My DIY rear Coil-over conversion (84 model)... play by play (Warning many pics) (Page 4/11)
Greenmeansgo SEP 15, 05:42 PM
Just so everyone knows if you dont want to use a dremel. I used a hacksaw and cut both welds were the weld meets the plate. I went 90% thru and hammered until the weld cracked and it took me only 15 mins.
Still have to cut off the actual weld with something tho
redraif SEP 16, 03:43 PM

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All of your parts are black so I can tell what order you put it all back together and which side is up on them



Ok I got everything edited and more pics to referance orrientation for "Greenmeansgo"! Hope that does the trick! Wheels should be mounted on tires Saturday and when I sort out all the control arm and tie rod bushings and painting I will have FINAL pics of the install!

Green... let me know if that has cleared everything up!

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Greenmeansgo SEP 16, 05:08 PM
Thats alot better thanks!
americasfuture2k SEP 17, 12:01 PM
very good sir!
redraif SEP 20, 01:13 PM
The almost final assembled shots I promised... Had to clean up all the rusty parts... Still have to finish up the poly parts on the a-arms, but the rest is in place and painted

Before the clean up of other parts:



After the clean up:

Passenger



Driver



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Oh and here is my little car while being operated on! Finally got the Mustang out of the way... LOL!





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redraif OCT 04, 03:10 PM
Initial shots on the car lowered in the rear. Now I have 3 fingers gap in the rear (the perch is 31 threads up from the bottom)



Finger space b/w perch and tire... still need alignment. Tire visible sitting in at the top

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Probably will go lower, but need to balance things first to see how it really sits.

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Now to tackle the front...



All things being put back on without tampering with the tierod length and attempting to keep the strut adjustment as it was...
Yipes... pigeon toed

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But the front did it too? All I did was add the rims. I have not touched the front yet! WOW



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Car is tracking like this >< ????

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redraif OCT 25, 03:02 PM
Ok finally got the front poly done and the frt 1.5 coil removal...

Much better all leveled out! I dropped the rear a few more turns and I'm near the 3 finger mark... in the front I'm at about 2.5 fingers...

Scarey thing is even with the alignment like this > < ... the darn car felt better then it ever did, nice and tight!...
So that rear floaty feeling I have been plagued with since I got the car was a combo of: blown motor & tranny mounts, dead suspension bushings, and old soft springs. The poly, new solid rubber motor and tranny mounts, 300lb rear & 1.5 coils cut on the front WS6 (stiffest stock) made all the difference! I was SOOO happy when I was driving my little indy again! Dang, I have missed this car!

edit: Oh and before I drove it its 20 mile maiden voyage I dialed the toes in better in the rear. This weekend I will tackle the front. Darn car pulled straight as an arrow though!

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nitroheadz28 OCT 25, 03:42 PM
Looks great! I only took out 1 coil from the front and can fit 3 fingers comfortably, I think I'll go back in and cut another half off next time I'm fiddling in there. Definitely a big difference with new bushings/ shocks and struts/ rear coilovers/ ball joints/ tie rods. My only complaint is that one of my bushings started squeaking in the front after only 500 miles on the poly install . I bought a whole tub of poly grease and they were coated with obscene amounts of grease and they still squeak!! Next year I'm going back in and doing a rubber bushing conversion, forget poly.
redraif OCT 25, 05:22 PM
Thank you!

As far as the height... I need to measure what my new gap is now that the car has 20 miles on it. I wanted to go 2 coils, but I knew that right now I could not get the bump stops cut down. So the plan is, with all the hard stuff done, take things partially apart.... get a mobile welder, or take the car to someone's place. Take apart only what I have to to mod the stops and take another .5 off the front coils, or get lowering ball joints to go that extra little bit in front.

With all my control arms I added greasable fittings. I also added them to my swap bar. I hope they work as well as planned to prevent sqeaks and premature wear in the poly.

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redraif OCT 27, 07:43 PM
Hopefully I can get the pics up soon of the greasble fittings maybe it can help.others avoid the squeaks.