First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... I like my KYB's too.
They are definitely very firm, but a muscle car should hug the road, not flop all over it. Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of hugot Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:36 PM To: First Generation Firebird-L Subject: Re: [FGF] shocks & toe First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... I personally like the KYB shocks. they are fairly inexpensive and have a nice firm ride. Some people say they are too firm (I'm sure some will chime in) but I guess that it's a matter of taste. The Bilstein shocks are really nice (I have a set on my 98) but they are a quite spendy and IMHO an overkill on a first gen unless you are setting it up for autocross or road racing and are also spending lots of bucks on tubular control arms and such. As far as the sleeves, it sounds like they are probably rusted in. Use some good penetrating oil (I use Kroil but I don't think you can find it at a retail outlet) and let it cook for 24 hours and see if they will loosen up. if not, maybe some light tapping on the sleeve to see if it lets up. Hugo At 07:20 AM 9/30/2008, you wrote: >First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List >......................................................................... >I have a leaking shocks, I need to replace them. So I am looking >around for another set. I would be interest in different peoples >opinion of theshocks they run on there car. Also I am setting the >aliagnment on my car.. I set the caster and camber, -3/4 degree >camber and 2 degrees caster. My toe is way out so I went to set it >and couldn't turn the adjusters. So how do I get them unstuck and >what tool do I use to turn the adjusting sleeves? Thanks Landis 67 >400 coupe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
