Advanced Suspension Mods

[Bdonkin88]

Ok I've read through the lot thanks Charlie and everyone for the thread! Will start putting a parts list together for my UK based pride!

[mikemounlio]

Ok I've read through the lot thanks Charlie and everyone for the thread! Will start putting a parts list together for my UK based pride!

Look at my thread I went throught all this and them redid it in a way that was straight to the point. I have the full how to with shopping list and bolt for bolt pictures on what to do. I got all my info from this page all credit goes to this OP. I just took out all the chatter from the page.

Anyway check it out.

[Mike28396]

advanceDynamix your setup is nice and low. i recently purchase a 92 and was wanting to know if i can use this setup to go as just as low in your pic: mk2 Front struts/ 150lbs 12" springs & 93vw cabriolet rear shocks/ 120 lbs 10" springs?

I'm trying to go extreme low with decent drivability. it will not see track until i swap a BP down the road.

[Advancedynamix]

For extreme low you'll want 120lb front springs and 105lb rear.

[Festiver]

Here is one of the rear spring hats that I made. The kit came with some, but I wanted lower profile ones that mated up with the stock shock bushings better. You could use an assortment of thick washers from the hardware store to do the same thing.

Here are the finished shocks
and installed

And notice the clearance! They offer 4 real inches of suspension adjustment without sacrificing tire room!

Do you remember the demensions on those spring hats I can make them quick next week but I don't have the springs to know lol

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[Advancedynamix]

Do you remember the demensions on those spring hats I can make them quick next week but I don't have the springs to know lol

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these are the rear top hats for this suspension setup. the 7mm one is the one that Charlie did and I drew based off his measurements, and the 25.4mm is the one that I did after talking with him on spring location. I believe he used steel that was hard anodized for the 7mm while the 25.4mm was made from t6 6061 and was not coated. The centering step diameter may need to be modified very slightly depending on spring rate. I believe I turned mine slightly smaller than the print and the model show. I will measure them as soon as I get the rear apart again. Just measure the true I.D. of your spring before you make them or have them made.

Here is the dropbox link to blueprints and solid model of the hats. I saved them as a generic .IGES If you want a more specific file type lmk.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h1g0e6ns29s4mjo/AADlOhzmgN4fDEOtdopU7W3Oa?dl=0

Had to dig back a little bit, but the answer was right here in this thread.
My steel hats were powder coated and the aluminum hats were hard anodized. I don't think steel can be hard anodized. I have made some which were zinc coated though, which is similar to hard anodize.

[william]

I have a guy that was gunna make me some like I got off ebay but there much thicker.
Is there an advantage to them being thin other than the car sitting a half inch lower?
Here's what the one I bought looks like.


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[wwwdotgov]

I would love some spring hats if somebody would make a batch.

[Advancedynamix]

I have a guy that was gunna make me some like I got off ebay but there much thicker.
Is there an advantage to them being thin other than the car sitting a half inch lower?
Here's what the one I bought looks like.


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The thin ones were my early design for the Festiva/Aspire KYB shocks with shortened shafts. The thick ones work better on the MK1 VW KYB shocks. That's the latest design.

[Festiver]

Had to dig back a little bit, but the answer was right here in this thread.
My steel hats were powder coated and the aluminum hats were hard anodized. I don't think steel can be hard anodized. I have made some which were zinc coated though, which is similar to hard anodize.

Oh didn't even see it thank you so much though

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[reddragon]

Would anyone have, or be able to take, some measurements of the the mk1 rear struts?

compressed length (measured from the centre of lower bolt, to top of thread)
extended length (measured as above)

[Dragonhealer]

"Top of the thread" is a little ambiguous, but if you mean where the last two nuts retain the upper washer;
16 inches compressed / 24-3/16 inches extended, approximately, used a tape measure.

[reddragon]

Cheers mate, it gives me a base to work off - I'm messing around with struts off a '99 Demio, will see if I can modify them to similar dimensions.

[Dragonhealer]

Cheers mate, it gives me a base to work off - I'm messing around with struts off a '99 Demio, will see if I can modify them to similar dimensions.

Wonderfull! Can you shoot me the same dimensions off of the Demio shock? Am looking for an up grade for the 2012 Mazda2.

[reddragon]

Wonderfull! Can you shoot me the same dimensions off of the Demio shock? Am looking for an up grade for the 2012 Mazda2.

Compressed 480mm
Extended 685mm
Strut diameter 38mm

Thats from centre of lower mount, to end of shaft. So take off 30mm, and that should be about where top nuts retain upper washer.
I'm not much good at converting mm back to inches, I should get one of those tape measures that has both!