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Old March 16th 2010, 19:24
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Alex I also drilled out the upper shock mounts to 1/2" and used new 1/2" bolts top and bottoms.
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Old March 16th 2010, 22:55
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Thanks guys... Makes sense and an easy fix..
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Old February 10th 2012, 21:40
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im going to resurrect this thread, what springs 300# each side?
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Laz,

Not sure if the QA1s have changed, but the part number has. I bought DS-402, which is supposedly the replacement for the earlier 48* part numbers found on threads here. All QA1's use 2.5" I.D. springs which are going to cause an issue with the lower mounts. Photos on page one in this thread do not show the CV joints/boots installed, and I've recently realized my boots are going to hit the springs. I'm going to have to cut off and make new lower spring perches. I will also buy GKN-MS6J002 high-speed CV boots to give me more clearance. http://www.truechoice.com/prodinfo.a...=GKN%20MS6J002.

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Having said all that, I've got 300lb springs installed on my shocks right now, I'm definitely concerned about clearance if I need to go to a heavier weight. If you can wait until April, my car _has_ to be on the road and will definitely report back with feedback on the spring rates.

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Dave if u were to run no springs do u see any issues? As in running tb's and using shocks for dampening adjustment.
Also do the qa-1 still only come in standard sizes or they finally making metric,
If standard did u just make the top mount bigger to accept the larger bolt or did u use shims to take slop?
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Old February 11th 2012, 19:33
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Alex,

If the QA1's were used as dampers only, there would be no issues with them at all. You could even use the stock lower mounting point (though I would need to check to see how much theoretical travel you'd lose). The stock lower mounting cup interferes with the lower spring perch and spring, lots of cutting is required. Without a spring, and thus the lower perch, you'd be laughing.

The only reason I actually went with the coil-overs vs. using them as a damper only was my need to change height between daily driving/tarmac and gravel/snow events. For the majority of people on this forum, they're going to lower their cars to a set amount...and forget it. A few might use the coil-over feature for adjusting spring rates to various tracks, or corner weight their vehicles, but the majority will ask "what spring rate should I use", set the height and never touch them again. Which, quite frankly, is fine! A set of slightly bigger TB's, and the adjustable dampers are likely perfect.

The QA1's are still imperial, so drilling out the upper shock mounting hole to clear a 1/2" bolt is required. You can see in my photos above that the QA1 must also be spaced away from the upper shock mount, this will be required whether you run springs or not. My spacers (which have replaced the washers above) are 0.5" thick, 1.0" O.D. and presumably 0.5" I.D. (whatever was needed to go over the 1.2" bolt). Without springs you could go with slightly thinner spacers, but I wouldn't have the measurement.

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