I may be mistaken but I think you need 2-5/8 inside diameter springs. Also be aware that they are $40 for 1 sleeve. Obviously you will need to order 2. Also people have bought the $45 Jap car coilover sets from Ebay. They have 4 sleeves so you could save yourself some money by going that route. You would simply throw away the springs that the Jap kit comes with and use 2 of the 4 sleeves. See this thread if you need any more help or information. A VERY good writeup by Fierohoho. https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum9/HTML/000018.html
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Thanks for that, I guess I could shop around for cheaper sleeves. I would need then 7" long by 2.5" in diameter correct? I don't need the adjuster/stopper thingies as they came with the springs. I would need the adjuster tool? What's that called?.
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7" with 2.5" diameter is correct. The tool is the spanner wrench but you need to find one that matches the groves in the adjuster nut. Look on Ebay for "coilover spanner" and see the different versions.
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I found a good price from the above thread here, http://www.colemanracing.co...Coil-Over-P4565.aspx . Depending on how much it will be to ship to canada. I have seen some other sleeves that have some sort of compression ring with it, is that needed?
I found a good price from the above thread here, http://www.colemanracing.co...Coil-Over-P4565.aspx . Depending on how much it will be to ship to canada. I have seen some other sleeves that have some sort of compression ring with it, is that needed?
If you are asking about those rubber "O"-rings, they slide over the shock and then the sleeve slides VERY tightly over them. They basically center the sleeve on the shock. I don't think you really need them if you buy the right diameter sleeve.
I just measured my tube, and it's just a hair under 2". There's a metal ring at the top that measures just over 2"(2.08). So I guess I'll have to order the 2.08 sleeve.
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I got an email from coleman with engineered drawins for sizes and they said that they don't offer that snap ring. Will the .08 or so make a difference?
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I got a set off Ebay for an Accord for about $40 shipped that fit on my rear struts. Just barely !!! Had to use a rubber mallet after I cut off spring perch and sanded some paint off.
That's 4 sleeves, springs, spanner and o-rings...that u don't need. Testing one tonight !!!
Just ebayed it and it looks like the cheapest is just a hair under $50 and another $35 or so to ship to me in canada. So the colemannracing is way cheaper. So I guess back to my other question on is it that important to take it the few mm of slack between the shock and coil over tube and if so,I how do I go about doing it?
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After some more googling about DIY coil overs in general, it looks like that lip that bigger than the tube is actually a dust cover that pops off. I'm going to try it and see, if so then I'm good to go on ordering the sleeves with the 2.050 or the 2.070 inside diameter
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Right now I have from the bottom of the coil over sleeve to the bottom of the adjuster is 4". I think I can go 1" lower than that and still have weight on the springs, just not sure if anything else will bind or hit when I get it out to drive next summer.
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Crap, I forgot about this thread. What is your concern with the adjuster height?
In a nutshell, with the car up in the air on a jack and the strut extended all the way down, the spring needs to be touching the top hat and be sitting on the adjuster. If you can jack the car up and the spring loses all of it's preload and comes free to where you can move it around, you need to move the adjuster upwards to load the spring a little more. At that point, when you take the car off of the jack, your car will be at it's lowest ride height. If it is too low then tighten the adjuster a few turns and raise the car up a little until you are happy with the height.
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Thanks that helped. In the beginning it was too low, with the car on the ground; I was able to move the spring and at 4" it doesn't move around. I've got a base height now. I'm going to cut 1.5 coils from the front and then level the back with the front.
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