RE: [DML] Machined lower control arms and Eibach setup

["John Hervey" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harold, Did anyone say where it was rubbing.
john

 

-----Original Message-----
From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Harold McElraft
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:55 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DML] Machined lower control arms and Eibach setup

I suspect that the cause of the damage is the travel of the shock 
more so than the diameter of the shock. That said, OEM control arms 
accommodate a wide variety of shocks without issue because of a wide 
opening.

Harold McElraft - 3354



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Peter Kirchgessner" <fromyahoo@...> 
wrote:
>
> John,
> 
> thank you for the information. I just had a look at the Nissan 
shocks
> this morning. They are 39 mm wide at the bottom. And they show two
> marks where they are hitting the control arm and have been deformed.
> So the original shocks would not solve the problem. I will think 
about
> the possibilities I see: Grinding away aluminum where the shocks hit
> the arms or replacing the control arms with nowadays improved
> replacement parts that are working with Eibach setup.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Peter
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Hervey" <john@> wrote:
> >
> > The OD is 40mm at the bottom of the shock.
> >  
> > John
>



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