Category: Suspension

With the new Impreza now starting to emerge from its manufacturer’s warranty, owners are getting the urge to make the odd improvement or two. With that in mind, many will be glad to learn of the Cobra Suspension kit for the hatchback version.

Upon its launch, every road tester loved the car, but slated the chassis. Addressing these points, the Cobra kit comes as the perfect rescue package to maintain the ride quality whilst massively improving the handling. Lowering the car by 30mm, the lower centre of gravity brings improved turn-in, pin-point accuracy and a real sense of fun, evocative of the much-loved original.

The heat-treated springs are powder coated for a long and durable life – even on the UK’s salted winter roads. Each spring is cold formed for accuracy before being heat treated for strength and durability. Finally, each and every spring is shot-peened to pre fatigue the spring and eliminate sagging. This lengthy production process explains Cobra’s confidence in their product and their 5 Year warranty.

So if you fancy the build quality of the new Impreza – but the fun and handling of the original, it looks like you can finally have your cake and eat it. The price is just £150 + VAT for the set of 4 springs.

For more details please visit www.cobra-suspension.com or call Cobra on 01530 517920.

With the launch of the latest E-Class station wagon, Mercedes Benz has set the standard in quality, space and comfort. A luxurious ambience, combined with impressive load capacity, make the E Class Station Wagon a superb companion for long journeys.

True driving enthusiasts will relish the release of the latest Eibach Pro-Kit, which uses a pair of precision wound front springs to lower the car by around 30mm. The rear air suspension can then easily be reset to achieve the perfect stance – without affecting ride comfort – to achieve a car that looks far more purposeful and displays pinpoint handling characteristics.

The Pro Spacer kit increases the vehicle’s track, not only making the wheel fill the arch for a real visual ‘kick’, but more importantly, creating a chassis that benefits from improved turn-in and sharper steering response.

All Eibach components benefit from industry leading corrosion protection and are fully TUV certified.

For more information, please visit www.eibach.co.uk or call the team on 01455 285851.

Respected suspension manufacturer Eibach has long led the market in terms of product innovation and quality, but its latest development is something truly unique. Hollow, tubular anti-roll bar kits.

Originally developed for its many motorsport clients, where optimum weight balanced with incredible durability are par for the course, Eibach have now transferred this knowledge and experience into their road-car programme creating a series of kits for popular applications. Better still, moving forward, all future kits will be made by this method wherever possible. As well as reducing unsprung weight on the car by over 40% from the traditional method, Eibach can still maintain efficiency in operation and achieve measurable improvements in handling.

When developing the technology, material quality and bending techniques were both critical.  To avoid issues such as surface imperfections reducing fatigue life or the bending process kinking or collapsing the tube when being formed, Eibach had to completely start the design and manufacturing process from scratch. In some OEM applications of this technology Eibach has been able to create tubes with a wall thickness of just 1.4mm that surpass all manufacturer fatigue tests and weigh over 40% less than their solid counterparts.

Initial applications include;

– Golf 5 and  6 including 4 motion and Eos

– Audi A3 including Cabrio, TT Coupe + Roadster

– Seat Leon Altea, Toledo,

– VW Passat Saloon/Estate CC

– VW Touran, Tiguan

– Skoda Oktvia, Yeti,

– VW Scirocco

– Mitsubishi Evo 10

– Skoda Superb.

This range will grow each year as new models are added to the range. Prices start from £250 + VAT

For more information, please visit www.eibach.co.uk or call the team on 01455 285851.