i think gmax, spax, apex, pi are pretty much the same thing in terms of quality.... naf :sofahide:

these will be too, i'm just doing it becuase there seems to be nothing decent around that is actually available in this country

just as a matter of inerest pinks, do i remember you saying that you had a set of lowering springs kicking about for a felicia??

you knows it.

35mm drops for the 1.6

here are the components that make up the top mounting

tom. the big black plate with the two studs in, is the center part of that welded in square or or is it slightly off to one side?

the HP ones are handed and are slightly squiff.

it's central, i suggest that maybe the offset mouting on the hp's is too correct the caster angle slightly

omg, i can recommend rally design for anybody Professional Motorsport Parts, Spares & Rally Equipment from Rally Design, i only ordered these at 3pm yesterday and they are here today...

12" free length, 2.25" coil springs, 250lb/in

bare metal after shot blasting

got some poly-what-da-ya-call-it bump stops...

time to start welding methinks

Good luck!

So when does mass production start?!

made a few minor modifications to the upper spring plate, also made up some little spacers

What colour are they going to be coated when you're done then

What colour are they going to be coated when you're done then

erm.... probably a non-destinct-ish colour of unkown shade.... or whatever is cheapest... or whatever colour they happen to be doing at that time

here's the assembly after tig welding

sorry for the naff pic, here's another close up of the welds, notice inside where the weld has penetrated into the parent metal

a big thankyou to jim at archers powder coating in portsmouth for doing these for me:)

next i fitted the koni insert

Very nice Tom

:rubchin: now it's time to start thinking about the rears

The rears should be relatively straight forward by comparison, especially if the spring is separate from the shock.

no such luck, the rears are integrated with the springs as well

i have a set of bilstine rears. they require a little modding to the turret mind, but there super beefy.

out of intrest. whats the over all hight of the shock un loaded?

out of intrest. whats the over all hight of the shock un loaded?

depends where you set the height on the adjusting rings:confused:

Very nice, but dherez wun littl t'ing worrying me Mr Chief Suspect, "I'm pretty sure your welding has done something to the heat treatment of the screw section on the damper body, if not to the adjuster lock rings themselves.