adkua
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Still waiting patiently for them to arrive.
I’m actually expecting them to arrive sometime end of this week.
I’m actually expecting them to arrive sometime end of this week.
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Vendor Redwood Motorsports FPX Coilovers for Model 3 & Y - RE-STOCKED!
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GreenCoffee
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I have mine, the GT version, I drove up to Monterey then Oakland for a couple days and arranged to have them installed at Redwood Motorsports while up that way. Big difference even over the newer "comfort suspension", finally feels like the suspension has some travel now especially when it's loaded
adkua
Member
That's great news!
If it beats the newer suspension then I will be thrilled once installed. I've experienced the new comfort and it is definitely a lot better.
GreenCoffee
Member
Most notable when set close to softest, mine is currently 5 clicks from full soft and am loving it for daily driving comfort!
adkua
Member
Yes I plan to also ride is closest to full soft. I will start at 5 clicks too then!
If I may ask... how much damage was the install cost straight from Redwood / Sakebomb
GreenCoffee
Member
they get $995 plus charge for an alignment so they are pricier on the install than anyone else
I have a couple of questions if you don’t mind answering. Did they upgrade your springs to swift springs? By any chance you know how low can it go? They said it can be lowered but they didn’t specify the range.
Thank you.
adkua
Member
For a Model 3.
I’m still playing around with mine. I found that the front it allows a wide range of adjustment from 1 finger gap upwards of stock.
I am struggling with the rear as it refuses to go below a 3 finger gap at maxed out low. I feel I need to remove a couple of the locking rings on the rear spring perch to even get it to 2 finger gap.
I’m letting it sit a few days to let it settle but as of right now front can go low. Rear can go down to 3 finger gap without removing some of the locking rings.
Sorry no photo of the wheel off currently but you can see it is max low.
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adkua
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For your kit did it come with a helper spring?
I noticed mine for the rear just came with one bigger spring vs that with a helper. Wondering if this is a new setup from Redwood. Having a more difficult time getting it to the 360mm height as the bigger spring can’t go lower than 380mm.
adkua
Member
I might have to see how much it settles. When I add about 60 pounds of weight in the trunk it drops a good 20mm so I decided add my 100 pound dumbbells and that didn’t do as much a drop as the initial 60, like 5mm lower. Right now I’m at 380-385mm and they say it can go as low as 360mm. That’s about another 0.7 inch drop which would allow 2 finger gap all around.
I’ll report back in if I see changes within the week. I might be in the break in period as the ride is a bit rougher than expected at full soft too. I’ve read from others it changes drastically over time.
thank you thank you!!! I know I can’t win it all between ride quality, ride height and price. So I just gotta pick what’s more important haha. The 10% off Ohlins is good til this Sunday so I have couple days to think about it.
adkua
Member
If you are talking about the off the shelf Ohlins kits then that is a whole different set.
I’m rocking the Ohlins Redwood GT tuned kit which in general both Redwood kits ride way better than the Ohlins off the shelf. The Ohlins off the shelf kit ride like a BMW M3 car on sport + setting. Extremely track oriented and very rough. You’d need to instantly purchase the softer spring rates 8/9k rating to tame the beast a bit more.
So it’d be save 10% and spend $400 on a softer spring rate to bring it down to a “decent” ride quality. But that’s just my opinion. I’ve ridden in one with both stock and softer spring rates on the Ohlins and it was a deal breaker for me to say pass when it comes to comfort.
Yeah I’m looking at the RedWood’s Ohlins. They have a 10% off til this Sunday so I thought I should look into it. If not I would probably get their FPX kit
adkua
Member
FPX kit would just be the same GTs minus the gold standard Ohlins dampers. Both great and both will have the same ride height adjustments.
For 10% off I’d honestly go for Ohlins FP Spec over FPX for that extra Swedish gold.
GreenCoffee
Member
Don't see a helper on mine either, with the GT kit I know it is not recommended to go as low as it has the softer spring rate, since I was looking to stay stock it did not matter to me.
GreenCoffee
Member
Mine does have the Swift springs, mine is the Ohlins GT kit and I believe all of the Ohlins kits come with Swift but you would have to confirm with them, Do not no on the lowering as I wanted to keep stock height.
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adkua
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Also note that the FPX kit comes with free swift springs for now. Don’t know when they will change that.
My best guess since the hardware looks so similar is that 360mm from center of the wheel to fender is the lowest it would go and after it can go up to stock and some more.
Redwood Ohlins kit comes with swift by default. The spring rates just change as you move from GT to Performance.
Just in time for the full summer swing...
We've been installing about 1-2 of these kits per day here at the Fremont facility, and recently ran clean out of inventory. Our new batch of raw shocks have now arrived and our team is building them up as we speak. All new local installs and online orders are expected to be available and start shipping the first half of July.
This applies to the following Redwood Motorsports kits:
Grab your kit before we sell out... again!
We have another HUGE RE-STOCK off all our in-house designed suspension kits for the Model 3 & Model Y!
We've been installing about 1-2 of these kits per day here at the Fremont facility, and recently ran clean out of inventory. Our new batch of raw shocks have now arrived and our team is building them up as we speak. All new local installs and online orders are expected to be available and start shipping the first half of July.
This applies to the following Redwood Motorsports kits:
- Model 3 - FPSpec Long Stroke Ohlins DFV Coil Over Kits (LINK)
- Model 3 - FPSpec FPX Performance & Grand Touring Coil Over Kits (LINK)
- Model Y - FPSpec Long Stroke Ohlins DFV Coil Over Kits (LINK)
- Model Y - FPSpec FPX Performance & Grand Touring Coil Over Kits (LINK)
Grab your kit before we sell out... again!
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