat1der New Member 3 Member For: 6y 6m 8d Posted 14/10/17 09:01 PM Share Posted 14/10/17 09:01 PM (edited) Hey Lads, New to this site, looks awesome Just over 12 months ago I traded in my 2011 FG2 XR6 N/A in on a VF2 SS. Very bad decision and long story short I'm now back to a 2013 FG2 XR6 N/A. My old XR6 was an ex Highway Patrol in WA, which meant it was a tad lower than stock. I want my new XR6 to be the same as it was a good height for it to look good and just a bit different however it wasn't too low. I do a lot of country driving for work and one of the highways is terrible I think I'll bottom out if I get it too low. I have a feeling my old falcon was only lowered in the back however I remember I always had to go sideways down kerbs because the front would always scrape so I'm not too sure. I know it had king springs on it but I don't know if it had upgraded shocks too or not. My old one looked mean from the back and you could tell the difference between mine and a stock one quite easily. A setup I have been thinking about is the King springs Lowered EHD Coils KFRL-68SSLHD? without shocks just in the rear and leave the front? I think they're meant to be 30mm lower than stock? What you guys think? I would like to avoid the shocks if possible just because I'm not looking to spend heaps. Just chasing some advice on what the setup may have been and whether I do need to get shocks as well or not. Cheers Guys Edited 14/10/17 09:04 PM by dat1der Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 14/10/17 09:36 PM Share Posted 14/10/17 09:36 PM What was wrong with the ss? (If @stubbietubbie still logged on he'd be all "nothing really, apart from all the rape, torture and murder" or somwthing like that) I can't fathom how you'd go FG - VF2 - FG, look back and be like "that's progressive". Turbo-V8-turbo, maaaaybe, but an NA??? My opinion fwiw save up till you can afford decent shocks, shorter springs will shorten the life of the stockies, which are sh*t on the basic models anyway, and you'll get full benefit of the springs that way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat1der New Member 3 Member For: 6y 6m 8d Posted 15/10/17 12:57 AM Author Share Posted 15/10/17 12:57 AM I bought the Redline when I was on big money then I started an apprenticeship in Queensland, don't get me wrong was an awesome car but it was kind of disheartening when a BA xr6 turbo makes me look like I'm going backwards coming out of a roundabout ? considering I paid a whopping 62k for the ss... Cheers for the advice, do you reckon the monroe shocks are alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 15/10/17 05:10 AM Share Posted 15/10/17 05:10 AM Monroes would definitely be better than stock. @Bomber used to run them in his xr from memory, he may chip in. Shockworx>koni/bilstein>monroe>stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,403 Member For: 14y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/10/17 09:55 AM Share Posted 16/10/17 09:55 AM asif you traded it back for a n/a xr I wouldnt give 2 chits about a xr6T if I had a vf2 ss you could have at least got a turbo ahahah surely your taking the piss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat1der New Member 3 Member For: 6y 6m 8d Posted 16/10/17 10:29 AM Author Share Posted 16/10/17 10:29 AM Unfortunately apprenticeship wages wouldnt cover the ss, and I had to move to QLD and im on P's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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