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by steptoe » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:47 pm
Head says to use the shortest that were KYB out of my old Touring Wagon 87. Add the better feeling springs that came with the monroe wylies in my sedan and flip, rotate the top mount with hole drilled just above and into the boot space to fit the top bits.OK I hear some starting to scream std FWD Vortex coils and struts will sort my problem. Had bum steers before with stuff (not in here mnd you) I just needs ome specs, facts etc before buy bits.
Update the saga is 4WD Vortex has had a pretty shtouse col conversion as far as the rear is concerned. Front measures excellent according to RTA specs with the Royale FWD L Sedan or FWD Vortex struts set up. I don't know which car donated just an EA82 FI FWD.
I have ripped out my Monroe Wylie shocks from my what was an air bagged L Sedan 4WD to try in the Vortex. Also have two sets of rear L struts and springs that have both been in the back of Cheap Grief with a plus 40mm and plus 50mm increase in height measured at rear bumper middle. I now measure from ground to top of wheel arch or wheel centre to wheel arch. I now find reason the plus 50 has 10mm over the other set is the base of spring support is about 10 mm more than the other. Of four rear sets I have three different measures from very bottom of shock to bottom spring base with about 25mm variance.
So achieve a 25mm with shock, 35mm on the inverted mount - chasing a drop of 60mm in excess of fitted stance. Whether 60mm difference in strut off car equals same I dunno, will soon see.
My big worry here can be that simply lowering ride height does not change the fact that the daggy bouncy tall spring of the choices available is still in the teetering above its usual top position if I use them- if i use my springs pinched from sedan may change all that but will still want them back. Still have no idea what they came out of to convert air bag sedan to coils
