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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 12:50 AM
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 12:55 AM
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Mustang stange engineering 10 way rear shocks
Upr mustang rear coilover conversion #150lb springs
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Old Nov 21, 2014 | 04:56 PM
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Stance Super Sports

These getting released soon! Helped develop these on my cars.

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Old Nov 27, 2014 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SSMonkeyTuning
These getting released soon! Helped develop these on my cars. STANCE Super Sport Coilovers Mazda RX7 79-85 FBCoilover Store
How soon is soon? and can you buy just front or rears or do you have to buy the set?
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Old Nov 27, 2014 | 09:22 PM
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Should have them around February. Sold as a full set with half kits possible, will just be special order.
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Old Nov 28, 2014 | 02:22 PM
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Those look real nice
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Old Dec 3, 2014 | 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by SSMonkeyTuning
These getting released soon! Helped develop these on my cars. STANCE Super Sport Coilovers Mazda RX7 79-85 FBCoilover Store
Most excellent! One issue I've heard regarding the TTT coils is that after lowering them to a decent height, you've blown through all of your strut travel, and are riding nearly bottomed out.

Do these kits use shorter struts?
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Old Dec 3, 2014 | 06:16 AM
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got some s14 rear coilovers. gonna try to retrofit them in this weekend. i know i have to cut some stuff away on the backside of the wheel well. we'll see
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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 11:47 AM
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Most excellent! One issue I've heard regarding the TTT coils is that after lowering them to a decent height, you've blown through all of your strut travel, and are riding nearly bottomed out.

Do these kits use shorter struts?
The adjustment type and range on them will keep the shock at full travel. Since it doesn't use a weld-on sleeve like T3 and you adj. height by lowering and raising the whole assembly, that keeps the shocks at optimum position. T3's design is a poor way to lower a car since like you mentioned, it reduces shock travel. A shock/sleeve combo only belongs on a track car that needs a corner balance and doesn't allow full coilover setup in the class imo.
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Old Dec 8, 2014 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SSMonkeyTuning
The adjustment type and range on them will keep the shock at full travel. Since it doesn't use a weld-on sleeve like T3 and you adj. height by lowering and raising the whole assembly, that keeps the shocks at optimum position. T3's design is a poor way to lower a car since like you mentioned, it reduces shock travel. A shock/sleeve combo only belongs on a track car that needs a corner balance and doesn't allow full coilover setup in the class imo.
Excellent news. This may be the route that I go. Thanks!!
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Old Jan 4, 2015 | 04:16 PM
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Subscribing to this thread, I'm also heavily considering the Stance setup for my car...
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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 01:59 PM
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The stance set is actually not too bad, price-wise. Cobbling together the various bits would still come close to the $1000 price tag. What struts/shocks do they use, I wonder?
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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 06:55 PM
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What I gleam from their website is that they are Stance-made struts
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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 08:45 PM
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Interesting. I had my eye on the T3 set until the price shot up again. I hope the Stance set becomes a good alternative.
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Old Jan 8, 2015 | 03:01 PM
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The stance set is actually not too bad, price-wise. Cobbling together the various bits would still come close to the $1000 price tag. What struts/shocks do they use, I wonder?
ioTus is correct, Stance has their own struts. They are very good quality and have a very good range of adjustment. Happy to get into details and dyno graphs if anyone is interested.
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Old Jan 8, 2015 | 05:42 PM
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Can the stance units be used with TTT lowered traction bracket?

https://technotoytuning.com/mazda/fb...ounts-safb-rx7
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Old Jan 15, 2015 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ioTus
Can the stance units be used with TTT lowered traction bracket?

https://technotoytuning.com/mazda/fb...ounts-safb-rx7
I don't see why not. But with an adjustable shock bottom bracket with the Stance shocks, you will not really need it.
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Old Mar 10, 2015 | 11:46 AM
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Coilover will be here in 1 month! Only few sets left available.

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I might be a guinea pig for this. What will be involved in modding the spindles? Just a simple weld or will there be some cutting and grinding involved?
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Old Mar 19, 2015 | 09:19 PM
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I might be a guinea pig for this. What will be involved in modding the spindles? Just a simple weld or will there be some cutting and grinding involved?
Cut the shock tubes off and weld on the new lower bracket. Pretty much it
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Originally Posted by SSMonkeyTuning
The adjustment type and range on them will keep the shock at full travel. Since it doesn't use a weld-on sleeve like T3 and you adj. height by lowering and raising the whole assembly, that keeps the shocks at optimum position. T3's design is a poor way to lower a car since like you mentioned, it reduces shock travel. A shock/sleeve combo only belongs on a track car that needs a corner balance and doesn't allow full coilover setup in the class imo.
I like the sound of this...I currently have crappy RE$PEED weld on front coilovers that pretty much self destructed after ~4k miles. I have roll center spacers(1.5") and camber plates, and lowered quite a bit. On the highway at ~70mph where there was a "step on, step off" where an underpass below, with a raised concrete "tabletop" above, I think I broke one of the camber plates(where the top "plate" is joined to the lower one) from bottoming out(not enough suspension travel?!?I guess?). I'm interested in how this setup(the Stance) raises and lowers without compromising shock travel. I can't see it from the pics, or wrap my head around it. Can someone please elaborate?

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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 11:34 PM
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I like the sound of this...I currently have crappy RE$PEED weld on front coilovers that pretty much self destructed after ~4k miles. I have roll center spacers(1.5") and camber plates, and lowered quite a bit. On the highway at ~70mph where there was a "step on, step off" where an underpass below, with a raised concrete "tabletop" above, I think I broke one of the camber plates(where the top "plate" is joined to the lower one) from bottoming out(not enough suspension travel?!?I guess?). I'm interested in how this setup(the Stance) raises and lowers without compromising shock travel. I can't see it from the pics, or wrap my head around it. Can someone please elaborate?
Well, you can see that the shock is threaded into the weld-on bracket. That leaves the shock fully extended when you start lowering the car by screwing in the the entire shock/spring assembly into the bracket. Even when you fully maxed out the bracket and screwed in the shock (which should greatly lower the car already) You still have a good 4-5in of travel with the Stance shocks that will allow you to droop the shock by lowering the spring down even more to drop the car. A typical street car usually only needs a few inches of shock travel and most coilovers systems have 2-3in of usable shock travel.
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Thanks for the reply. Would these also still require roll center spacers for proper roll center geometry when lowering the front? If so, are they compatible while also using the spacers? If spacers aren't required, why? Thanks again.
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Thanks for the reply. Would these also still require roll center spacers for proper roll center geometry when lowering the front? If so, are they compatible while also using the spacers? If spacers aren't required, why? Thanks again.
They are not required, but a good idea if you plan to slam the car. Any spacer that works with the car, will work with these coilovers.
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Has anybody got these Stance coilovers yet?
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