coilover sleeve lenght?

[slide86]

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.....

cheers
Huw

[c2888]

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.

dan

[slide86]

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

[45aken]

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