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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 03:56 AM
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Talking Picked up New Suspension!

I went and picked up my new suspension. I'm going to be installing them tomorrow! I can't wait to get them on. Ironic that they cost almost half as much as my car. I got them at a good price non- the less. I'll post pictures of my car with them on tomorrow.

Edit: Oops, Forgot to mention that they are the GP Sports Gr6. Apparently Dori Dori helped tune these coilovers.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 04:18 AM
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those look heavy duty.. nice. looking forward to pics! also, mind posting what you paid for them?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 04:19 AM
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1400 flat
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 04:50 AM
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sick. just read your edit.. dori dori? is this a company? it means drift drift in japanese, i know..
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 07:11 AM
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Lucky SOB. I wish I could afford that for my car, the suspension is completely worn out.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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Where did you purchase them at?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 11:05 AM
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Take lots of pics of the install, and post a writeup/review when your done, please! They look nice. My wife might let me buy them just because they're purple!
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mycarisolderthanme
sick. just read your edit.. dori dori? is this a company? it means drift drift in japanese, i know..
This guy is keiichi tsuchiya "Dori Dori":
Creator of Kei Office parts, and one of the founders of D1GP and all that jazz, real popular guy in motorsports.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 03:44 PM
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It appears that there is not any caster adjustment in that front perch.

$1400 for just the fronts? Did you even price the ground-control units? You could of got their AD shocks properly valved with the custom housings, coilovers and caster/camber top plates for much less than that.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 03:46 PM
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I don't know much about suspension workings, but I drooled none the less. Those looking pretty sweet

Do you suspension-savvy gentleman know of a good place some like myself good go and read up to understand all the adjustments and such for our cars?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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Where did you pick those up...sweet!
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 07:06 PM
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CarmonColvin
It appears that there is not any caster adjustment in that front perch.

$1400 for just the fronts? Did you even price the ground-control units? You could of got their AD shocks properly valved with the custom housings, coilovers and caster/camber top plates for much less than that.

how do you make top plates that control camber AND caster?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by wargoblin
This guy is keiichi tsuchiya "Dori Dori":
Creator of Kei Office parts, and one of the founders of D1GP and all that jazz, real popular guy in motorsports.
i know who tsuchiya is.. referred to as the drift king, or dori kin. ive never heard "dori dori" used to refer to him. oh well. but why would kei office help tune those when they sell their own?
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigretardhead
how do you make top plates that control camber AND caster?
you cant, independently. caster is rather hard to tune, and relies on all the other adjustments to get right.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigretardhead
how do you make top plates that control camber AND caster?
you cant, independently. caster is rather hard to tune because it relies on all the other adjustments to get right.
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mycarisolderthanme
you cant, independently. caster is rather hard to tune because it relies on all the other adjustments to get right.
like this.

http://www.ground-control-store.com/...hp/II=136/CA=7
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by CarmonColvin
$1400 for just the fronts? Did you even price the ground-control units? You could of got their AD shocks properly valved with the custom housings, coilovers and caster/camber top plates for much less than that.
$1400 for all four corners.

And I don't think Keiichi Tsuchiya helped with the production of these coilovers, mainliy because his company sells its own set of coilovers for the FC.
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 04:27 AM
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Here are some sites, that have no affiliation with each other that support my statement that keiichi did infact help with the production of this coilover in some part or way. :

http://www.autornd.com/usermade/gpsports.htm
http://www.speedstash.com/gpsports/g...lover_kit.html
http://www.sexygarage.com/product_in...oducts_id=1077
http://www.gpsportsuk.com/site/suspension/

He probably just drove a car around a track a couple times and gave them his suggestions. Now they are using it as a gimmick. But still. W00t.

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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by wargoblin
This guy is keiichi tsuchiya "Dori Dori":
Creator of Kei Office parts, and one of the founders of D1GP and all that jazz, real popular guy in motorsports.
not to mention my hero
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