front coil over information

[fast2002]

I am thinking about fabricating my own front coil over set. Have anyone done this? any info available? thanks

[m_jermyn]

Why reinvent the wheel?

Buy a reputable brand its so much safer for all of us..

[town325i]

Why reinvent the wheel?

Buy a reputable brand its so much safer for all of us..

Not really there are a few people on here who have done this and made there own coilovers oldersroy i think his name is has done this

[charlE30]

Rally designs do parts to make coilovers for escorts and I'm sure I've heard people using them with E30 struts - http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/index.php?cPath=1358e

Quite a few people have made their own - not really that difficult.

[Rav335uk]

I have these, ordered ages ago and still not done anything with them.

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=3450

[town325i]

These are the parts i was thinking of looks like a good idea to me its what is going to be done with the rear suspension?

[Rav335uk]

Need to get the adjustable seats for the rears Mark.

[town325i]

But then you need springs to match the seats aswell.

[HairyScreech]

why bother at the back, get it set to the height you want and use the fronts to get the desired rake.

afterall coilovers are not for slamming you car to the floor, there designed to allow you to adjust the weight over each wheel to enable you to get the required rake and wedge on the chassis.

the other advantage is the standardised smaller diameter spring, something which is of no advantage on the rear of an e30.

also i question if the rear damper mount top AND BOTTOM can take the abuse in the long term on a road car.

personally i wouldnt want to risk it.

[town325i]

why bother at the back, get it set to the height you want and use the fronts to get the desired rake.

afterall coilovers are not for slamming you car to the floor, there designed to allow you to adjust the weight over each wheel to enable you to get the required rake and wedge on the chassis.

the other advantage is the standardised smaller diameter spring, something which is of no advantage on the rear of an e30.

also i question if the rear damper mount top AND BOTTOM can take the abuse in the long term on a road car.

personally i wouldnt want to risk it.

If thats aimed at me it would be usfull to have the height adjustable because i actually use my touring to carry things its not to ponce about in and some time when i have a bit of weight in the boot it would be nice to be able to heigher the rear end a bit. I found coilovers very usefull on my mk2 golf when it had an M50 engine in the boot!

[HairyScreech]

it was just in general bud.

i know what you mean about weight in the back, having had an essex v6 in my boot.


is it possible to fit the caravan towing spacers to a beehive spring? if so thats a nice cheep solution.

[town325i]

You mean them rubber spring assistors something like that can be used i think i was going to look into it but didnt get far

[HairyScreech]

yep thats the kiddys, should actually be easier to fit and then remove than rusty coil over threads after 1 winter here.

[town325i]

This is where all the idiots go wrong on there golfs the dont bother greasing there threads there has been alot of this on the vw forums

[Rav335uk]

Faulkner springs will make any spring rate, size and height you want.

http://www.dfaulknersprings.com/