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    jzx100 fan boy Domestic Engineer slide86's Avatar
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    Default coilover sleeve lenght?

    hey peoples.
    quick question, how long are your threaded sleeves for coilover kits?
    i have just been viewing the other threads about the coilover conversions and i measured my sleeve out of curiosity and its only 120mm long.

    Im planning on using SW20 MR2 KYB shocks. When i shorten the strut, where should i have the sleeve welded on. ie how far from the top of the strut??? so that i still get best use of the shocker.....

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    Default Re: coilover sleeve lenght?

    Depends on your spring length. Obviously longer is better because then you have enough thread if you get longer springs. I've built some with a 10 inch spring and I think that a shorter spring with a shorter thread mounted higher up would have been better.

    WHY: you lose a bit of wheel to strut clearance when you have the threads really low. Ideally you would only have a few cms of adjustment for corner weighting and adjust height via different lenght springs. But everyone wants to have the easy undefect up we go long threads.

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    Default Re: coilover sleeve lenght?

    well. the springs i have are only 6.5 inches long with no weight on them.
    there is a helper spring on top tho, to keep the spring captive. the total length is 10 inches
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    Default Re: coilover sleeve lenght?

    my sleeve is 120mm long, and sits about 20mm from the top of the 50mm shortened strut. plenty of adjustment.
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