djone101
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We've been sitting on this for a little while wanting to try this out before we offered it up....
We are now selling a new coil-over suspension kit for S550 Mustang manufactured by Pedders. Who the heck are they? - I hear you ask - (I said the same thing). Pedders are a very well established Australian suspension supplier who have been making suspension since 1950 and are well known in the antipodes having been a sponsor for the mighty V8 Supercars in recent years. With the introduction of the RHD S550 Mustang the Australians, like us, have started to develop their own aftermarket products and this coil-over kit is a great example of what that can produce.
We fitted the Pedders kit to the Pro Alloy demo car on Friday. I drove the car home and back to work on Friday and Saturday over roads I drive every day and have know where all the lumps, bumps and potholes are - about 40 miles in total of mostly country lanes. We didn't have a chance to run a four wheel alignment but had to settle for setting it up by eye. Having said that, the transformation is dramatic. The car feels far more controllable and precise, turn in is sharper and steering feel much improved. There is an increase in firmness (as you'd expect) but no real increase in harshness which is important.
The overwhelming improvement in my opinion is in body control. Whereas before you aimed the car through a corner you now feel you can place the car with far more confidence. We set the ride height at a fairly low level (between the Eibach Pro Kit and Sportline spring heights) as we had the car on display for our Open Day on Monday and a dramatic stance certainly makes more of a statement. We also fitted 25mm Eibach wheel spacers front and rear.
We left the damping as set from the factory (8 clicks off hardest setting) and I think that's a very good starting point. There are 30 clicks of adjustment in total on both front and rear. This is a combined bump and rebound adjustment. Front damper setting is done on the top mount and the rear is on the top of the rear damper. It'll be interesting to see the effect of changing that in due course. Feedback from our friends at Pro Alloy has been similarly complimentary overall with the added comment that rear grip is improved - possibly due to the geometry changes.
Comparing it to the KW Variant 1 kits that we have fitted I would say that it feels just as composed and of course gives you more opportunity to set the damping as you want. The installation was easier with the Pedders kit as it comes pre-assembled with the unique top mount on the front.
Interesting technical details are that the front dampers adjust into the body of the strut so the spring height and therefore pre-load is not changed keeping the spring in the correct position at any ride height.
Also the rear dampers are height adjustable so that you can set the damper height to match the spring height.
The rear height adjusters are not as easy to alter as the fronts but this is the case on the KW too due to access and the tendency of the top collar to turn on the chassis.
Overall I'm very impressed with the kit and the most impressive thing is the price. I incorrectly listed this on our open day as a higher figure so this makes it even better value. The price of the kit is just £799 including VAT.
We offer fitting for £165 and an optional four wheel alignment for £85 (all including VAT).
Get in touch if you want to know any more.....
We are now selling a new coil-over suspension kit for S550 Mustang manufactured by Pedders. Who the heck are they? - I hear you ask - (I said the same thing). Pedders are a very well established Australian suspension supplier who have been making suspension since 1950 and are well known in the antipodes having been a sponsor for the mighty V8 Supercars in recent years. With the introduction of the RHD S550 Mustang the Australians, like us, have started to develop their own aftermarket products and this coil-over kit is a great example of what that can produce.
We fitted the Pedders kit to the Pro Alloy demo car on Friday. I drove the car home and back to work on Friday and Saturday over roads I drive every day and have know where all the lumps, bumps and potholes are - about 40 miles in total of mostly country lanes. We didn't have a chance to run a four wheel alignment but had to settle for setting it up by eye. Having said that, the transformation is dramatic. The car feels far more controllable and precise, turn in is sharper and steering feel much improved. There is an increase in firmness (as you'd expect) but no real increase in harshness which is important.
The overwhelming improvement in my opinion is in body control. Whereas before you aimed the car through a corner you now feel you can place the car with far more confidence. We set the ride height at a fairly low level (between the Eibach Pro Kit and Sportline spring heights) as we had the car on display for our Open Day on Monday and a dramatic stance certainly makes more of a statement. We also fitted 25mm Eibach wheel spacers front and rear.
We left the damping as set from the factory (8 clicks off hardest setting) and I think that's a very good starting point. There are 30 clicks of adjustment in total on both front and rear. This is a combined bump and rebound adjustment. Front damper setting is done on the top mount and the rear is on the top of the rear damper. It'll be interesting to see the effect of changing that in due course. Feedback from our friends at Pro Alloy has been similarly complimentary overall with the added comment that rear grip is improved - possibly due to the geometry changes.
Comparing it to the KW Variant 1 kits that we have fitted I would say that it feels just as composed and of course gives you more opportunity to set the damping as you want. The installation was easier with the Pedders kit as it comes pre-assembled with the unique top mount on the front.
Interesting technical details are that the front dampers adjust into the body of the strut so the spring height and therefore pre-load is not changed keeping the spring in the correct position at any ride height.
Also the rear dampers are height adjustable so that you can set the damper height to match the spring height.
The rear height adjusters are not as easy to alter as the fronts but this is the case on the KW too due to access and the tendency of the top collar to turn on the chassis.
Overall I'm very impressed with the kit and the most impressive thing is the price. I incorrectly listed this on our open day as a higher figure so this makes it even better value. The price of the kit is just £799 including VAT.
We offer fitting for £165 and an optional four wheel alignment for £85 (all including VAT).
Get in touch if you want to know any more.....
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