Visited Ground Control today!

[GuySmily]

Awesome shop and great guys. My friend and I got to see them put my kit together, and we had a good time chatting. Got to see their FRS/BRZ stuff, which looks really cool. I also reminded them to check their website, since the G1 Insight is missing.

So, here's what I took home:




Here's the front. There's a spacer that sits right into the spring perch:


And the rear (edit- New pic. The silver part beside it does not belong. Note the orentation of the spring cushion up top):

[GuySmily]

Included hardware:
Allen wrench for tightening collar against tube
Collar adjuster (which I never used)
Two spacers in a ziploc bag


The stock bumpstops have a metal lip that has to be machined off (the shiny part). I rented a lift at a shop around the corner (U-Do-It Auto Repair), and popped them off. The guys at Ground control did all the lathe work. I think the point is to get them to fit into the sleeves.


They're putting together a new set of install instructions for us. They don't post the install instructions on their website, but I'll take pics of the install on Saturday.

[Willie Williford]

Real Pretty............but expensive.
Any price confirmation?

Willie

[GuySmily]

Can't find my receipt, but it was definitely closer to $400 than $500.

I asked about custom shocks - they do order stuff from Koni, but anything custom is usually for race purposes (meaning $4000-$8000). Bulk orders are in quantities in the hundreds or thousands - probably too many for our community to satisfy.

[eq1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the number on the springs - 125.64.75 - mean this:

125mm length (4.92"), 64mm inside diameter (2.52"), and 7.5 kg/? rate (I recall the conversion is this, 7.5 X 56 = 420 lbs/in)...

If so, those seem like really stiff springs for the Insight, not to mention that they look to be the same rate at all 4 corners; I think the stock fronts are stiffer than the stock rears... The stock rears are something like 95 lbs/in... If those GCs ARE 420 lbs/in, you'd definitely need new, stronger shocks...

[GuySmily]

Found the invoice, $419 + tax

The invoice says:
125.64.75 = 5" long, 2.5" ID, 425 lbs/in
180.64.35 = 7" long, 2.5" ID, 200 lbs/in

It looks like I screwed up the rear picture. I think I put the front together, then accidentally took it back apart for the second pic.

Too sleepy to snap new pics, so I'll do it after work tomorrow and edit the first post.

[eq1]

Interesting. I'm interested to hear how it all works out... 200 lbs at the rear sounds about right, though better shocks will likely be needed, at least to really get the most out of the purchase...

[Blue-Civic-Hybrid]

Tell me how you like the GC's, I've had mine on for about a year and love them! You really need to swap out your rear shocks for new ones if you can.

[GuySmily]

Originally Posted by Blue-Civic-Hybrid

Tell me how you like the GC's, I've had mine on for about a year and love them! You really need to swap out your rear shocks for new ones if you can.

I noticed in your pictures you have them adjusted almost all the way up (max height). How much lower is that? Have any pics?

[GuySmily]

Ran into a big problem: The front sleeves don't fit over my shocks.

edit- This was because I didn't take off the gold cap you can see in the pictures.

According to Honda, the shocks were revised at some point. I have the old ones, so I'm guessing the new ones were skinny and that's what was used for Ground Control's prototype.

Old Part Numbers:
L = 51602-S3Y-A02
R = 51601-S3Y-A02

New Part Numbers:
L = 51606-S3Y-J03
R = 51605-S3Y-J03

I believe the sleeve is supposed to sit all the way at the bottom, against the weld (there's a collar not pictured that supports the sleeve).


Here's the collar:


The collar is D shaped to sit against a weld or something..