Greg_B said:
I can not see Belton coils being farmed out either, however I will check with the Cdn importer/supplier (PDP) of the Belton suspension kits.
Last I heard, PDP was not going to supply BELTON kits for the 80 series, however I will double check this too.
Hey, that's ME!
Belton coils for the 80 are made by Belton. The shocks are the large bore foam cell design, which, depending on who you talk to, are a rough and harsh ride for your pavement princess, or "The ride was phenominal. No matter how rough and washboarded the road" as Seam kindly said. The shocks really are made for what Sean is doing.. the foam cell design eliminates oil foaming, which even gas charged shocks cannot fully accomplish. The result is 100% consistent ride with absolutely no fade over long hard road conditions. You're average pavement princess will not get as great of a ride due to the stiff valving in the shocks. Belton won't sell gas charged shocks for the 80 series or any coil sprung kit due to rapid failures of gas shocks compared to foam cells. Yet, the reality is that most people here in N.A. drive on pavement 99% of the time, and if the ride isn't 'just so', we hear complaints.
So, for a multitude of reasons... not many modified 80 series in our primary market in Canada, most use being pavement, and the close price competition from OME (Belton is definately cheaper than OME in the coils but the faom cell shocks are much more $$ than OME's gas charged offering, the net being that the Belton kit is only a few $$ cheaper than OME overall) , no historic availability of caster correction bushings from Belton... we've not sold very many 80 series kits, and stopped maintaining inventory due to slugish sales.
However... Things are changing in the Belton 80 series offering!!!
Belton is now offering coil kits with lifts of up to 6". They are offering caster correction bushings. And get this... they now manufacture adjustable length pan hard bars for front and rear 80 series applications. Unlike the Slee offering, where they modify a factory pan-hard bar with an adjustable end and charge you a core, these are brand new bars made of solid stock. And to top it all off... we think we can import these and retail them for a few pennies less than Slee kit.
So, This information is all very new, we just learned of these new product offerings ourselves about a month ago and have yet to order any inventory for this.
So I ask you this... Is there an interest in 6" coil lift which include caster correction bushings and pan hard bars, and shocks, of course. And of course, like everything we do at PDP, the cost will be a bit better than what you can get from OME.
Oh, and for the record.... The Belton Kit Sean has is rated at 2.5" lift, was a 'Medium' weight spring, and the shop he purchased it from was called Modern Motors.
Peter Straub
"Where is my vendor star today"
