Custom Strut Mounts

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:41 pm

Tomorrow i'll put the finishing touches on my front upper strut mounts. i still need to get an over sized pipe from my works shop & find a sealed bearing for my strut rod. then i should be getting 2" closer to the ground. I also still have the back to do, but thats gonna be a lil more work.

while i was at it, i choped the trunk too

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:50 pm

Are you going to cut that ridge in the unibody? With my coilovers I was almost resting on that and I notched it out to gain another inch. Goodluck with those strut mounts though.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:03 am

i still need to inspect the fender well area. i might take out the ridge that is around the strut rod bolt at the top of the strut tower. & then just mount the new mount on top of the strut tower. im still toying with ideas so when i finish the mounts i'll tear into it. i made like 8 of these plates & only 2 of them are pre drilled, so if i F up i got spares.

Sparky828 · Post by **Sparky828** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:06 am

how do you people do it?!?!? wear white shirts and keep them cleam while working on ur car... i cant do ti lolbut ive seen lots of pics of white shirt wearers keepin their shirts clean lol. I love that trunk tho

ACHEAPSHOT · Post by **ACHEAPSHOT** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:01 am

Good thing you have bagged suspension, you are gonna be super low!

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:23 pm

Maybe I missed it in another post but are you going to do to the trunk lid?

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:03 pm

i should be getting 2" closer to the ground.

Aren't you hitting the ground? Theres space to go 2'' lower already on a bagged suspension?

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:46 pm

raul-01 wrote:
i should be getting 2" closer to the ground.
Aren't you hitting the ground? Theres space to go 2'' lower already on a bagged suspension?

until i lay rocker, i will not stop. i have to do some trimming of course, but it will all be worth it

SILVER-ES wrote:Maybe I missed it in another post but are you going to do to the trunk lid?

the lid has already been modded

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:55 pm

until i lay rocker, i will not stop. i have to do some trimming of course, but it will all be worth it

You might have to do alittle more than just some "trimming", atleast in the front. There just isnt enough room up there to tuck a tire that high, atleast with my 205/40/17 but I think you have the same size. The rear shouldnt be a problem for you though, I was tucking rim with just coilovers alone but I had to drive it like that

I hope those strut mounts work out well though, thats a bummer you couldn't get a hold of ground control, I was thinking of buying there top mounts.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:27 pm

looks like im gonna have to raise the towers or come up with some wicked ass front end suspension

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:52 pm

CrucialNeon wrote:
SILVER-ES wrote:Maybe I missed it in another post but are you going to do to the trunk lid?
the lid has already been modded

So what was done to it?

Post by **Canada** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:57 pm

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KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:26 pm

can you drive your car with it layed out.?

quicksilvr · Post by **quicksilvr** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:03 am

Whoa man, when you get those fabbed in, you're going to need some of those blocks that the mini trucks use to throw sparks. Then if like he^ said, you drive with it slammed, you'll look like a sparkler on the 4th of July!

Seriously though, it'll be sweet when it's layed on the ground.

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:29 pm

EclecticBlue wrote:

Yeah, I saw the picture. Looks like a big cut up hole where the keyhole should be, hence my question of what was done to it...

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:56 pm

thats my viper key in the key hole. all i did was make my trunk flip flop again

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:14 pm

quicksilvr wrote:Whoa man, when you get those fabbed in, you're going to need some of those blocks that the mini trucks use to throw sparks. Then if like he^ said, you drive with it slammed, you'll look like a sparkler on the 4th of July! Seriously though, it'll be sweet when it's layed on the ground.

Its horrible for the frame when you do that

I know a guy that does that in his s-10 but its too much money for the real blocks.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:19 pm

which is why im gonna try & get my neon to be the only to drag body & get it on video. that way i'll only have to do it once, just to say "yeah i did it"

SILVER-ES · Post by **SILVER-ES** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:08 pm

CrucialNeon wrote:thats my viper key in the key hole. all i did was make my trunk flip flop again

That's why I didn't know what you did, I thought your trunk was already flip flop.

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:18 pm

Po12no has a video of him draggin his 2nd gen. We fabbed some strut bags on the front or his and he should be laying lower this year. I like your idea for the mounts but im not sure if I would mod the mount this way. I cant wait to see it done though.

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