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Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:53 pm
So welcome to the world of the 2nd Gen Q45. Many of us have been here and I have the unfortunate job telling you that there is very little/nothing left out there for you in the aftermarket. I had blown out stuts and did KYB SR Specials and Tein springs about 10 years ago. I had to source all of this from Japan for about $800 for the KYB's and $350 for the Teins. About 1 year ago the KYB SR Speicals blew out too, so I was really in a pickle. I ended up buying a set of BC Coilovers and installed them about 1 year ago. So while this made the car handle like a fringgin' slot car, it wasn't cheap. I was into it for about $1,700 installed and I ended up needed to mod up some adjustable torsion bars to get the car in alignment. I think a few other members have been able to get them to work without the alignment issues, but my mechanic couldn't get the alignment right and he mod'ed up the torsion bars.
My car handled so well that I can scare the holy s*** out of my buddies on freeway junctions on fast the car can go, we're talking zero body roll. But given that you're just trying to get a working suspension you should see if you can find someone with a set of these KYB's left over. They stopped making them in Japan for the Cima (our car in Japan) but occasionally a set shows up. Search the web up and down and see what you can find.
Good luck, if you do decide to do the BC's find a shop that knows what they are doing.