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Post by 340GLT » 02 Jan 2008 02:04 am

Honestly mate it suprised me how little needs to be taken out. Pics will be up in a sec.
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Post by Jason B » 02 Jan 2008 02:10 am

Hehe I get a gold star :D

funnily enough I only know the tein top mounts because I came across them when I was looking into camber adjust solutions a while back.

I'm seriously tempted to do similar, but first Im thinking about sorting the rear as that appears to be the weakest link in handling.
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Post by 340GLT » 02 Jan 2008 02:17 am

Right here we go.

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Redrilled top mounts
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Top mount trial fitting
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You can see the small part needed to be taken out in this pic, just. Look to the top of the slider bolts.
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Fitted.
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Post by Jason B » 02 Jan 2008 02:22 am

That looks awesome, if its not a rude question how much did it cost (itemised)?

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Post by 340GLT » 02 Jan 2008 02:28 am

Standard struts £15
Spax inserts £50 (second hand)
Springs £40
Bump stops £10
Conversion kit £45
Custom tubes £30
Top mounts £60
Welding (TIG) £25

TOTAL £275
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Post by foggyjames » 02 Jan 2008 02:28 am

Duh...I assumed you'd moved the holes on the car, not moved the studs :)
I see the issue re: clearance for camber adjustment. If you were happy to do away with that, I reckon you could make something which fitted into the hole as-is. The ones I have from Kev Strong almost do that.

Most impressed with your work there dude!

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Post by 340GLT » 02 Jan 2008 02:33 am

foggyjames wrote:Duh...I assumed you'd moved the holes on the car, not moved the studs :)
Cant move the ones on the car dude otherwise i would have to make a new strut brace!!! haha
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Post by Frits » 02 Jan 2008 09:38 am

Nice work adam! Looking good.

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Post by Ali » 02 Jan 2008 08:33 pm

Very cool indeed Ad! I was speaking to Steve a few months back about making some adjustable top mounts and showing him pics of ones for a 200sx, didn't think they'd actually fit! What generation 200sx are they off, S13 or 14?
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Post by classicswede » 02 Jan 2008 08:59 pm

Adam, glad that you have completed the coil over project. It looks realy good what you have done so far and credit to your workmanship.

Before everyone jumps on the coil over band wagon they are not all they are made out to be for road use. Coil over set ups are intended for track cars not road use. I'll explain why later in a seperate thread.

The adjustable strut tops are good and look spot on. I tried using a similar set up but could not get the ride hight I wanted and keep a little suspension travel. The set up I have settled on is almost flush on the underside. To use these strut tops with a convetional set up you will need to shorten the damper and ahorten the length of the strut.

Are you finding the spring poundage about right?
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Post by 340GLT » 03 Jan 2008 12:42 am

@ Ali, IIRC it listed them for all gens.
@ Dai, the spring poundage is spot on, and i'm with you on the ride height issue, it is something i have to look into as its not as low as i wanted it to be. But i expected things like this to be the case.
Its now all about setup and adjustment.
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Post by classicswede » 03 Jan 2008 01:49 pm

BTW have you had any joy in replacing the clear lens?
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Post by kaos » 03 Jan 2008 09:41 pm

Rather sweetT i'm assuming the threaded bit is tig'd onto the stock strut bottom?


where did you get the springs from, etc?


for £275 thats top work. i might have to look at doing it myself for when i do my engine swap.


just need to source something for the back end now!
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Post by meintag » 06 Jan 2008 11:11 pm

What about the feeling with camber in the front ?! I see that depend where you drill in the camberplate you can increase or decrease the castor, isn't it ?

I assume that you make new the threads of the pics, not the holes ... Please correct me if I'm wrong :roll:

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Post by classicswede » 07 Jan 2008 01:45 pm

If you look at teh 4th pic you can see where the old bolt holes used to be. Adam has redrilled the holes in the adjustable strut top to mare up with the cars body.

I hope that explains it clearly
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