what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

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what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by kentsbest » 16 Feb 2011 01:29 pm

hi could anyone tell me what the specification of the bolts are to fit rear escort lowering blocks. And is there anything else i need to take into consideration.

any help would be great

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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by L14MNP » 16 Feb 2011 05:09 pm

You need 4 per side in two different legnths mate. I forget the sizes, and don't have mine here to measure. Try searching, it comes up all of the time.

You may need to modify the nipple on the block too.
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by volvosneverdie » 16 Feb 2011 05:57 pm

L14MNP wrote:You need 4 per side in two different legnths mate. I forget the sizes, and don't have mine here to measure. Try searching, it comes up all of the time.

You may need to modify the nipple on the block too.
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I tried serching and couldnt find info.

From memory theyre I think they are 12x10 High Tensile.

No idea on lengths either though.

And im probably wrong.
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by filthyjohn » 01 Mar 2011 11:37 pm

M12 is the width/thread pitch. The lengths I can't remember but they'll be the standard length+the size of the block, easy really.
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by 340GLT » 02 Mar 2011 12:59 am

They are M10mate not M12. 17mm heads.
Measure standard ones and add the height of your lowering blocks on.
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by magnumpi » 02 Mar 2011 02:38 am

I reckon this sort of thing should be put in with the "How to lowering" sticky thread as this sort of thing comes up quite often, then it's always to hand.
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by volvosneverdie » 02 Mar 2011 09:10 am

magnumpi wrote:I reckon this sort of thing should be put in with the "How to lowering" sticky thread as this sort of thing comes up quite often, then it's always to hand.
Agreed.
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by Evoman » 02 Mar 2011 06:57 pm

good idea, a thread with commonly asked questions, lock though so there is only 1 or 2 pages
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by Speedy88 » 02 Mar 2011 07:12 pm

I think we probably need a topic for the driftorz too as most seem to come on once or twice just for advice which regular members all know offhand anyway (such as the simple engine types in what model question).
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Post by Evoman » 02 Mar 2011 09:08 pm

ye, a thread with FAQs, simple stuff


whose going to write it ?? :P
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by volvodspec » 02 Mar 2011 09:44 pm

why bother? i really don't understand these questions, what's so difficult about:

going outside > put a jack under your car > loosen 2 bolts > measure them > add the lowering height > go to the hardware store and get them > fit the blocks+bolts


if you are able to fit the blocks you are also able to measure the bolts!

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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by Evoman » 02 Mar 2011 10:24 pm

volvodspec wrote:why bother? i really don't understand these questions, what's so difficult about:

going outside > put a jack under your car > loosen 2 bolts > measure them > add the lowering height > go to the hardware store and get them > fit the blocks+bolts


if you are able to fit the blocks you are also able to measure the bolts!
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by volvosneverdie » 02 Mar 2011 10:27 pm

volvodspec wrote:why bother? i really don't understand these questions, what's so difficult about:
going outside > put a jack under your car > loosen 2 bolts > measure them > add the lowering height > go to the hardware store and get them > fit the blocks+bolts
if you are able to fit the blocks you are also able to measure the bolts!
not everyone thinks the Anjo way.

that option really never occured to me. :lol: :oops:
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Re: what bolts do i need for escort lowering blocks to fit?

Post by Speedy88 » 03 Mar 2011 11:26 pm

Truth is anjo, a lot of people are just too damn lazy to go do it themselves. It's what the internet has created. I'm just bored of seeing the same questions up all the time, I'll put together a FAQ in due time.
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Post by volvodspec » 03 Mar 2011 11:55 pm

true and the fact that these questions keep popping up over and over and over again annoys me too, though i must say; i'm quite easaly annoyed :lol: , but on V3M everybody's spoiled as f*ck with the technical section where you can download all the info you want! V3C's database is "sligtly" bigger in data but you have to be a paying member before you'll be granted acces, hence we at V3C get a lot of "simple" questions every once in a while and you can still count the number of drifters/tuners etc on 2 hands there! i don't mind answering any question difficult or simple, as 95% of answers are straight from my head and i know i'm not the only one at that area.

funny with V3M is that all the info is free to download and it's more than sufficient to help with nearly every problem imaginable, but still most people don't even take the time to go through the section and that's too bad. i personally only look into the data for specific things, torque settings; fine adjustments etc. everything else; just get to the car, look at it and do it! but then, that's me. i build trucks from a pile of metal and parts to finished product for a living, i practically go to sleep with a wrench instead of a teddybear :P


oh, nobody has actually bothered to answer the topic question :lol:
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