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PostPosted: September 4, 2021, 9:13 pm 
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Looking for some coilovers and springs if anyone has anything laying around. If not I'm going to buy a pair of new qa1s for the rear.

Looking for around 15-17" extended length for the coilovers and somewhere between 130 and 170 for the springs. I only need a pair for now but could be convinced to buy 4 if I can find them.

Thanks guys!!!


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PostPosted: September 5, 2021, 5:42 pm 
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Hard to find anything reasonable anymore. Take-off touring bike dampers are made for about 800 lbs and have adjustable preload. Sometimes they are air shocks to work with a hidden spring.

Chinese atv coilovers are expensive now too in 380-435mm and takes some effort to figure out the actual rate.

I used spitfire dampers and an ebay honda adjustable seat spring kit by making a seat adapter and using different springs (kit springs are short and far too stiff). It was reasonable but now spitfire dampers are expensive too.

Torsion bar? Transverse leaf LCA?

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PostPosted: September 5, 2021, 7:10 pm 
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Thanks! I bit the bullet and bought the rears new. Will keep my eyes open for the fronts.


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PostPosted: September 6, 2021, 12:56 am 
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gto7419 wrote:
Thanks! I bit the bullet and bought the rears new.
How bad was the bite of that bullet?

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PostPosted: September 6, 2021, 4:39 pm 
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$450 for new qa1s with springs.


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