replacement shocks

**simon1** · 2nd December 2007, 18:51

i have a vectra elite 04 plate . will be lowering the car over the xmas hols.. will be going for eibach springs as i can get them from them as only about 6 mile from my house.. as i will be needing shorter shocks were is the best place to get them from and make.. prob best ive seen is bilstein.
would like to know best place for price as got a budget of around £300 to get shocks and springs... many thanks for any help

**mhvcbv** · 2nd December 2007, 19:01

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**BigMan** · 2nd December 2007, 19:10

Originally Posted by mhvcbv

hi
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Pictures of Normal Front legs, and Coil over rears! Which are they... I would steer clear of these, if for no otehr reason than theyhave no branding whatsoever on them.

Anyway, personally and from experience, i would go for Bilstein B4 shocks mate, they are far superior to the standard one's and they are no more expensive either, Euro Car Parts are probabaly the cheapest place to get them from, although if you get your springs from LMF, you may want to pay a bit extra and get the shocks from them too so it all arrives at the same time.

**simon1** · 2nd December 2007, 19:12

euro car parts is that the place that does all the bmw/merc stuff ..been on there web site and dont list vauxhall ..will have to give them a call ..getting springs from eibach them selves as co about 5 mins away from me

**mark1319** · 2nd December 2007, 19:13

I think Ben might have ment europerformance

**chrisgettings** · 2nd December 2007, 19:16

Originally Posted by simon1

i have a vectra elite 04 plate . will be lowering the car over the xmas hols.. will be going for eibach springs as i can get them from them as only about 6 mile from my house.. as i will be needing shorter shocks were is the best place to get them from and make.. prob best ive seen is bilstein.
would like to know best place for price as got a budget of around £300 to get shocks and springs... many thanks for any help

if you go and do it the way you are you will then have what we call the Irmscher setup

eibach springs and bilstein shocks are about the best way you can go on the vectra c

**BigMan** · 2nd December 2007, 19:27

Originally Posted by simon1

euro car parts is that the place that does all the bmw/merc stuff ..been on there web site and dont list vauxhall ..will have to give them a call ..getting springs from eibach them selves as co about 5 mins away from me

Originally Posted by mark1319

I think Ben might have ment europerformance

No, Euro Car Parts.

They dont list Vauxhall for some reason, But Bilsteins Head Office in the UK is in Euro Car Parts in Coventry, I know coz i collected my shocks from there.

**simon1** · 2nd December 2007, 19:29

i can remember a while back they had a suplement in the tv mag that they were doing vx parts and idea of the price you paid for the shocks.. as ther a euro car parts place in leics near me

**BigMan** · 2nd December 2007, 19:32

Originally Posted by simon1

i can remember a while back they had a suplement in the tv mag that they were doing vx parts and idea of the price you paid for the shocks.. as ther a euro car parts place in leics near me

I didnt buy mine from ECP, i just happened to phone them for something else and we got round to talking about suspension and at the time they were doing them for £29 a corner.. That was back in June, but also back in June LMF wanted £45 a corner for them(I had ordered from LMF before i spoke to ECP!)