Fulcrum Suspensions has developed three suspension enhancement kits to suit the VE Commodore range, including the newly released VE Commodore Ute. These specially designed, precision tuned suspension kits have managed to transform the handling, ride quality and braking response of these popular high performance road cars.

From a Fulcrum customer who recently purchased a TEIN suspension kit upgrade for their 2005 Ford BF FPV F6 Typhoon.

Putting the STing into STi

How many times have you heard magazine road testers say “The Subaru WRX Sti is a great car but it does feel like it under steers a little too much when pushed hard through a corner”. Well, it is fact the Australian Design Rules (ADR for short) state that all new vehicles sold in Australia must under steer rather than over steer.

Research and Deploy

We often hear the term Research and Development (R&D) thrown around when companies are extolling the virtues of their goods, what exactly does Research and Development involve and why is it so important? To gather some insight on how one of Japans’ leading suspension companies goes about this task I was invited to Fulcrum Suspensions in Brisbane, Queensland where they are the official distributor of TEIN Suspension in Australia. TEIN R&D Manager Mr. Ippei Sugano was on hand to show me exactly what the company must go through to launch their product for our Australian local market.

Sick, not fully sick!

I now understand the term ‘fully sick’ because my car was a little ‘sick’ itself. It’s true, driving down any boulevard I would hear and see young men mouthing the word ‘sick’ constantly while looking at my really low 180SX.

Balance of power R and D Project

When the FD Series 6 RX7 was released it was touted as one of the best handling Japanese cars on the market. It was extremely well balanced and could easily out-perform a lot of traditionally great handling cars from Europe. Like most things in life there is always room for improvement and upgrading the suspension can take the little Series 6 from being good to simply awesome.