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 Post subject: Coilovers
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:52 am 
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Anyone bought or done a coil over conversion
Do they handle well ?

Any details or info would be great

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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:09 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:11 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:38 pm 
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rears too? or just fronts?

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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:04 pm 
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Both front and rear. Built new strut towers for the rear and converted to a beam set up.

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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:13 am 
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So do you always have to modify the rear towers to fit coil overs?

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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:01 am 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:59 pm 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
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Mine were set up vertical. No need to make angle changes.

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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
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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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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:42 pm 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:46 pm 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Coilovers
PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:32 pm 
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this is an interesting read.. http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/inde ... tid=573892

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