Ford Falcon BA-FG OEM Upgrade

[Shockworks]

Originally Posted by Struggo

Hi Shockworks,

I'm looking at upgrading my G6ET also.

Currently sitting on standard springs and shocks (10,000km to date), I'm looking for an improvement in handling, lowering the car is not a priority as its already a challenge avoiding scrapes, which probably more to do with the soft OE damper rate than ride height.

When you are free could you kindly advise the following,

• Will I need to change my current OE springs?
• Will the damper upgrade offering a stiffer ride like that of an XR6 which I owed previously?
• Do you have affiliates in Sydney?

Cheers

Hi Struggo,
I think from memory the G6 spring rates could be a little softer than the XR rates but the dampers will still make quite an improvement over the factory units for handling. The ride will be a little firmer with impacts but found the G6 dampers to suffer with some decay or aftershake and felt underdamped. You should expect a cleaner feeling on rough roads and single impacts. The factory damper tune also made the rear feel a but lazy with changes of direction so we have done a lot of work on this. Compared to the XR6 though, I think they would have a similar feel in compression but with much better control.
You can have the dampers fitted at Eastcoast suspensions up in Sydney as they have a great team and know there stuff. Really good for wheel alignments as well!!

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!!

Cheers
Brett

[MattSAU2XR8]

Just a thought. Might be worth advertising these on ebay as well. Plenty of Bilsteins, Konis, Monroes, Tiens on offer there (the opposition) and they are getting much better exposure than you guys even though you seem to have an equal or superior product. Hope you don't mind the suggestion. Matt

[Shockworks]

Originally Posted by MattSAU2XR8

Just a thought. Might be worth advertising these on ebay as well. Plenty of Bilsteins, Konis, Monroes, Tiens on offer there (the opposition) and they are getting much better exposure than you guys even though you seem to have an equal or superior product. Hope you don't mind the suggestion. Matt

Hi Matt,
From the start we decided not to advertise our products on sites like Ebay. I know it would probably improve the sales a bit but did not want to go in that direction for our product.
Thanks for the suggestion though!!

Cheers
Brett

[Struggo]

Originally Posted by Shockworks

Hi Struggo,
I think from memory the G6 spring rates could be a little softer than the XR rates but the dampers will still make quite an improvement over the factory units for handling. The ride will be a little firmer with impacts but found the G6 dampers to suffer with some decay or aftershake and felt underdamped. You should expect a cleaner feeling on rough roads and single impacts. The factory damper tune also made the rear feel a but lazy with changes of direction so we have done a lot of work on this. Compared to the XR6 though, I think they would have a similar feel in compression but with much better control.
You can have the dampers fitted at Eastcoast suspensions up in Sydney as they have a great team and know there stuff. Really good for wheel alignments as well!!

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!!

Cheers
Brett

Sorry for the late reply Brett. Thanks for the feedback its appreciated.

I will be going down this path in the near future, I'll keep you posted.