First the plates, The are Mookeeh (ebay) universal Camber plates.
Plate sectioning is 6MM aluminium


The pillow ball housing is Steel ,and the pillow ball appears to be replaceable




drilling after marking holes.



studded mookeeh camber plate next to stock top hat.





The threads of the strut shaft are too short for a standard nut.


temporary solution, took a king nut,and my dremel, used a cut off wheel to trim off chunks ,sanding drum for smoothing and hand files for finishing.
Monday im going to see about having custom nuts milled
because i cant find any 14 x 2.00 sleeve nuts.



Sturt assembled, Camber plate / 5/8 X 1/4 Tapered washer / Grade 8 washers(to make a ledge for the spring perch)


Installed in my filthy engine bay.



underside

 

Nice so it looks like you're building your own customs coilovers

 

Baiscly . I'm still debating the strut insert idea. The strut body needs to be shorter.

 

So how is the project coming?

 

looks good so far, i know its been a while since any progress has been posted.

have you come up with a solution for the length of the strut rod, for better thread engagement?

 

Wow , its been a while, i got preoccupied with life, and the lack of funds lol.
So i just ordered my koni 8610 1436 Race inserts. they should be here in by the 22nd .
I got a spare set of cobalt struts as well as a set of celica struts. I'll be cutting the cobalt struts down and welding the threaded tops of the celica struts to them, that way i can use a gland nut to secure the koni insert into place.

Here's a the cobalt strut cut up to measure.
The tab for the sway bar will be moved down an inch or so to allow more room for the coilover sleeve.


And here's a rough idea of what i'm planing on doing.

 

So it looks like my inserts will be here this Thursday. I started getting the parts prepped for assembly


here is the Cobalt strut with the celica threaded portion on top and the sway bar end link moved down, a new spring perch ring will be welded on, and the sway bar links will have to be shorted (or just ride with a lot of preload on the sway bar. this is just a test fit, i wont weld anything till the struts get here. stock strut right.

 

stock strut bodys, threaded tops,spring perch and sway bar mounts.


Threaded tops welded to stock strut body's.


weld grinded down



perch and sway bar mount welded on.(perch tacked on in this pic)


insert /sleeve ,test fit









I should have gone with a sleeve with a completed thread. and i may weld a lip to the
spring perch for safety sake.





All the way down, with fully threaded sleeve there would be a little over an 1" more drop.

 

well done

 

The only problem I seem to have now is that I have more suspension travle than tire clearance lol.

 

haha you will get it down to your liking

 

Nice write up man .. Did u end up cutting down the sway bar?

 

wasn't necessary

 

nicely done, love fabrication stuff.

 

Kudos for posting your expirament

 

I have these coilover sleeves and I was wondering if they will work with the stock top hats, and will I have to modify my stock struts in order for the coilover sleeves to work?

 

No clue. I don't know what top hats you have. I only found out what would work by jumping in and giving it a try. The problem i found with the stock struts is that you cant go much lower than most lower springs on them, they tend to bottom easily which is why i went with inserts.

Take note that for what this all cost me in the end i would have been better off buying cheap coil overs. thoes koni inserts were about 400 bucks by them selves.

 

how much did this end up costing in total?

 

Probably about what a decent set of coilsovers would have cost.