thanks guys. its been a long time in the making, so im quite happy that things are progressing well at the moment. the build is half the fun imo, if these things were easy everyone would do it and how boring would that be!
ok onto the new bits...
heres the mx5 supsension i got, out of a 2006 model that a local car yard was selling and thought it was too hard a ride to sell the car with. sounds good to me though!
they put standard stuff back in the car and i got the set of these online for about 20% of what they're worth new.
heres the rear ones lined up against what i was going to use
the bottom mounting eye is even larger than the already large bore i was going to upgrade to. not too much drama though, ill just have to find someone with a bigger drill bit to attack the suspension arm with
and a bit of mix and match and i thought this combo would be about right. it seems Tein have the same idea as what i was going to do with having an adaptor. no more need to lathe down the old top plate that i was going to use. it just needs the adaptor and im done!
then i got looking at the fronts and figured why not pull those apart and see what we have...
remove the bottom bracket...
which is really nicely engineered i might add (like all the Tein parts i've seen)
and these bits come apart and we have a similar piece to before, but its alloy and a bit bigger
a quick check and it seems to be about the right size, good times! no need for an adaptor any more, i think ill just drill some holes in the top plates to match the holes in the chassis. it almost looks like it was made for it i reckon
back to the shocks, the front and rear are physically the same size bodies, but the fronts have slightly shorter shafts. as they're fully adjustable and can always be swapped back, im going to use the 'fronts' for now, as these should be a better overall length than the rears.
and here it is all together. all i need to do now is make the top plate fit the bolt holes where it bolts on the top and then make the bottom fit too. we're getting close!
i think thats about enough for today.
cheers,
340i
ok onto the new bits...
heres the mx5 supsension i got, out of a 2006 model that a local car yard was selling and thought it was too hard a ride to sell the car with. sounds good to me though!
they put standard stuff back in the car and i got the set of these online for about 20% of what they're worth new.
heres the rear ones lined up against what i was going to use
the bottom mounting eye is even larger than the already large bore i was going to upgrade to. not too much drama though, ill just have to find someone with a bigger drill bit to attack the suspension arm with
and a bit of mix and match and i thought this combo would be about right. it seems Tein have the same idea as what i was going to do with having an adaptor. no more need to lathe down the old top plate that i was going to use. it just needs the adaptor and im done!
then i got looking at the fronts and figured why not pull those apart and see what we have...
remove the bottom bracket...
which is really nicely engineered i might add (like all the Tein parts i've seen)
and these bits come apart and we have a similar piece to before, but its alloy and a bit bigger
a quick check and it seems to be about the right size, good times! no need for an adaptor any more, i think ill just drill some holes in the top plates to match the holes in the chassis. it almost looks like it was made for it i reckon
back to the shocks, the front and rear are physically the same size bodies, but the fronts have slightly shorter shafts. as they're fully adjustable and can always be swapped back, im going to use the 'fronts' for now, as these should be a better overall length than the rears.
and here it is all together. all i need to do now is make the top plate fit the bolt holes where it bolts on the top and then make the bottom fit too. we're getting close!
i think thats about enough for today.
cheers,
340i
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