mustard-z Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 This is my mockup for installing my GC coilovers to the front struts. The struts are Tokico's and the strut tubes haven't been shortened. Is the gap between the tophat and the camberplate normal or do I need to do something different? The picture is with the strut fully extended. Thanks, Aren EDIT: The spring is a 300lb/in 8" spring. The location is per the documentation i got from GC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Normally you see 10" springs on stock length struts. You could just put it in and see if it is too low with the adjuster all the way up. If so you can pull and replace the spring without totally disassembling the whole thing. Just take the big nut off the strut and lean the strut out and there should be enough room to get the 8" spring off and a 10" spring on. If GC gave you the location with 8" springs and stock struts, then it will probably be OK, but it looks a little suspicious to me from that pic. EDIT--those struts are marginal for that spring rate, so if you have to change springs you may want to step down to a 250 or so. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gramercyjam Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Thats normal. I have 300# 8 inch in the rear and #300 7 inch in the front. When you lower the car, the strut will compress. The hat needs room to wobble on the shaft a little too if they are like my GC hats and camber plates . You might want to zip tie the hat to the spring so it doesn't have problems seating in the hat after full droop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustard-z Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 Thanks guys. Why would GC supply 8" springs if their literature lists 12" springs for a 280z? I know that 300# springs are right on the edge of being controllable. I wanted to have something for when I upgrade the struts next year. GC said that 300# springs should be OK with the Tokico's. Although that is differing info than what I have read here. I'm going to try it though, hopefully I won't break anything. I guess next step is to call GC and double check with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustard-z Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 According to GC, what I have is correct. Go figure. I would have thought a helper spring setup would be the better way to go. Oh well, time to weld! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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