I see what you are saying now. There is about 1in of strut tube above stock spring perch that could be removed. So you would use a shortened koni insert with a 1in spacer or so below it and then stock or long coilovers? Do the inserts actually have 3.5in of travel though?
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My ground control coilover conversion came in today. I will post pics of the set up when it's done. I ordered 10" 250lb circle track XT (extreme travel) barrel springs for the front and 350lb springs for the rear. I'll cut the bump stop down for the front.
Hopefully that fixes the bottoming out issue. Maybe I'll even gain a bit of travel. If not, I might go with 275lb 12" springs.AWD > RWD
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Cut it off and section another tube in there or move the threads down (I thought you wanted to shorten the strut tube?). Those threads are hosed. I'm amazed that perch could still support the car!
IIRC the ix strut tube is thicker than the RWD models, but the same as the E36 M3 (not sure about other E36 models).
That strut looks like mine before I sent them out (actually, mine may have been a little worse). I even have the same engine stand, lol.
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huh? Who said they have the same travel?
It's not really about absolute travel. It's about how far the struts compress before they bottom out. And in the ix's case since the struts are directly above the front CV shafts, we are limited in how much they can compress. So to gain extra compression, you can shorten the tubes or cut the bump stops (which works in the case of Bilsteins as the factory bump stops are quite long).
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My understanding was that the race shocks had the same travel as the standard ones, just with shorter shock bodies. That is what allows you maintain decent travel when you shorten the strut housings. Otherwise it would be same thing as just using lowering springs or cutting the stock ones. Is this not correct?
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I tried searching and found that having coil-overs was somewhat useless in IX's because the lowered car destroys the front half shafts. Are you doing coils for the increased travel and ride comfort? I'm trying to catch up here...[/url]
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