Firstly, before the flaming begins, I have used the search function. However I am looking for a little more detail than just, "Sierra rear shocks with cut Ford springs".
I just bought a 85 RT142 Avante 2.4L W55 (live axle rear) and apart from the bumpers which are body coloured (soon to be attacked with some cans of satin black) and the bumpers being slightly larger than the standard model ones, it's a good car which cost me $1550, however has surface rust equivalent to the size of a 50cent piece in the boot and no rust at all on the body, it also has no dents.
Eventually I want it to be a weekend slider (early next year, so please don't recommend a locker because funnily enough, thats the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a sliding 'rona).
With that in mind, I need some educated opinions on what spring/shock combos for front and rear would be good. I know Commodore VB - VR (ish?) front springs fit, but what shocks fit into the RT142 struts? I also need advice for the rear end.
Also, I would like to keep the cost down to about $600 - 700 (springs/shocks, ignore LCA's etc for the moment) and I don't particularly want to cut springs, and I want it to be a close to legal height. Not like my old car which was 28mm too low.
So essentially, what is a good combination of front and rear spring/shocks and what spring heights (EXAMPLE: Commy king springs superlows? legal in Corona because the weight of the car wont compress them as much?(I don't plan on using king's but will if I have to)) etc.
Thanks.
P.S $500 for a set of 8kg front, 6kg rears through AJPS is a bit too expensive.
