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| Author: | jordie_mini [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Coilovers |
Anyone bought or done a coil over conversion Do they handle well ? Any details or info would be great Thanks |
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| Author: | joyce1bro [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
Yup. Got protechs from the uk. Love them. |
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| Author: | joyce1bro [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
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| Author: | simon k [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
rears too? or just fronts? |
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| Author: | joyce1bro [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
Both front and rear. Built new strut towers for the rear and converted to a beam set up. |
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| Author: | joyce1bro [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
  
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| Author: | simon k [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
very cool - and handy as a wedding car for lesbians when gay marriage is legalised |
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| Author: | VanMorrison [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
So do you always have to modify the rear towers to fit coil overs? |
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| Author: | awdmoke [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
No, you can get shocks with offset tops, but they're not as good as turretting the rear to fit them properly as done above. Makes them stronger too. |
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| Author: | VanMorrison [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
Are the turrets just set up vertical to the bottom mounting location or do they need to be set on an angle? |
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| Author: | joyce1bro [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
Mine were set up vertical. No need to make angle changes. |
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| Author: | Harley [ Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
Just looking into front coil overs at the moment - can I ask anyone in the know if you have to have 13x7 wheels? |
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| Author: | simon k [ Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
Harley wrote: Just looking into front coil overs at the moment - can I ask anyone in the know if you have to have 13x7 wheels? that's a really good question, but the offset of the wheels might be more the issue my assumption would be that fronts are OK, but rears could cause problems...? |
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| Author: | Harley [ Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
You're right Simon - In my case I have 13x7 -7s, and 13x6 +15 wheels as a backup - a difference of 34mm where the shock absorber is! Doesn't look like there's that much space in the pics above - and he has metro brakes! |
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| Author: | simon k [ Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coilovers |
this is an interesting read.. http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/inde ... tid=573892 |
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