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Location:
Redbank Plains,near Ipswi...
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Coilover kits
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Sun, 20 June 2004 07:42
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guys, the threaded sleeves need to be solidly secured to the strut tube, the usual method is welding. At last check, we cant weld steel to aluminium alloy, so you have big problem!!!. the fulcrum ones are meant to sit on a steel ring that gets welded to the strut body. they must be a tight fit over the strut tube, so you must choose carefully, otherwise the rattles will drive you mad. the cheap kits use O rings to take up any slack between the tube inner and the strut tube outer. a short thread is not a problem so long as you have various coil lengths. In general, for road cars, you need about 250mm long coils otherwise the coil goes slack on rebound, and rattles like crap. alterntively, you can use a "helper" spring, which is a flat steel spring , but you need an adaptor ring to buttt up to the main coil.
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