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Old 02-01-2013, 22:36
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Thinking of doing a rally design coilover conversion
I was told by s13eater to get a 2 and a quater threaded tube....grind the spring cup off the std strut and weld it up. But can this be done at the back as springs and shocks are separate.... Spring is free so it is not a strut... So what should i do.
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Old 03-01-2013, 10:57
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Thinking of doing a rally design coilover conversion
I was told by s13eater to get a 2 and a quater threaded tube....grind the spring cup off the std strut and weld it up. But can this be done at the back as springs and shocks are separate.... Spring is free so it is not a strut... So what should i do.
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i've also done a rear conversion to mate, there should be pics on my build thread.
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Old 03-01-2013, 11:00
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Found the thread
Did you have to reinforce the strut tower as i heard it can warp the sheet metal?
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Did you have to reinforce the strut tower as i heard it can warp the sheet metal?
this set up just makes the rear end ajustable in height plus you can choose your own spring rates.this uses the original spring and shocker position, so no reinforcing needed.
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In what cases will you have to reinforce the strut towers....
Noticed in your coilover thread a lot of the pics not showing... are they still on your photobucket page
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Old 03-01-2013, 19:29
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In what cases will you have to reinforce the strut towers....
Noticed in your coilover thread a lot of the pics not showing... are they still on your photobucket page
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no you won't have to reinforce the towers with that conversion, i'll check my photobucket mate.
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sorry mate, they look like they have been deleted, when was you thinking of doing the conversion ?
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