Guest datsun280zmike Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 i have jus purchased gc coilovers with kyb shocks...i plan on lowering the car 1½ or 2 inches is it necessary for me to cut the struts tubes? or should i be fine without having to do that..i have done a search but i could not find a full answer.. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 well, it's too late to cut strut tubes now because you already purchased the shocks to fit stock strut tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest datsun280zmike Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 no such things as too late (bloodsport) ha ha ha.... should i just make a spacer for the rears then? should i be ok with lowering the car jus 2 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I think you misunderstood me. If you got stock style replacement strut cartidges, you'd have to get NEW strut cartidges, because you'd be making the tube they go into shorter. You could drop shorter struts into the tubes with spacers, but not the other way around. You'll have to get new struts for the cut tubes. Usually vw rabbit rears, if memory serves. Try it out without sectioning first. I run GC coils, and here's how my car looks without sectioning the strut tubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-ya Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 You will need to section the struts if you have the ground control kit. If you don't section, you won't have much travel. You can use the 240Z front cartriges in the rear, and return the 240Z rear cartriges for MR2 cartriges and use them in the front. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I think you can live with 2" lowering without sectioning the struts. I know plenty of people who have run Susp Tech lowering springs without sectioning. Yes, you will bottom more frequently. If you want to go any lower, then you'd definitely want to section the tubes. The Tokico Illumina part number for the front is BZ3099, you can use that to cross reference the correct KYB part. I believe it is from an 87 MR2 rear. The front struts will go in the back, the MR2 struts will install in the front. You can also trim the bumpstops to get a little more travel too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 I should also mention that I just sectioned some struts and it wasn't hard to do with the proper tools. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74_5.0L_Z Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 Using the GroundControl camber plates instead of the factory datsun isolaters will increase the amount that the car can be lowered before sectioning the struts becomes required. The camber plates are ~1" thinner than the 240Z isolators. I haven't sectioned my struts yet, and my car is about 3 inches lower than stock. I have stock length struts, GroundControl coilovers (200 #/in on front and 250#/in on rear) and the GroundControl camber plates. I do get pretty close to bottoming my struts, and plan to section and shorten them in the future, but for now I am getting by without any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest datsun280zmike Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 thanks guys for all the help ill try putting them on without sectioning and see how everything goes...aux: nice ride, i actually want that same lowered look that you have...how much did you decrease the ride height by? oh yea what size wheels are you running... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 they're ronal 15x7 w/ 225/50/15 tires, about 1.5-1.7" in front, probably same in the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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