Spring perch mod pics

[PeaveyBassist]

Yeah, cutting and hackjobbing a major suspension component is a great idea. Seriously, save some money and buy drop hats and/or take your spring pads out. Do you just love that whirring noise you get going around corners when the tire hits the spring seat or do you not actually drive?

hahahahahahahahaha hackjobbing? I'm not the one who welded this. The guy that welded this builds chopper frames from scratch. I totally trust his ability to weld a structural component in a vehicle. The weld on the perch looks much better and wider than the factory weld did.

Taking spring pads out lowers the car a minimal, probably not noticable amount in front.

The purpose of doing this was to NOT spend money on drop hats. I've only seen 10-15mm drop hats which is less than 3/4". 15mm is only 0.59".

I don't get a "whirring" noise from anything. I have 195/65 tires on a 14" rim. There is over 1" of clearance between tire and perch. Even if I had less, when cornering hard, the space between the tire and the perch doesn't change. The distance between the tire and the fender changes. Think before you make a post calling someone a dumbass when you make a stupid assumption like the perch and the tire getting closer to eachother when cornering hard.

I drive on the street to work and back. This is my daily driver. Why does everyone who drives on the street have to corner hard and "drive"? Why can't I just drive comfortably from point A to point B and enjoy driving my e30? Maybe I should just go buy a camry if thats all I want to do right? Now, lets hear your response flying fiddle player :)

[PeaveyBassist]

This is a 195/60 mounted directly to the hub (no brake rotor) after the perch was lowered. You can clearly see how much clearance there is, even before the rim is spaced out due to the brake rotor. You can kind of see the weld on the perch as well and if you took a moment to see the weld on the stock perch, this looks much better if you ask me.

[nando]

my R888s are about 3mm from the strut tubes, enough to lightly polish the paint but that's about it. :p

[FredK]

Fred, I love you.

Just curious though, wouldn't a die grinder be better?

No, that's how you clearance the strut towers to max out camber?

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[FredK]

hahahahahahahahaha hackjobbing? I'm not the one who welded this. The guy that welded this builds chopper frames from scratch. I totally trust his ability to weld a structural component in a vehicle. The weld on the perch looks much better and wider than the factory weld did.

Taking spring pads out lowers the car a minimal, probably not noticable amount in front.

The purpose of doing this was to NOT spend money on drop hats. I've only seen 10-15mm drop hats which is less than 3/4". 15mm is only 0.59".

I don't get a "whirring" noise from anything. I have 195/65 tires on a 14" rim. There is over 1" of clearance between tire and perch. Even if I had less, when cornering hard, the space between the tire and the perch doesn't change. The distance between the tire and the fender changes. Think before you make a post calling someone a dumbass when you make a stupid assumption like the perch and the tire getting closer to eachother when cornering hard.

I drive on the street to work and back. This is my daily driver. Why does everyone who drives on the street have to corner hard and "drive"? Why can't I just drive comfortably from point A to point B and enjoy driving my e30? Maybe I should just go buy a camry if thats all I want to do right? Now, lets hear your response flying fiddle player :)

Now who's flipping shit? :p:p:p

[PeaveyBassist]

Now who's flipping shit? :p:p:p

haha touche Mr. Fred!

[Fidhle007]

hahahahahahahahaha hackjobbing? I'm not the one who welded this. The guy that welded this builds chopper frames from scratch. I totally trust his ability to weld a structural component in a vehicle. The weld on the perch looks much better and wider than the factory weld did.

Taking spring pads out lowers the car a minimal, probably not noticable amount in front.

The purpose of doing this was to NOT spend money on drop hats. I've only seen 10-15mm drop hats which is less than 3/4". 15mm is only 0.59".

I don't get a "whirring" noise from anything. I have 195/65 tires on a 14" rim. There is over 1" of clearance between tire and perch. Even if I had less, when cornering hard, the space between the tire and the perch doesn't change. The distance between the tire and the fender changes. Think before you make a post calling someone a dumbass when you make a stupid assumption like the perch and the tire getting closer to eachother when cornering hard.

I drive on the street to work and back. This is my daily driver. Why does everyone who drives on the street have to corner hard and "drive"? Why can't I just drive comfortably from point A to point B and enjoy driving my e30? Maybe I should just go buy a camry if thats all I want to do right? Now, lets hear your response flying fiddle player :)

Ok, so you don't want to spend the money to buy a simple part but you're willing to pay to have the front suspension completely disassembled and modified? Yeah, that seems logical...

Now let's talk about tires rubbing strut tubes. It's called "deflection" and it's what you get when you load a tire sideways. The lower profile your tires have, the less deflection you will experience but on a 65 series like you're running, deflection occurs readily. I'm glad you don't hit the strut tube but it still seems like a stupid amount of work for something that's only purpose is to make your car look like a VW...

[Fidhle007]

No, that's how you clearance the strut towers to max out camber?

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Well, I was young, stupid and Ireland engineering plates really don't work that well. ;)