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[Steve220]

Hi all,

Trying to do a bit of research on my next purchase and I see a lot of differing opinion but no definitive answer. For your money, which is the best hi-lo kit on the market?

Regards
Steve

[lawrie124]

Spooky. Just put a set of ripspeed ones on eBay.

Not sure why, but apparently they are the dogs danglies.

[nicklouse]

Spooky the Ripspeeds are I belive the original and best.

But make sure they come with the key. And you are prepared to drill the rear valance.

Presuming they have not changed the design.

What made them good was the contact profile to the rubber.

[90BHP]

Spooky the Ripspeeds are I belive the original and best.
But make sure they come with the key. And you are prepared to drill the rear valance.
Presuming they have not changed the design.
What made them good was the contact profile to the rubber.

They've changed. Lol. Mine adjust with a spanner ;)

[megamini_jb]

Definitely Ripspeed.

Nick, I think they have changed the design as I've bought two new sets in the last year or two and they don't require a key or rear valence mod :)

[megamini_jb]

Ah poo, beaten to it

[nicklouse]

I only know of them from the early 90's

[lawrie124]

The set I have can be wound up with a pair of spanners.

No need to cut your rear valance.

And yes, they have a larger contact area with the cone.

Edited by lawrie124, 05 April 2015 - 09:01 PM.

[Steve220]

Sorry to sound thick, but I take it this isn't the halfords ripspeed is it?

[lawrie124]

Yes, but no.

Once upon a time ripspeed made decent stuff.

[geoff-d]

The set you have mike has Allen key adjustment & two spanner so you can do it how ever

[Dan]

Hi-Los are Hi-Los, nothing else is a Hi-Lo. Mini Spares make and sell them, they were designed and patented by Ripspeed long before Halfords brought the brand as a badge to make chavs buy shiny junk. Adjust-a-Rides and everything else are just cheap copies and all they do is allow adjustable height. Hi-Los also increase the spring rate to compensate for the loss of travel, they do this by having a larger and specifically shaped contact area with the rubber as said above. This is what is patented and that's why the other brands don't do it. So the best Hi-Lo kit is a Hi-Lo kit, with Hi-Lo written on it, everything else is a copy.

[geoff-d]

The old Ripspeed set has hi-lo cast into it

[megamini_jb]

So do the new

[fenghuang]

So are the MiniSpares ones the ones to get?

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