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The FWD Cobra: Just one more thing then the MG gets all the attention



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Man I like that splitter idea, I think it would look good and ive always wished they made one for the gp
 


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Bakerdd said:
Man I like that splitter idea, I think it would look good and ive always wished they made one for the gp
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I'll probably get it whenever I get my coils on. It should fit pretty well, the dimensions of the cars are almost identical
 
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These came in today

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To go with these

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Now all I have to do is make the top mounts and grind out the sleeves a little to get them to slide over the housings. Them bam! I finally got these coilovers for the front I've been talking about forever.
 
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My spring hats came in today. All I got to do is a little work to the inside of the sleeves so they'll slide one, then I can assemble the coilovers then slap them on.
 
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Oh and anyone have any ideas on where to start the coils at height wise on the strut?
 
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I was going to assemble them today, but the sleeves require a little more massaging than I was willing to do. So I handed them off to my machinist buddy who's going to work on them on Monday, hopefully they'll work out good. Otherwise, I got the struts into their housing so they're ready and I'm going to continue to work on the side project of camber plates, hopefully those won't be to far down the road either.
 
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They're Koni retrofits. I bought them used a couple of years ago and had the front rebuilt. Unfortunately though that model isn't made anymore. I got these two rebuilt/revalved for ~$370. I'll eventually get the rears rebuilt as well. I may dig around a while though and see if I can find a 4th since Koni just gave me that 3rd one.
 
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Cool! I'm excited to see some pics for this camber plate project. Are these struts going to be shorter than stock ones when they're assembled?
 


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Yes, they are shorter than stock by a decent bit. These struts with Eibachs had almost no fender gap. I'm riding on GR2s up front and hate it lol

In the mean time I'm burning out the rubber on the mounts right now

Depending on when I go to dinner I mint have a prototype of sorts by tonigt
 
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Haha yeah I'm sure. Thats awesome, these are gonna be so legit and I think they'll ride wayyy better than the agx coils
 
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They sure will ride nice. I did cheat a little and get them valved for 500# springs but I've got 400#, might go stiffer, I dunno.

I got the rubber burned out. I need some cutting done for the mounts so they'll have to sit for a couple of days.
 
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Well the sleeves are going to require work by hand, my machinist could do it but it wouldn't be very cost effective. Need to find the best way to shave aluminum with a dremel now.
 
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