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PostPosted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:26 pm 
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Love your Car man. Any updates on the car since your last post? I'm planning on doing the DIY coilovers to my car as well. What length springs did you get for coil overs and where did you get the bearings for the springs? Also you just let the sleeve rest on the bottom of the shocks right? And did you leave the back shocks stock but just have the 3'' drop springs?


Thanks man. No suspension updates really. I've mainly been working on the engine bay.
The springs are 10" long.
These are bearings I used.
Yep, the sleeve just rests on the bottom.
And yes on the rear, It's still the 3" drop spring and Monro Matic Plus air assist struts.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:17 am 
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Where did you get the sleeves and springs? Did they come as a kit? or did you piece it together?


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I used this sleeve but had to have it bored out in two areas to make it fit over the GP AGX. Others have used this sleeve instead with success.

This is the coilover nut that goes with those sleeves.

There are 10" long, 2.5", 400 lb springs on the A1 Racing site but I chose these springs.

For the top mount, my solution was to take a stock 92-99 top mount and weld a 1/2-3/4" section of 2.5" OD pipe to the bottom to center the spring.
Weld inside the pipe to the top mount. Use a large plumbing pipe cutter, it'll pinch the top and bottom of the section making the bearing an interference fit until it gets to the base. Meaning.. if done correctly, you'll have to push the bearing on to the section but it shouldn't fall off, which is perfect. Lube the crap out of the bearings and clean/re-lube at least once a year. I run bearings up top as shown and also on the bottom of the spring.

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Also, reference the W-body/F-body pdf earlier in this thread for adapting the W strut shaft for working with the stock top mount.

And keep in mind that I was starting to have axle issues at this ride height before I raised the engine/trans:
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:20 pm 
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95naSTA wrote:
I used this sleeve but had to have it bored out in two areas to make it fit over the GP AGX. Others have used this sleeve instead with success.

This is the coilover nut that goes with those sleeves.

There are 10" long, 2.5", 400 lb springs on the A1 Racing site but I chose these springs.

For the top mount, my solution was to take a stock 92-99 top mount and weld a 1/2-3/4" section of 2.5" OD pipe to the bottom to center the spring.
Weld inside the pipe to the top mount. Use a large plumbing pipe cutter, it'll pinch the top and bottom of the section making the bearing an interference fit until it gets to the base. Meaning.. if done correctly, you'll have to push the bearing on to the section but it shouldn't fall off, which is perfect. Lube the crap out of the bearings and clean/re-lube at least once a year. I run bearings up top as shown and also on the bottom of the spring.

Image

Also, reference the W-body/F-body pdf earlier in this thread for adapting the W strut shaft for working with the stock top mount.

And keep in mind that I was starting to have axle issues at this ride height before I raised the engine/trans:
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Thank you! I have been over the pdf too. Just wanted to know where you got the stuff to do it. What damping setting do you run your agx's?


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:12 pm 
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Do you need the 2000+ wheel bearings with the knuckle or will the stock bearings work on the new knuckles?


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:38 pm 
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You need to do the 00 bearing with the 00 knuckle. On the 92-99 the bearing gets bolted to and thread into the knuckle. On the 00+ the bolts through the knuckle and thread into the bearing.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:31 pm 
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What sway bars are out there for an upgrade on our 95 h bodys?


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95_SEGoldbird wrote:
What sway bars are out there for an upgrade on our 95 h bodys?


I do believe you can get one of a Cadillac Deville. Not a 100% sure, but i think it's like 21mm and like liquid gold to us H-Body guys lol

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