Protechs, Bilsteins or Gaz Gold Pro, which one.........

[Springbok]

........for a Griff 500. Road use only.

Thoughts please from the PH Collective.

I've seen the thread above, which is a bit disconcerting re GGP, although I can get a full set for under £600. But is that wise?

The car currently has its original Bilsteins.

Thanks.

Simon

Edited by Springbok on Monday 16th January 13:48

[lestershaw]

i have nitron racing reds on my chim 500, they seem very good compared to what were on there previously, which i presume were Bilsteins
Lester

[Getsis]

The "Gas Gold Pro" are the updated ones from the original "Gas Gold" so there are no issues with cracking. I have the Pro's on my Tamora (replaced on warranty from G.G.)and I find them more than adequate for road and the occasional track day. You get what you pay for and I wasn't prepared to splash out on more expensive shocks until I tried the "middle range" shocks first. So far I don't feel the need to "upgrade". If I was I would buy Ohlins.

[Springbok]

Have other uses for my spare cash, so the Ohlins and Nitrons are out.

What is the best of the rest?

[amazon]

Racing Reds on the Cerb

[heightswitch]

protechs to me appear very good quality for their cost. A lot of racers use them.
N.

[TVRinBFG]

Bilsteins and Eibach springs if it were my choice.

[Chimpandtonic]

Getsis said:

The "Gas Gold Pro" are the updated ones from the original "Gas Gold" so there are no issues with cracking. I have the Pro's on my Tamora (replaced on warranty from G.G.)and I find them more than adequate for road and the occasional track day. You get what you pay for and I wasn't prepared to splash out on more expensive shocks until I tried the "middle range" shocks first. So far I don't feel the need to "upgrade". If I was I would buy Ohlins.

Very well put Getsis, I fitted Gaz Gold Pros to my Chimaera a couple of years ago with great results.

The springs did take a few thousand miles to settle which is perfectly normal.

After the settling process the ride became more compliant, it just required a small adjustment in ride height to get things spot on.

Thousands of miles later and they continue to perform perfectly.

A massive handling improvement over my 30k mile Billies at a very realistic price.

Recommended.

Edited by Chimpandtonic on Tuesday 17th January 18:01

[DarkMatter]

I'm happy with my Protech dampers. I also uprated the springs to 450lb front and 350lb rear.

[sgrimshaw]

+1 for Racing Reds ... not sure if you can still get them though

[Mr Plow]

Racing Reds on mine as well (450 Chim)

[Martin B Tam]

Racing Reds weren't available late last year

Anyone tried AST shocks from Racing Green ?

Another option if your budget will stretch are Nitrons but revalved by Aurok the Ohlins distributor.

Looking at options myself ATM

Martin

[Pursyluv]

About to put Protechs on the Tam; recommended to me as the best of the mid-range dampers; Nitrons would be nice, but they're currently listed at just under £1200.

[Far Eastender]

+2 for Racing Reds.

[Macey]

I was going to put Racing Reds on my Tuscan tail end of last year and was told that they are no longer produced. Will be aiming to fit Nitrons at the end of March.

[Robertjp]

+1 for Gaz Gold Pro's, comparing alongside RR's they were very similar in design and quality.

Im no driving god but they have significantly improved things over standard for me, i need to be brave enough to experiment with the settings!!

[Chimpandtonic]

Robertjp said:

+1 for Gaz Gold Pro's, comparing alongside RR's they were very similar in design and quality.

Im no driving god but they have significantly improved things over standard for me, i need to be brave enough to experiment with the settings!!

It certainly became fashionable to bash Gaz after all the well publicised issues with the earlier design, so it's good to see people are getting good results from the revised Gaz Gold Pro design.

Its also nice to see Gaz have recovered from a difficult situation, if the product is good we should all be supporting the few remaining British manufacturers (especially in a recession).

In my experience it's well worth adding a set Leven rose jointed drop links too.

Refresh any worn suspension bushes using the metalastic type with the addition of the later T car thrust washers.

Finally, poly bush your anti roll bar mounts & get the geometry set up by someone who understands what they are doing.

Follow all this & anyone can have a fantastic handling TVR for a very reasonable outlay (cost me £1000 all in).

[Mattt]

In light of the time that has passed, and the naming & shaming rules, is it time to de-sticky the Gaz thread?

I don't know how it has stayed for so long, considering other similar posts have been deleted.

[mikeinsheffield]

Was told about the original cracking / quality issues with the Gaz shocks; looking for fast road / occasional track shocks but not prepared to pay top dollar as I felt that I wouldn't get the benefits - chose ProTech shocks for my Cerbera and very happy with them. Took little bit of setting up with bump rates etc and once set (seem to be easily adjustable to then give you a useable range to "tweak") very happy. Have heard that the more expensive shocks (e.g Nitrons) although perform better in short term need more regular rebuilds - therefore this can add to the total running costs.... something to think about

[haircutmike]

Don't forget the Gaz "Monos", had those on for a couple of years now and a leap ahead of standard twin tube dampers, ie; Pro Tech + others big mid range name brands.