I just want make sure that every one knows that what happen with Delancy's situation was not AutoCraft Slinkies.
I approve this message, although no mention was made of past transgressions in this thread.
I started hitting Darren up over a year before buying the LX as he was running this setup then. He's not a newcomer to the game, by any stretch, commend for making the effort to finally bring across the pond, and fully expect his product to deliver as advertised.
At no point has nor will, anything said counter that.
The coils where a progressive rate rather than dual rate
Not to beat a dead horse.
The differentiation, nor description suit.
What I had and all I've seen in this length are coils with expandable 'dead' coil rungs at the top, that remain dead until the lower coil extends beyond free length (unloads), allowing the dead coils to expand to keep in the bucket.
Packaging a dual rate coil in the minimal distance afforded even a lifted 80, doesn't appear possible, said after a lot of dialogue with a custom coil manufacturer that had four OE coils, on the proverbial bench to formulate that opinion.
We're not talking about a purpose built race suspension
The same basic fundamentals apply......better, are inescapable.....be it race built or a Kia.
Truth be told, the coils/shocks are a significant, smaller portion pf the whole, but there's numerous threads serving as gravestones for thousands of dead horses beaten into oblivion, so no point in rehashing here.
Manufacturers would be on the fast track to bankruptcy if that's what they supplied to consumers.
You hit one nail on the head.
They'd also be bankrupt offering a $15-20k solve all, do all, fix all ails package, which is why we don't see them marketed, yet what it would cost.
This very small market segment has vocalized their demands, being low entry fee and the market responded accordingly.
Many shudder at utterances of $700 shocks, much less than $350 per corner shocks that do perform as the lesser cost offerings claim to.
The fact that Christo isn't in on this doesn't surprise me at all.....
He'd have lower margins than what he likely gets from selling his own proprietary product.
Christo's the smartest, most successful businessman in this game. Considering he's one of the straightest shooters I've ever talked to in this entire industry, commendable and more power to him.
I doubt there's much of anything that's produced by Slee, not that it matters, but doubt there's any component of an 80 lift that is, yet there's no shortage of Slee badging on all.
My curiosity was mildly piqued, the extent, because it seems odd to bring a new product offering through a relatively unknown channel in this small specific market.
But none of my business, nor concerns, as I've lifted my last '80'.
I'm confidently optimistic
Me, too.
Delancey
It's Delancy.
clearly not engineered
None of the products offered are 'engineered', at least not from a holistic perspective.
Nothing is certified viable beyond an individual component of a partial suspension 'kit', and any marketing ploy that claims more than that is a bold lie.
(See above about $15-20k price tag, because that's what it would cost to even shade tree 'engineer' a correct 'kit')
In my case, I did exactly what you all are doing, except a very detailed expectation that anything short of successfully fulfilling was a fail.
After extensively researching the best the market had to offer, I failed.
We live and learn.