Opinions on Advance Design suspension?

Matt Blehm

Matt Blehm

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Am always shopping for better stuff than the cheap "japanese" coilovers on the car. This summer's plan was to buy decent suspension. Ran across a set of lightly used Advance Design shocks that fit the car. Wondering what opinions are on these vs. a set of beginner-level AST, Ohlins, Penske?
 
I have heard from numerous poeple they leak pressure quick. Bring your Nitrogen bottle if you buy them. Penskes can sit for years without losing a pound.
Chris
 
I had a set on an ITA CRX, and they worked great, but required rebuilds a little more frequently than I would've liked.

And since when were AST's, Penske's, and Ohlins' "beginner level"? Having never used any if those, what does that make me? :lol:
 
Good points.. I'm on "beginner level" stuff right now. Time to upgrade to good stuff. I meant "entry level" for THEIR product lines, which is a huge step above $1000 JDM yO! dorifto stuff that's on the car now. i.e. I'm looking at a $2500 setup vs. the $7500 Motons my competition is running.

... and I just found out the ADs I was looking at won't fit my chassis anyway, so it's a moot point. :\
 
I've heard great things about the koni race shocks. I have the Japanese kit on mine also, progressive I believe. Which was a good set up on the street compared to my kyb kit :doh:

I'm going to konis next on my '91 crx. Any ya or na's would be appreciated :)
 
Penske's all the way..........loved them on my H car but not sure about struts if you use them.
 
I ran advanced design on my previous EP car. Although I never had any problems with them, now that I've driven on the "good stuff", I can't recommend them. In my limited and not-particularly-fast experience I would say if Koni singles are a 1 and (Penske/Dynamic/Moton) are a 10, then advanced design are about a ... 1.

Counterpoint - Tom Thrash won the runoffs on them.

Steven
 
Matt93SE":br8dic1n said:
I do "OK" on the junk I have now. I'd like to do "better than OK"... :)
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Sorry for being vague OK = 2nd, 1st, 2nd in GP at the runoffs for Mathis (and being knocked into the T1 bridge at M-O in the runoffs from a podium spot), podium in HP at the runoffs for Albin, front row at the ARRC in ITB for me. All fwd cars. I don't have any rwd experience.
 
No worries. I've heard the names, although I don't specifically know them. Everyone's opinion of "ok" is different. considering there are two World Challenge cars and a very well prepped Z4 in the area, all I can hope for on my budget is "OK". need about 7-8 sec a lap to compete with the really fast guys, and suspension and engine alone won't do that.
 
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