Help With Front Coilover Mounting Ideas
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Heel & Toe
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From: Cut and Shoot Tx
Help With Front Coilover Mounting Ideas
As with everything else on this rebuild, nothing has gone easily. The shocks are some Ohlins ST44's that were rebuilt for the car, but I'm not sure of the best way to mount them in the front.
The shock tower has to be trimmed just for the piggyback to fit, but with the lower eyelet being only 3/8 diameter options are limited.
Should I build a pad on the lower arm to mount it, or take the more extreme option and drill out the lower eyelet so I can fit a larger spherical bearing?
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Burning Brakes
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I had to remove the sway bar to mount my coilovers. The reservoir came in contact with the brackets on the control arm.
So I mounted the shocks to the sway bar hole on the lower control arm and fashioned up a small bracket that bolted to the original 2 bolt mounting pad to support the backside of the bolt.
So I mounted the shocks to the sway bar hole on the lower control arm and fashioned up a small bracket that bolted to the original 2 bolt mounting pad to support the backside of the bolt.
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Heel & Toe
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From: Cut and Shoot Tx
For the lower, I'm going to attempt to build a mount that'll keep things relatively close to factory geometry.
The upper is the one that concerns me. The reservoir will run smack dab into the A arm if I don't heavily clearance the tower, but I'm a little worried about the shape and strength of the tower.
See what I mean?
