19Cutlass94 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I was on the site and I saw this: Our coil-over kit comes with everything you need to convert your rear suspension from that old, saggy monoleaf to FULLY ADJUSTABLE, independent coil-over struts. The coil-overs feature 6†of height adjustment, which allows you to raise or lower the rear of the car WITHOUT changing the ride quality. This is the safest and best way to lower the rear of your car. The rear strut towers are more than strong enough to support the rear of the vehicle without distorting or breaking. This kit covers all W body cars with a monoleaf rear suspension, and includes springs, BILLET ALUMINUM upper spring mounts, threaded sleeves with adjuster nuts. You can order the kit with or without KYB GR-2 struts which are required to use this kit. All kits are built to order, so please allow up to 4 weeks build time. We have material in stock for two kits and we will not be making any new kits! When these two are gone... that's it! So then Ill have yet another discontinued item on my car! Whats he up to if hes not going to make coilovers anymore?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordBoy Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 that sucks i was thinking about saving some $ to buy a set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Michael does this on the side IIIRC. Anyways, I talked to him sometime last fall and he said he had no plans to get rid of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I knew that he did it on the side, I just wasnt sure if he was moving on to another project, or just stopping it completely ya kno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I knew that he did it on the side, I just wasnt sure if he was moving on to another project, or just stopping it completely ya kno? Probably completely. He hasn't owned a W-body for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 damn that sucks....good thing im not going any farther on my car. What does he do besides this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 damn that sucks....good thing im not going any farther on my car. What does he do besides this? I think hes a engineer, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntzie Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 ok the rear coilovers are easy as hell to make for our cars for way cheaper then ffp sells then for the only hing ffp sells is the top mounts id assume, and i bet awebb could make them// hell if i sold my rear coilover setup for 200 bucks id still be making money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 maybe he read josh's thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 If i could buy them cheaper, I'd be all in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 maybe he read josh's thread ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 ...about buying the parts separately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntzie Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 i never saw the thread but ive had frnt and rear coilovers for a while now... as for parts the reas cost (per coilover) IIRC ~40 bucks for the spring - 12" long ~ 20 for a 7" threaded sleve under $15 for the adjustter ring/ nut whatever you call it that goes on the sleeve to adjust the height mounts could be made for under 20 bucks a piece forsure, so looking at a toal of what $90 bucks a strut edit: also the parts are available in all sorts of I.D. to work with ANY strut brand you choose to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 where did you get your sleeves? the afco ones need honed out a little bit. and how did you do the fronts? also, i bumped the thread as gtpmunky was working on some mounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntzie Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 ya i just some of the thread now. i didnt get the parts from a1racing.com and the springs from summitracing.com as for the rear mount mine arent anything like turbo sedans, i basically looked at the setup of FFP's im not gunna lie, i just got some 15/16" plate cut to the size of the stock upper mounts, drilled the holes, then uses a home made rubber "washer" to go between the mount and the spring. its sort of hetto but i wanted everything to fit first. i would like to get some mounts made though, by the looks off ffp's it woulnt be too difficult to make something even better designed the fronts are easy as hell to do same setup but i used a 9" sleve, cut the stock perch off and went to town- well a little more then that but basically thats it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 thats awesome and i dont have to get yellow springs or hone anything out. http://www.a1racing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1734 http://www.a1racing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1744 http://www.a1racing.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2729 about 230 shipped for 2 sleeves, 2 springs, and 4 rings (i hate dealing w/ the set screws)...not too bad didnt see any 9" sleeves though i just used my stock rubber mounts; been on for over a year with no problems. if you use that stuff, you can get any brand coil that is 2 1/2" ID and 12" long, which you did looks like i might have a project for the new car (94+ front knuckles and coilovers, 94+ rear brakes and coilovers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntzie Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 i got the springs from summit thoguh, as they are way cheaper http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=HAL%2D12%2D375&N=700+4294846689+4294787573+115&autoview=sku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Well last time I talked to Michael he did hint about getting out of the w-body scene. He said that he is working on more things for the ECOTEC motors and alos he was working an a twin turbo setup for his DD (Olds Bravada) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 He said that he is working on more things for the ECOTEC motors yeah, stuff for me about $300 in hardware to do f&r if you go w/ the qa1 springs (plus struts and front mounts) what kind of mount did you use on the front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97loudcut Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 If you are referring to me, I have Eibach springs up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuntzie Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 He said that he is working on more things for the ECOTEC motors yeah, stuff for me about $300 in hardware to do f&r if you go w/ the qa1 springs (plus struts and front mounts) what kind of mount did you use on the front? my dads buddy made me some at his work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmin Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 He said that he is working on more things for the ECOTEC motors yeah, stuff for me about $300 in hardware to do f&r if you go w/ the qa1 springs (plus struts and front mounts) what kind of mount did you use on the front? my dads buddy made me some at his work no, not you, matt could you be so kind as to divulge a little more info and maybe some pics of your front setup (assuming there isnt a post about it) also, heres a link to all qa-1 springs including some progressive ones: http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=700+400026+303893+115&Ne=111266&NeXID=111266 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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