steering and suspension Coil over sleeve kit for rear Bilsteins

[mickem02]

Hi,

Have any of you tried to fit one of these or similar kits on your rear Bilstein Sports?

http://m.summitracing.com/parts/aaf-all64143

If yes, how do the sleeves attach the shock body?

Cheers!

[jrkoupe]

they dont attach to shock body...unless you've converted car to a real rear c/o set up.

 

There is another device that folks here have used to allow for rr ride ht adjustment w/ a traditional  spring set up....

 

 

and GC now offers a very trick set up for the rr of our cars as well....

[bento]

No idea how the sleeve attaches to the shock body, but the hat that goes on the other end of the spring looks like it's designed for this kind of shock. It needs to be able to slip in between the spring and the head of the shock. There's nothing for it to sit on with the threaded ends used on our cars.

Edited November 14, 2014 by bento

[TobyB]

Nope, I've used threaded- body shocks on the one car I converted.

 

But keep in mind that if you convert to rear coil- overs, you'll want to beef up the 

upper mounting point a bit.  And may run into clearance issues with the spring

and the rear inner fender.  And possibly travel, if you don't measure pretty carefully.

 

I went to 320 rear trailing arms, and moved the trailing arm mounting point.

 

that worked.

 

t

[mickem02]

Ok, thanks for input! I have the AllStar adjustable spring perch already with the 5" OD springs. I thought this kit with 2,5" springs would make it easier to find springs here in Sweden. I have not located any vendor that sells 5" springs in varios springrates here, only 2,25" and 2,5".

 

Cheers!

[TobyB]

Oh, yes, sure, I see where you're headed-

 

But-

how about using the sleeves in the stock 2002 spring locations,

and just go to a 2.5" spring?  I think you'd end up having to

modify the upper mount, and figuring out how to make the lower

one work, but it'd just be a bit of fabrication, and then you could

even use the spring rates we do.

 

On the E30 rear, I actually use a 5" long 2.25" diameter

spring, a couple of collars, and a few shims instead of a sleeve-

there's so little room in there that the taller spring doesn't coil bind,

and an adjustable perch means a 4" long spring, which DOES coil bind...

and we can't get the 5" springs much shorter than 7" in appropriate rates anyway.

 

Lots of ways to do this,

 

t

[jrkoupe]

hey t...

was curious your spring rates and lengths on the pro 3 car?..frt and rr...

pm if needed......

[TobyB]

Hmm. 650 front, 700 rear, 

5" in back, I THINK 7" in front- 

but it might be 8".

Hyperco.  Because I like Pegasus,

and not many make 5" in all the rates.