Thread: shorter AGX front struts for GP? any swaps?

Cutting springs is about the dumbest thing you could think of doing.

Agreed


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wut.... this is kinda like mind blowing buy or make coilovers done. call it a day

I was going to do coilovers, but my 18X8.5 winter wheels and 255/45 tires are very close to the strut and my 18X10 summer & racing wheels would rub the coils if it had coilovers. I'm going to keep the 275/40's under the fenders. Can't do that without the 7.2" backspacing.

I honestly don't think there is another strut that would just bolt into our stock location.

I think some sort of bracket would have to be made, then raised up from the sounds of it. With such wide wheels, the bottom of the strut would have to be up so darn high to not rub the tire.

I've already done the measuring and fitting. The GP strut is a direct fit on my Eldorado. I just have to have the sway bar tabs welded on ( another reason I can' t use coilovers. I have a lot more fender clearance than the WBodys have.

Your first post fails to mention that you are trying to bolt these parts to a cadillac. That is a helpful thing to know.

Well, I'm in a GP forum talking about GP struts to GP owners who have used them in GPs.

the only one I know of that might be shorter is the Grand Am struts from the Grand Am with a5 by 115 lug pattern. unfortunately I don't know if there anything more than a tiny bit shorter. And I'm not altogether sure you can get AGX's for em.

you coil over clearance issue you are mentioning is also what screwing us over on our 11 inch wide slicks. so I am laying back the struts with custom strut mounts.

you can make strut mounted sway bar links work perfectly fine with coilovers with just an angle iron bracket at the knuckle bolts

Originally, I wanted a bolt-on sway bar link bracket attached to the bottom of the spring perch to avoid the need to have a shop weld one one on each time I change struts. However, worried about flex.... I was going to build knuckle bolt brackets anyway to secure the speed sensor in the Cadillac's factory location, which is just above the knuckle bolts .... Thinking about it, now, I guess I could fab a bracket that attached in both locations running the length of the strut body to attach both the sway bar link and the speed sensor wire.
That would be a one time fabrication and would only require the drilling of one or two holes in the perch - eliminating the need for a shop and the risk of overheating the strut..... AND I could have more than one hole for the end link for adjustability AND could set the ride height BEFORE drilling the primary end link hole so the bar could be set with level arms......
Wow! Thanks for that suggestion. I'll start designing a test bracket.

(I drive this car 25,000 miles per year, so the ability to change struts without having to have a welder would be awesome!)