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experament-u2

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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:56 pm

iv recently did a strut tower flip in my GV, it has given me roughly 50mm of extra down travel.

now that is a bit of extra handy down travel but after taking it out for test 4x4 every time i hit a bump at speed (around 40) i hear what i think is the front struts bottoming out and on odd occasions the tires scrubbing a little (this is only at flex and im not to worried about that atm as it only happens at close to full lock)

my current suspension setup upfront is 30mm raised dobinsion springs and struts with a 15mm coil spacer and 50mm strut tower flip.

what would be the best way to stop it bottoming out?
am i right in thinking that i have a spare pair of 15mm coil spacers that i can chuck in the front to help limit up travel and level out the front?

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Rusho

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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:57 pm

Wouldn't extended bump stops help??

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gregdixon

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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:13 pm

What have you done with the strut brace ? The towers move a fair bit without it.

experament-u2

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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:59 pm

Rusho81 wrote:

Wouldn't extended bump stops help??

im not sure, i would think it would help, but i was looking for an easier method then pulling the bump stops off and making a spacer. it would probly be just as easy to try make one up when i put eh spring spacers in

gregdixon wrote:

What have you done with the strut brace ? The towers move a fair bit without it.

mine dosent have one, its a 2000 model SWB with the 1.6EFI so no brace

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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:11 am

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mine dosent have one, its a 2000 model SWB with the 1.6EFI so no brace

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atari4x4

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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:57 am

bump stop spacers

http://auszookers.com/index.php?name=Fo ... t=DIY+bump

my strut brace will not come off or go on with out it being on jack stands, that gives you an idea on how much they move!!!!

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gregdixon

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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:27 pm

That is the reason I asked. The SWB 1.6 GV's must be a fair bit lighter.

ODA1

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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:34 pm

i vote for longer struts

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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:41 pm

but would longer struts help when it's the compressed length that's causing the problem?

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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:25 am

the struts have just been placed down, so if he had longer struts then he would have more compression!?

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