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IRA11Y
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Re: rear sprinter height adjustment

Thu, 25 November 2004 06:36

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How reliable would you peg it?

well to be honest i still dont have it in the car yet, that pic was a mock up. Ive been very busy trying to get the front end just right first and been waiting to buy a rear swaybar before i put the coil overs in ( which I have now bought so will be in the car very soon )

but reliability wise i decided on this setup because this is exactly how noltec set up the IP AE86's and was suggested to me by Dave at Noltec so that it would still pass engineering for street seeing as its not in effect a true coil over setup on the rear and also it can be easily set up as captive by choosing the correct shock configurations

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IRA11Y and takai: I was thinkig of something a bit less dodgy!

see above nothing dodgy about this setup at all... a few more things to note about that specific picture of my coils though....

in that shot there are a few things ive left off.. it was a test fit after all Smile

firstly the top spring perch is not there, this helps to keep the spring a bit more captive and by drilling a wire tying ( like what you do to meet scriutineering in rally ) the spring to the top plate helps to secure it further, although this is not really neccesary if you choose a correct length max shock stroke that keeps the spring captive at all times ( referring to live axle set up here )

secondly theres no bumpstop, ill be cutting down a factory one so its a bit shorter which bolts in and holds the top plate as well

thirdly, similar to what has been discussed the threaded sleeve is welded to a section of pipe which in turn is welded directly on to the original spring perch, so if you ever need to you can still throw the original springs back in and you also dont upset the axle tube by heating it up with welding, the std perch is more than strong enough to cope with the job, you may need to do a bit of intracate grinding on the pipe to get it to sit nicely but a bit of patience and carefull planning makes it all easy.

hmm what have i missed......

oh yeah,

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well it isnt the best pic but I think the spring would rub against that collar under the right circimstances,

nope it doesent, with the correct spring and shock combination the movement is limited and the only reason it would ever rub is if you havent set the angle correctly to cater for foward tilt movement on full lift. at the end of the day that is down to how well you set it up in the begining.

I havent heard of any problems with this from the IP guys either.

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