im using st141 struts in my ae86. im pretty sure they are the same diameter as the ones you have.
so you think the tube is being distorted by the heat. perhaps filling the tube with water before you weld will help keep it cool and stop the distortion.
using new struts would help. i simply went to the wreckers, got two struts and cut the spring perches of myself with a grinder. i also shortened them myself with a drop saw. i didnt have any dramas with the shocks fitting
i have seen some radical mods to get coiovers in the rear. people go to the extent of cutting out the rear mount and welding in the shock tower from the front of another car. this would give a complete upper mount setup, same as in the front of your car, it would require some sweet engineering, but would be sweet.
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