Tom F&L GoR
Enthusiast
A while back I posted how I modified an OEM Gen 1 shock to accept a threaded sleeve and therefore any aftermarket spring. This let me change to the 550/800 ACR spring rates, lower the car, re-use the OEM shock, for about $125 (if I remember right) per shock plus my labor.
Months afterward, I was contacted by viper_man40 about the details on how to do it, and it turns out Jerry took the plunge with his own cash to have a local shop do the same thing. Even better, the shop has autocross and track car experience and uses a shock dyno! Best is that they now offer this service for $300 a shock. If I read their webpage correctly, you send in your shocks, they will run them on the dyno to match the left and right rebound settings, modify the shock for the threaded sleeve, include the threaded sleeve and associated hardware, and the spring of your choice! And it looks much nicer than what I did.
I really like how the ride flattened out, and (small pat on my own back) I was several seconds faster in my Gen 1 than I was in the yellow SRTs we had to play with at the Rendezvous two years ago. Plus I got rid of the SUV look and have the car down like it should be.
No, I have no experience with the shop, but just like the idea that they tried it and their first customer was happy. The price is excellent, since most of it goes to buying the hardware, and the fact that they match left and right side shock performance. Is it as good as the more expensive shocks? Maybe not, but it's 80% as good for 20% of the cost. And if you want to move up to fully adjustable shocks later, you can re-use the springs, so it's not all thrown away.
http://www.accuratetechnologies.com/performance/
If anyone has questions of me about it, ask! Like the 40mm rear brakes (small shameless plug) this is another excellent bang-for-the-buck upgrade. (Just wish my machine shop equipment would have let me produce them more easily.)
Months afterward, I was contacted by viper_man40 about the details on how to do it, and it turns out Jerry took the plunge with his own cash to have a local shop do the same thing. Even better, the shop has autocross and track car experience and uses a shock dyno! Best is that they now offer this service for $300 a shock. If I read their webpage correctly, you send in your shocks, they will run them on the dyno to match the left and right rebound settings, modify the shock for the threaded sleeve, include the threaded sleeve and associated hardware, and the spring of your choice! And it looks much nicer than what I did.
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I really like how the ride flattened out, and (small pat on my own back) I was several seconds faster in my Gen 1 than I was in the yellow SRTs we had to play with at the Rendezvous two years ago. Plus I got rid of the SUV look and have the car down like it should be.
No, I have no experience with the shop, but just like the idea that they tried it and their first customer was happy. The price is excellent, since most of it goes to buying the hardware, and the fact that they match left and right side shock performance. Is it as good as the more expensive shocks? Maybe not, but it's 80% as good for 20% of the cost. And if you want to move up to fully adjustable shocks later, you can re-use the springs, so it's not all thrown away.
http://www.accuratetechnologies.com/performance/
If anyone has questions of me about it, ask! Like the 40mm rear brakes (small shameless plug) this is another excellent bang-for-the-buck upgrade. (Just wish my machine shop equipment would have let me produce them more easily.)
