[Tony Ripepi]

Hello All,


Just helped one of the guys here in the BACC, with a ten year old SPF, change out the AVO shocks to QA1's on all four corners. When it came time to adjust the ride height and set the shocks we simply went with the recommendations included with the shocks measured from the center of the wheel to the lip. We also changed the rear mounting bracket so with all of the changes Pat drove it for a couple of hundred miles then we reset the adjustment on the shocks and the ride height. Look at the QA1 site for recommendations, SCOF is great and possibly something from Bilstein.

This is a street only car and driven for pleasure, the four corner weighting may be a nice to do as opposed to a need to do for street driving comfort and handling. The four wheel alignment really does add improvement to handling.

As for the wrench, it has been pointed out earlier in this thread what you need, I found that once the weight was off of the spring on the lift it could be turned by hand on the QA1's. I am not familiar with the Bilstein set up but, it can't be that difficult. I do have an old Moroso spanner wrench that has worked on all of the shocks for my SPF, Shelby, GT40 and Daytona Coupe and worked on the QA1's.

Best Regards,

Tony R.