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 > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/