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Just wondering, with a bit of work? Corsa or Polo, etc?
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Anyone?  |
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I haven't responded in here previosuly because I'm certainly no expert on the matter, but from what I can remember when I had my last AW11 (about three years ago now) the only 'off the shelf' coilovers were eye wateringly expensive and not even Paul Woods had any luck trying to convert anything at the time either. Like I say, that was three years ago and I've not really looked into it any more since.
My friend Chris (LeSpank on here) has got coilovers on his AW11 and I believe there was a group buy to have a batch made - BC coilovers rings a bell, but I'm afraid I know nothing more than that.
I can't even remember what the struts are like on them. I know the front and rears are pretty much the same, but what type of mounting do they have or are they a complete strut/stub axle assembly?
If you can get a photo of how the bottom of the strut is, I'll have a better idea of what might be able to to adapted.
^^Apologies, that really wasn't much help was it?^^
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`state
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Give Gazz a ring I'm sure they`ll be able to knock some up.
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Look at all the plastic people who live without a care.Try to sit with me around my table,but never bring a chair.
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Jan 11, 2013 13:27:18 GMT
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You're right, they charge a fortune for coilovers for these things! Definitely not paying for new ones when I can modify cheaper ones. MR2:  Have similar bottom mountings as Corsas:  Think they've been done several times, but can't find any info on it on the internet! |
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Jan 11, 2013 18:00:04 GMT
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Aha!
Well, in that case, if you want to measure the hub 'thickness' (the space between the brackets) and also the hole spacing of the two mount holes, I'll do the same for a set of Golf/Passat coilovers I've got at the unit. It's the hub mounting that's the important bit. The rest is simply messing about with top mounts.
Drilling out the mounting holes to make them oval is an easy way to get them onto a hub with a different spacing...and if the car you're fitting them to has a thinner hub mount than the space between the brackets, they're just a shim or two away from fitting.
If, however, the hub is wider/thicker than the strut brackets, things get more tricky (as I found when I fitted VW coilovers to my Escort)
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RobinJI
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Jan 11, 2013 19:13:10 GMT
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I've got measurement's for mk1 and 2 golf bits here if you can get what Bruce asked for. Can't remember the hole spacing, but the hub's 20mm thick on a mk1 and 25mm thick on a mk2/3 Golf, b3/4 Passat and 6n/6n2 Polo. Yours look quite thick so I'd guess you'll probably be after mk2 ones. Not sure about non-VW stuff.
Looks like you'd have to sort something for the ARB drop link mounts if you use coil-overs from another car. And obviously you'll need 2 front pairs rather than a full set.
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Last Edit: Jan 11, 2013 19:15:08 GMT by RobinJI
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Jan 11, 2013 19:17:10 GMT
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Looks like you'd have to sort something for the ARB drop link mounts if you use coil-overs from another car. Luckily most of the coilovers available have removeable inserts (as you know), so welding on some ARB brackets will be a doddle. I've just PM'd David all the dimensions from a front pair of Mk2 Golf/Passat/Polo coilovers so hopefully that'll be a start.  |
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Thanks for all your massive helpful help there fellows! I also found four Celica coilovers in the local scrappie. |
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Feb 18, 2013 23:12:09 GMT
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Am looking in to this for my AW11 too. I think I'm going to try SW20 coilovers - just got to check that hub mounting point thickness - as mystery machine says - that's the tricky bit if the AW11 hub is thicker than an SW20 hub.
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