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Old 12-28-2010, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by M3Armand
Dunno if I could agree since I haven't put the car on the track yet. But the differences I've noted so far are:

Pro setup vs standard
1) Shock piston - pros seem to use the slightly thinner 1.1mm thickness piston with 3 holes vs 1.2 mm x 2 holes
2) Shock oil - 40 wt vs 30 wt
3) Droop - 8.5 mm vs 6 mm
4) Front shock mount - #3 vs #5 position
5) Rear shock mount - #3 vs #6 position
6) Front toe block - 1.5/2.0 vs 2.5 degrees
7) Front drivetrain purple spacers - 1 mm vs 1.5 mm
8) Front hinge pin spacers - various vs .75mm/2mm
9) Rear hinge pin spacers - various vs .75mm/2mm
10) Rear diff - gear diff vs ball diff
11) Front springs - pink vs gold

So from above, at minimum we'd need to additionally buy 1, 2, 6, 10 and 11... Seems like quite a bit of changes to me!

I'm just saying that for the $$$ spent, I think they should have at least included the damn pink springs, 3 hole pistons, additional purple spacers, 40 wt shock oil and front toe blocks.

I'm surprised that the kit came with double sided sticky tape!
That droop difference is really not much. The setup sheet measures droop from the center of the arm, whereas the instruction manual measures from the bottom of the arm. It's about 3mm from what I can see. So, 9mm or 6mm is the same depending on where you measure from.
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