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Garret
12-12-2006, 07:24 PM
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0058.jpg
How the front struts look
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0060.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0061.jpg
How I solved the dilema in the back because of there just being a spring and not a spring and strut. What I did was drilled a 2.5inch hole in the spring mounting perch and my coil overs came with a guide so I set the guide in the hole and it allowed the spring to sit on the lower perch. What I did for the threaded collar part was to grind the lip off of the upper spring guide slide the collar on. I will take more detailed pictures later
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0063.jpg
This is how much gap I now have it set at up front. It's roughly an inch and half of gap. I will take pictures with the car raised all the way and slammed all the way as well
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0064.jpg
Back is the same as the front.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0062.jpg
Just a view from the back so you can see how the spring sits, as you can see I also cut out my spare tire well in that picture
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0059.jpg
This is it from the top

And while I'm at it I took some pictures of my engine bay
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0065.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0066.jpg

Austrian Dodge
12-12-2006, 07:46 PM
what coilover set is this? please give us some detailed shots of the back!
i need to know for sure, if i can run coilovers in the back ... i just don't think that the suspension parts i'm getting will make my car a performer on a road racing track.

mcsvt
12-12-2006, 08:00 PM
Yup was also wondering what set you started with. Thanks for the info :thumb:

Garret
12-12-2006, 08:14 PM
Just a Tom motorsport coil over kit, the standard ricer Ebay 60 dollar kit... cept I got mine for free. I will take more detailed pics once I take it apart to readjust

mcsvt
12-12-2006, 08:33 PM
What application was it for? Or are they universal?

Garret
12-12-2006, 09:03 PM
Just a universal kitk Every ebay kit i've seen has looked exactly the same cept the length of springs usually varies. I would suggest getting one with at least 10 inch long springs, the springs I have I feel are a little bit on the short side but still do the job

Garret
12-13-2006, 12:19 AM
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0070.jpg
This is the Front Strut Completely Assembled
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0071.jpg
This it on the car
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0073.jpg
This is how I modded the back, you can see where I ground it down there is a lip there you gotta take off so the sleeve will slide on
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/PICT0074.jpg
You can see how I drilled a hole with a hole swap in the bottom of the rear spring perch to mount this (picture below)
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/image_00071.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h221/Badachew/image_00072.jpg

Mopar_Nutz
12-15-2006, 03:55 PM
Garret.....I love how you do!

Applying for the new king of ghetto fab?

Garret
12-15-2006, 05:39 PM
I was thinking about it, but I'm not as ghetto as I used to be... more like cost effective

Mopar_Nutz
12-15-2006, 06:03 PM
Cheap ways to do good stuff. I like it ;)