Some of you may remember the thread Jeff@Tripoint made when he built his set of double adjustables. I helped Jeff with a lot of the leg work and then he beat me to the punch! So here I am years later finally getting mine finished up.
The shocks are Koni single adjustable race inserts. In addition to the Konis, I'm using Ground Control coil sleeves with Eibach ERS springs. Cusco camber plates have been modified to fit the Konis and allow further camber adjustment on the front struts and custom rear camber plates are being machined. It took 9months to get the rear inserts as they were back ordered and another 3 to get the gland nuts that retain the inserts into the tubes!
They start out as stock struts
Then I removed the lower spring perch and bead blast them.
These struts were non-MSP struts so the sway bar endlink brackets are super weak and break off the bodies when using OEM Racing Beat or stiffer sway bars. Reinforcement tabs were made and welded on. I'm not a great welder, please don't get too grossed out.
Then the threaded tops off MR2 struts are welded on at the proper tube height. The welds are knocked down slightly with a sander so the spring perch slides over the tube.
Lower spring perches are then cut and welded onto the tubes to allow the Ground Control kit to sit in place.
All the brackets are radiused and cleaned up as the OEM stamped steel is pretty ugly.
Here's a front assembly all mocked up.
The tubes will get powder coated while the rear camber plates are finished. I'll continue to update this thread as the parts come back.
The shocks are Koni single adjustable race inserts. In addition to the Konis, I'm using Ground Control coil sleeves with Eibach ERS springs. Cusco camber plates have been modified to fit the Konis and allow further camber adjustment on the front struts and custom rear camber plates are being machined. It took 9months to get the rear inserts as they were back ordered and another 3 to get the gland nuts that retain the inserts into the tubes!
They start out as stock struts
Then I removed the lower spring perch and bead blast them.
These struts were non-MSP struts so the sway bar endlink brackets are super weak and break off the bodies when using OEM Racing Beat or stiffer sway bars. Reinforcement tabs were made and welded on. I'm not a great welder, please don't get too grossed out.
Then the threaded tops off MR2 struts are welded on at the proper tube height. The welds are knocked down slightly with a sander so the spring perch slides over the tube.
Lower spring perches are then cut and welded onto the tubes to allow the Ground Control kit to sit in place.
All the brackets are radiused and cleaned up as the OEM stamped steel is pretty ugly.
Here's a front assembly all mocked up.
The tubes will get powder coated while the rear camber plates are finished. I'll continue to update this thread as the parts come back.
