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    Hmmm. Should I sell my tein street flex and do this. Would it be an upgrade?

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    How do you find comfort with these? I plan similar rates with my DIY Bilstein coilovers and since car is a DD, comfort is something to keep in mind.

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    The comfort with the fm springs is great. I ran a bilstein/gc combo with 550#/400# springs and could tell it was under valved even on the street. I have to honestly say that the bilstein and fm spring combo is the best all around suspension I've had(for my personal wants/needs) while staying low budget. Its great. I'm going to do some extended top hats and after that I think this is the combo for life.

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    Any follow up on this set up? I have a set of Hard-S billies I am thinking about doing the same set up.

    Thank you!

    Quote Originally Posted by BoBo View Post
    I got Billies HD
    Fat Cat Motorsports 36mm bump stops
    FM2 Springs
    Factory Top Hats.

    It takes a while a for the Springs to settle and will drop another 1/4" in about a month after the initial install. Simplicity is another reason I why I got this setup. I tried various types of (springs/ shocks) combo throughout the years, FM is the best one by far.

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    I have been running 93LE Billies, with FM springs and FCM shortbumps for over 10 years.
    My other NA has AST coilovers and I still love how the Billie combo works for Street/AutoX.
    I ran NB tophats for a while, but it was too slammed for my wife to drive daily.
    1992 BnT, 93LE #737, 94M, 95M, 96M, 97PEP, and a few 90s

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    What bumper is this? ^

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustRat View Post
    What bumper is this? ^
    Looking at his Photobucket, seems to be a very cool blend of a NB2 into the bottom of an NA...damn!

    http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/Ro...9s9h7.jpg.html

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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power Rogue's Avatar
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    Yes its a NA/NB hybrid I built about 10 years ago.

    at the Gap '08
    1992 BnT, 93LE #737, 94M, 95M, 96M, 97PEP, and a few 90s

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    they should have came that way from the factory

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    That is fantastic...nice work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by radmachine View Post
    Installed my new setup tonight after work. Ended up with Bilstein hd, Fm gen 2, stock mounts for the time being and went with Ohlins 36mm front bumps and Ohlins 46mm rear bumps. I didn't feel the need to spend $100 on FCM bumps and with some digging the Ohlins 36/46 bumps seem almost identical to the FCM outside a slightly larger center hole assuming the FCM bumps fit tight on the shock shaft. They only cost $35 too so that was a plus.

    The Ohlins bumps. I ordered them from resuspension.com
    Can you give more info/part numbers on the Ohlins bumps? Maybe where you bought them? I see a lot of different options, I want to make sure I get the right stuff!

    Thank you and thanks for all the detailed info!

    Jac

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    I got them from http://resuspension.com/.

    Rear bump
    http://store.resuspension.com/produc...cat=331&page=1

    Front bump
    http://store.resuspension.com/produc...cat=331&page=1

    Works really well for me on the street as well as the occasional track day.

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    Thank you!

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    Just received these today. Developed and proven by Ground Control and 2015 NASA PTE West Coast Champion, Justin Ross. Specially valved with adjustable rebound Koni 30 Series Race shocks, CNC'ed Ground Control extended tophats and Eibach Springs 700F/400R, and will use any 6" long 2.5"id coilover spring.

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