Coilover conv. help (flat6)

[Panelfantastic]

Thats a good choice. You will need at least a 250 to 300 lb spring set.

They have a larger bolt hole than the factory bolts. This is exactly the problem Alex is running into above. My advice is the same in your application, larger than stock bolts and modification to double shear. A little more work, but really, really, nessecary.


Jeff-

[MartinH]

Originally Posted by Panelfantastic

Thats a good choice. You will need at least a 250 to 300 lb spring set.

They have a larger bolt hole than the factory bolts. This is exactly the problem Alex is running into above. My advice is the same in your application, larger than stock bolts and modification to double shear. A little more work, but really, really, nessecary.


Jeff-

Perfect! Now I know. Thanks for helping out!

[Bug@5speed(US)]

Panel,

That is simple and could solve my problem.. can't believe I did not look at it from that perspective.. genious.

It should not be to difficult for me, just need to open up the hole on my kafer bar also, and look for some hardware.. Thanks for the idea will look at it with a different set of eyes when the time comes.

Also what do you mean by single or double sheer.
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Alex

[Panelfantastic]

Single shear- is the way the factory shock mount is designed. The shock mounts to a stud sticking out of the shock tower. Where the shock meets the tower is where the "shear" load would be. Perfectly fine for regular shock duty but seems like alot when you put the whole weight of the car on that single spot.
Double shear- is how I re-made mine in the pic above so that the shock bolt goes through two mounts,one on each side of the shock to distribute the shear load across two points instead of one side.

BUT, I prolly just over did mine . LOTS of folks out there running coil overs in single shear. I've even seen pics of race buggies with coil overs mounted in single.
Definately upsize the bolts though .


Jeff-