KTS coilovers---INSTALLED! (LOTS of pics inside!)

[MarkEmark]

I installed my KTS coilovers just in time for this gorgeous columbus day weekend. The foliage up here is amazing (North central CT). So I figured I'd do a little bragging and show you guys some install pics and some pics of the car altogether.

Regarding the KTS coilovers, I am EXTREMELY happy with them...very impressed with build quality. They've completely eliminated body roll altogether from my car (I also have S/T anti-sway bars f/r, STBs f/r, nismo subframe power brace, projectsilvia tension rods, aluminum collar subframe spacers, etc etc). Right now I have them on the softest setting for damping and under only a little spring preload for the front/rear. They're stiff but by no means uncompromising--i took them on pretty rough (albeit extremely fun) roads today and they were up to the task. On the softest settings they feel similar in "harshness" to my old tokico blue/eibach pro kit setup, but I know these things can get a lot stiffer. I'm also really impressed with how they soak up bumps. They're just a quality shock absorber altogether-the car isn't bouncy, bone-jarring, etc...it just feels unbelievably well. It really handles like a go-kart. Needless to say my brother ('98 chipped A4 1.8t with bilstein shocks and h&r springs, extremely good tires, etc) was very impressed. I'm fortunate to have a lot of nice mountain roads around me to test it out on, and so far I'm completely satisfied. It's amazing how much of a difference coilovers make from just a shock/spring combo...

Anyway, on to the pics!

Hard to tell but in the next picture the rear wheel is actually completely off the ground (yep, that's as far as these babies extend). What's more astounding is that the rear wheel is off the ground after only 6 swings of the jack, when the jack is on the FRONT jacking point...

I live in the middle of nowhere--but that's a good thing!She rides flat---very flat.





Modified by MarkEmark at 10:53 PM 10/14/2004
Modified by MarkEmark at 10:55 PM 10/14/2004

[Chingon]

that's some beautiful view...

[Zydeco]

I can only see 3 pics, the rest are just red X's. ;<

[MarkEmark]

Damnit, I don't get it...all of the photos were uploaded on the nico photopost, and all of them worked by themselves....

Hmm...well, most of the pictures are available here, if you guys feel like checking them out.

http://www.angelfire.com/thefo....html

[Silvia007]

Man your car is comming along great it looks like. For me I still have so much suspension work to do, mainly just coilovers still need the tension rods, RUCA's, etc etc. DOH!

[gabossie]

Awesome. I'm so excited, mine get here tomorrow along with a few other brake goodies from SPL

[gabossie]

btw, none of the pictures seem to work, I had to click the link to your site. Check your tags, the one in your sig doesn't work either.

[Altiman94]

photos look great. I liek the backdrop in the last picture

[BomexS13]

x's

[Drift Machine]

Simply gorgeous. Makes me really want to reconsider getting some coilovers.

[MarkEmark]

Wow, this is really pissing me off now...all of the pics work when I uploaded them onto TWO different hosting sites (Nico photopost, which has been giving me trouble lately) and webshots...and not a single one works in the thread.

My tags are all good...i double checked them all and tried using the HTML format....

just go to this site:

http://community.webshots.com/user/silvvias14

then go to "fall pics"

[MarkEmark]

Hmm...this pic worked on another topic, let's see if it works here...

[MarkEmark]

Yay, that pic worked....

[gabossie]

They all work now. Figure out what was wrong? Pics look great btw.

[gabossie]

W00T!!11 My package just arrived! Thank you Alan, you have made me a happy man this evening.

[MarkEmark]

They all work now. Figure out what was wrong? Pics look great btw.

So you can see all the pics now? I can't see any of them now...maybe it's just my comp...damnit this is pissing me off