Nitrons...which ones?

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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by Victor Meldrew » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:02 pm

Oh... now this is the sort of thing thats going to cost me even more money....... :twisted:
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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by mckeann » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:13 pm

you dont NEED them. the car will go perfectly well without them. Its not like you need to save half a second at knockhill.

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Post by Victor Meldrew » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:05 pm

mckeann wrote:you dont NEED them. the car will go perfectly well without them. Its not like you need to save half a second at knockhill.
I know I dont need them... but none of us need to drive a Lotus... we just have a deep seated WANT.... :lol:
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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by Mikie711 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:14 am

I have the 2 way Nitrons, just to play devils advocate, and really like the ability to fcuk about with them. It's really easy to get them in the ball park but harder to get them exactly how you want them. Don't know if it's worth the extra money over the 1 ways. I ended up with mine because they cost less than 1 ways from Nitron.
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Post by ABZ-Elise » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:15 am

Anyone up for a group buy? :D

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Post by Victor Meldrew » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:50 am

ABZ-Elise wrote:Anyone up for a group buy? :D

Kev.
Maybe in Q1 2009
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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by ABZ-Elise » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:47 pm

I couldn't contain myself...I've just ordered a set of 1 ways with eibach springs & helper springs :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Now I've just got to wait till the 22nd of next month when I'm back home so I can fit them...then I've got to wait till summer to enjoy them :( :( :(

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Post by mckeann » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:49 pm

ABZ-Elise wrote:I couldn't contain myself...I've just ordered a set of 1 ways with eibach springs & helper springs :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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From Randy at Hoffmans?? or nitron direct.

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Post by ABZ-Elise » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:53 pm

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Post by mckeann » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:44 pm

excellent choice :thumbsup

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Post by Victor Meldrew » Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:26 pm

ABZ-Elise wrote:Randy at Hoffmans
Could you PM me what they cost all in... looking for an upgrade for next year..
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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by mac » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:40 am

Is Randy better to talk to about spring combinations that Nitron?

I find the springs on the S2 a bit on the stiff side for what we use the car for now.

It's not the damping as the car starts to skip when it's turned down too low.



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Post by ABZ-Elise » Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:38 pm

He seemed very clued up when I spoke to him. I just told him what I'd be using my car for, He told me what I needed, then told me what he recomended then I bought it. I wanted to buy an uprated arb but he said to wait until I've got the nitrons fitted and set up and see if I still felt I wanted one...most other places would have just sold me one.
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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by mckeann » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:17 pm

Randy uses very stiff springs, even for road cars, so i doubt he'll agree with your idea's, but he's approachable enough, send him a U2U on seloc

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Re: Nitrons...which ones?

Post by mac » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:22 pm

I'm not on u2u - but I find with the current set up that on poor roads my feet back be bounced off the pedals!


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