Ground control coilovers on zx2 struts...

[Jho]

whos got 'em? Or any coilover on zx2 struts for that matter? I just got that **** and I've got some questions.

[Gro Harlem]

u have to cut away the lil metal hats on the zx2's to fit the narrow-as-**** coilovers onto the perch

[Jho]

Thanks man, that was one of my questions that I answered myself today. I actually cut off the lower perches so that the coilover slides down to the perch's 3 welds so that the coilover will sit evenly. I grinded the **** out of one of those metal hats on the strut just to find that once I had grinded it small enough for the sleeve to fit over, there was nothing left of it and it just fell off. So I just tapped the other 3 off today. So those caps must only be there to keep **** out of there? Did you cover that some how? The other question I had was what did you do to the the little aluminum hats (or upper spring perches) for the coilover? The rear ones fit onto the shaft of the strut perfectly, but the fronts don't have that little lip cut out so that they can properly seat onto the strut's shaft. I am going to have a little lip machined into those front hats so they will seat onto the strut properly and tightly. I was just wondering how you handled this.

[Marc93lx]

Actually you can just knock those metal hats off with a hammer and screwdriver.

[Jho]

yea I did that. On the front strut mount which side is supposed to face where? Mine have these little rubber tabs and I wasnt sure if that was supposed to tell me to put that side facing forward or out or what.

[Marc93lx]

Those tabs change the camber depending on where they point. Just make it to where they point to the engine bay.

[D323]

please post pics of your setup once your done... I would be interested to see what it looks like and the end result.

[Jho]

Will do, It's gunna be mad low. I plan on puttin 'em all the way down and rolling my fenders, but I'm not sure if my 17x 17.5's will fit in there. They barely fit now. So that may not last too long. But everyone will see them in a couple of days.....

[D323]

right now I have my set of MX3 rims (15's) with a huge ass 205/60/15 or something like that... its sooo farking close to rubbing... right now they tuck in the rear.... 7.5's are pretty wide... double check that off-set to be sure.

[Jho]

Yea man, I'm rockin 205/40/17's on 17x7.5's. My car's lowered 1.8 all the way around, and sometimes when I hit a big bump I hear my tire rub my fender. My rims are a cunthair off of my struts and control arms. If I ever bent a rim, I'd b focked. Rite now, it looks like if I drop it any more my car would sit on the tires, so I just hope when I slam it, it doesn't rub. D323, How wide r yur rims, and what suspension set up r u rockin?

[D323]

2in drop on sprint springs with the zx2 struts so roughly a 2.5in drop.

I think that the offset if goofy on these mx3 rims or something, b/c they almost rub against the struts themselves.

[MazdaRacer]

the MX3 has a 30mm wider track width up front, that may be the reason why they sit closer to the strut on the Protege/323.

and i bet your running wider than stock tires too

[D323]

the MX3 has a 30mm wider track width up front, that may be the reason why they sit closer to the strut on the Protege/323.

and i bet your running wider than stock tires too

205/60/15's (might be 65's, but I think they are 60s)

they are so close that if I dont keep proper inflation on the tires they start to rub.

[mike_moss]

the MX3 has a 30mm wider track width up front, that may be the reason why they sit closer to the strut on the Protege/323.

and i bet your running wider than stock tires too

30mm in the rear, too!

[mike_moss]

205/60/15's (might be 65's, but I think they are 60s)

they are so close that if I dont keep proper inflation on the tires they start to rub.

That could be your problem. Tires should be 205/55/15 as per manual.