Exactly what did he do??
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Exactly what did he do??
Anyone know exactly what he did to the rear? I think I figured out what he did with the front. Its just the rear I can't really figure out.
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thanks for the comments guys. ok i have the air struts from AIM industries, front and back. when i first got the air struts the only problem i had was with the back. i still have not had any problems with the front except it would not go low enough. i bought the front back in may, and i drive my car every where. on the back i replaced an o-ring and that fixed the air leak. as far as the ride quality goes it ok but nothing great. i can substitue a bad ride so i can drag my car down the freeway. you ought to see my converter, its all smashed up. now in order to get my car as low as it is now it took some cutting but nothing that anyone couldnt do. before i cut my car you couldnt even tell i had bags thats why i cut it. ok the back strut mount has a bracket with a eye in the bottom of it unscrew the bracket off of the bottom of the strut bag.now find a bolt that will screw in side the mount. the inside of the mount is threaded all the way in. so if you cut some of it off it will give you like 2 or 3 inches more. but dont cut it to short. the bolt that you screwed in their is to keep the threads for messing up while you cut it. when you get threw just screw it back on the bottom of the strut bag and wolla your 3 inches lower and it didnt hurt a thing. you can tell more about it when its there in front of you. i cut mine with a cut of saw. now for the front its pretty easy. in order to make your car lower using a strut bag the strut has got to come up toward the tower. you cant bring down the bottom where the rotor is . the strut bag will hit the wheel. so take the factory strut mount take it apart ,its going to take some muscle you will see that you have 2 parts. one parts is going to have a green looking cup on it. you haft to take that off, again more muscle. knock out the 3 splined studs. now th part with hole in the bottom of it goes under the strut tower. put the indention of the mount facing upward. now find you some long bolts to go threw the bottom to the top. stick the bolts threw the bottom take the other piece of the strut mount and put it on top. the rubber bushing down. this is so the strut can still turn using the bearin that came with the air struts. now put some spacers up under the top strut mount i just uses some thick nuts. put a couple on each bolt and slide the bolt threw both mounts . then put you nuts on it and sug it up. then stick the rod on the strut bag assbly. threw the mount snug it down now tighten everything up. now the strut bolt is going to hit you hood. so take a die grinder a cut a little slot out of you hood supports, for the strut bolts more clearance. you cant tell with the hood down. fellas thats all i can tell you if you have problems let me know i will try to help. oh yeah,, the car will raise up above stock height in the front and back. later guys
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#95 01-23-2004, 11:19 AM
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thanks for the comments guys. ok i have the air struts from AIM industries, front and back. when i first got the air struts the only problem i had was with the back. i still have not had any problems with the front except it would not go low enough. i bought the front back in may, and i drive my car every where. on the back i replaced an o-ring and that fixed the air leak. as far as the ride quality goes it ok but nothing great. i can substitue a bad ride so i can drag my car down the freeway. you ought to see my converter, its all smashed up. now in order to get my car as low as it is now it took some cutting but nothing that anyone couldnt do. before i cut my car you couldnt even tell i had bags thats why i cut it. ok the back strut mount has a bracket with a eye in the bottom of it unscrew the bracket off of the bottom of the strut bag.now find a bolt that will screw in side the mount. the inside of the mount is threaded all the way in. so if you cut some of it off it will give you like 2 or 3 inches more. but dont cut it to short. the bolt that you screwed in their is to keep the threads for messing up while you cut it. when you get threw just screw it back on the bottom of the strut bag and wolla your 3 inches lower and it didnt hurt a thing. you can tell more about it when its there in front of you. i cut mine with a cut of saw. now for the front its pretty easy. in order to make your car lower using a strut bag the strut has got to come up toward the tower. you cant bring down the bottom where the rotor is . the strut bag will hit the wheel. so take the factory strut mount take it apart ,its going to take some muscle you will see that you have 2 parts. one parts is going to have a green looking cup on it. you haft to take that off, again more muscle. knock out the 3 splined studs. now th part with hole in the bottom of it goes under the strut tower. put the indention of the mount facing upward. now find you some long bolts to go threw the bottom to the top. stick the bolts threw the bottom take the other piece of the strut mount and put it on top. the rubber bushing down. this is so the strut can still turn using the bearin that came with the air struts. now put some spacers up under the top strut mount i just uses some thick nuts. put a couple on each bolt and slide the bolt threw both mounts . then put you nuts on it and sug it up. then stick the rod on the strut bag assbly. threw the mount snug it down now tighten everything up. now the strut bolt is going to hit you hood. so take a die grinder a cut a little slot out of you hood supports, for the strut bolts more clearance. you cant tell with the hood down. fellas thats all i can tell you if you have problems let me know i will try to help. oh yeah,, the car will raise up above stock height in the front and back. later guys
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Rep Power: 285 I'm just curious what he cut on because I've got the strut bags and they ride great but slammed all the way down is not even tucking any tire on 17" rims. I want to try to get it to lay lower without putting on just bags
