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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:20 AM
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WOW! These look hardcore!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RE-Am...QQcmdZViewItem

Remote reservoirs! Spring rates are just as extreme though, higher in the rear too, drift app maybe?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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wow..... somone get on em... for $1k thats AWSOME.... tein FLEXs go for around $1300
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:59 AM
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Wow, almost seems like a scam for that price. Normally those go for $3000 new, am I right?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:00 AM
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theyr used.... but still...... id ******* go for em.... but right now i have no use for them.

so SOMEONE BUY IT!.... i dont wanna see it go to waste lol
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:37 AM
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Thats some mad stiff springs. I think my back would last about 9 minutes on the street with those. Especially on Canadian roads. can you say ... drift-a-rino?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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I have 11kg front, 10kg rear, and I couldn't imagine going up to 16/18 or whatever they are... those are definitely race track only
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:47 AM
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Damn....wish i had the $$$ for those!
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 12:03 PM
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A friend of mine has 18/18 f/r and it isn't *too* bad on the street. In fact we drove from SF to LA and back on them and it wasn't that bad. (As passenger)

Driving it though, was painful, since it has a full bucket seat.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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If I recall, Ramy had these for sale on his site for something like $3,500. If this is for real, these are a steal.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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it isn't buy it now guys, it's $1000 with 6+ days left. You can almost be garuntee'd the price will go up, especially with the interest getting generated on the forums now . I'm sure someone will get a deal, but it's not going to be as monumental as every keeps thinking .
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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thats really odd yesterday it had a buy it now option for $1500
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Ah, now it makes sense . What appears to have happened is someone bid on it, so the buy it now went away when that happened. Whoever it was very well could have just dicked a good number of people out of a great deal .
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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and a bidder with 0 star rating at that.....sounds like a scam!
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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WTF!

This is the 3rd or 4th time i see those on ebay! The first time i saw them they were sold for 500-700. I think he have two accounts and bid on his own auction.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 06:19 PM
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I've seen that auction few times. I tried messaging the owner for pickup.. he never replied .....

that spring rate is way overkill for DD.. according to howard coleman's spring rate info: https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...8&postcount=13

that spring rate will probably drive like **** on the street.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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i successfully got a response from him where he said local pickup was fine, but it was more out of curiousity than anything. I guess you could always pick them up, get lower rated swift springs, and get them revalved for it...but i'd rather save myself the hassle and just pick up the hks rs coils....
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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Since when was RE-Amemiya based in England? O_o
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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This is the exact same dampers and spring rates RE-Amemiya use on there track cars.

The company that makes the coilovers are located in England.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RX7LINK
I've seen that auction few times. I tried messaging the owner for pickup.. he never replied .....

that spring rate is way overkill for DD.. according to howard coleman's spring rate info: https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...8&postcount=13

that spring rate will probably drive like **** on the street.
excellent post...thanks for bringing it up
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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So nice im kinda considering it. I wouldnt change a thing about them RE knows what they are doing. Lets not forget this video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kjtfr-9HVDM That 7 only has 380 and it owns the 500hp Skyline with those coils
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by plaguepunx
So nice im kinda considering it. I wouldnt change a thing about them RE knows what they are doing. Lets not forget this video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kjtfr-9HVDM That 7 only has 380 and it owns the 500hp Skyline with those coils
True, but you know nothing about the rest of the setup...
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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and a bidder with 0 star rating at that.....sounds like a scam!
Actually ebay is changing how the "bidders" are listed.

The guy has between 50 and 99 feedback with all 100% being positive.

The bidder doesn't seem like a scammer.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Stance will be releasing their new gr+3 line with remote resevoir and seperate damper and rebound adjustments. Im looking forward to seeing how they feel.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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5hrs to go... anyone here bid? I was going to but chickened out, my car is driven on the street 99.9% of the time so I don't need anything like this really.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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^^^DOn'T BE CHEAP MIKE....JUST DO IT!! LOL!!
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