Festiver build thread

[Festiver]

I just got all of my Coilovers put on about a week ago and it drove great afterwards. The Front made the steering so much better and I couldn't find a corner fast enough to really give it the the full force of the B3 but then I drove it home and found some issues with the Tie-rod so I'm waiting on parts again...

That's a shame the rods went but hey it'll be better than ever

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[Festiver]

my bank account looks good in silver and black 😂 this weekend is to widebody the rear and maybe install the front coils

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[firebush357]

The fronts go on pretty quick. The longest part of that job was grinding the Mounting holes out. It helps if you have someone out there with you to start the strut mount bolts but it can be done alone.

[Festiver]

The fronts go on pretty quick. The longest part of that job was grinding the Mounting holes out. It helps if you have someone out there with you to start the strut mount bolts but it can be done alone.

Yeah I'm not too worried about the install besides setting my camber right

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[firebush357]

Yeah I'm not too worried about the install besides setting my camber right

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Yeah, I have yet to even try to do that. I guess I need to buy a kit to align it properly from home. I also need to roll my fenders out because I would like to go lower but I don't want to have the chance of rubbing.

[william]

Make sure you put a washer on your strut between the top hat and strut mount.
It's very close and if you run it like this for long the aluminum hat will compress some and the hat and strut mount will rub.
I didn't do this when I installed mine and now a few months later the steering is getting harder. So I have to pull them off again to install the washer
And when sloting to make them fit slot the lower one stright upward. And the top one stright back for camber adjustment. I used a Carbide bur and die grinder and just took my time . I also welded a washer over the bottom hole like Charlie did but it's not really needed.

[ryanprins13]

I just did struts last weekend and slotted the top hole but not the bottom. What does slotting the bottom one upwards do if your not also slotting the top one up?

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[FestYboy]

Slot one vertically, one horizontally, for camber adjustment

[Festiver]

Make sure you put a washer on your strut between the top hat and strut mount.
It's very close and if you run it like this for long the aluminum hat will compress some and the hat and strut mount will rub.
I didn't do this when I installed mine and now a few months later the steering is getting harder. So I have to pull them off again to install the washer
And when sloting to make them fit slot the lower one stright upward. And the top one stright back for camber adjustment. I used a Carbide bur and die grinder and just took my time . I also welded a washer over the bottom hole like Charlie did but it's not really needed.

Thanks for that tip I would've missed that

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[Festiver]

Slot one vertically, one horizontally, for camber adjustment

Do you know how far to cut for -4.5°

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[FestYboy]

Nope! Lol

[william]

I just cut and test fit till I could bottom the knuckel to the strut. That will give over 5 degrees - adjustment. I'm one running - 3.5 but I only wanted to do this once.
I ended up going a bit further than this and that picture makes the top hole look like it's going upward but it's not that bad.

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[fudge]

Make sure you put a washer on your strut between the top hat and strut mount.
It's very close and if you run it like this for long the aluminum hat will compress some and the hat and strut mount will rub.
I didn't do this when I installed mine and now a few months later the steering is getting harder. So I have to pull them off again to install the washer
And when sloting to make them fit slot the lower one stright upward. And the top one stright back for camber adjustment. I used a Carbide bur and die grinder and just took my time . I also welded a washer over the bottom hole like Charlie did but it's not really needed.

What washers should we use?

[ryanprins13]

Slot one vertically, one horizontally, for camber adjustment

Im going to sound really stupid here but i still dont get why the bottom one needs to be slotted. I dont understamd what that would do to help.
I just slotted the top on mine and got the 2.5 or so degrees of movement i wanted. I havent checked it on the car, maybe it didnt work, i am checking that tomorrow, but if it didnt work id like to understand why anyway.
Thanks and sorry for the dumb questions...


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[william]

Because the hole spacing is to wide on the vw struts. It won't bolt to the festiva knuckle if it's not sloted up.
As for washer just one that fits.
Looks like your using festiva struts so yeah they'll bolt up problem is the damping is weak and you can't get much camber out of them before the knuckles hit the strut. Maybe 1.5 degree
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