Thread: Custom Coilover Conversion. Looking for Insight Please Help

Hello,

I am looking for options for a diy custom coilover setup on a 2000 gt.
My Goals
*custom rebuildable struts
*Ajustable coilovers
*Ajustable Toe bracket

Future Projects
* 2.3 whipple blower
* Holden L67 adapter plate
* L67 heads
* still in progress thoughts are welcome

I have thought of that route, but my idea puts me over 400 Hp at the wheels, thats were i want to be, and i prefer the power of a supercharger

any thoughts on the coilovers, or how to make rebuildable struts?

Buy Bilsteins, have them revalved after you've weighed your vehicle with you in it and selected your spring rates.

Then hack them up and build coilovers out of universial parts and weld together your own mount plates.

Easily 2-2500 dollars.

Then you'll want to replace your front subframe bushings with custom aluminum pieces, mount a spherical bushing in place of your front LCA bushing, longer ball joint studs, poly bushings for your rear end link assembly and brace the rear subframe.

You'll also want a cage.

I swear I've typed this before.

ouch

Ouch

Originally Posted by blackspike2710

Where you finding this Whipple?

It is for a Holden car that utilizes the l67 and the kit is from yella terra i forget the part number, but a google search for the series 2 l67 in a holden car will get you the model, and further searches will give you the kit info, such as were to buy etc...

The whipple by itself costs more.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Buy Bilsteins, have them revalved after you've weighed your vehicle with you in it and selected your spring rates.

Then hack them up and build coilovers out of universial parts and weld together your own mount plates.

Easily 2-2500 dollars.

Then you'll want to replace your front subframe bushings with custom aluminum pieces, mount a spherical bushing in place of your front LCA bushing, longer ball joint studs, poly bushings for your rear end link assembly and brace the rear subframe.

You'll also want a cage.

I swear I've typed this before.

Well i just cant see myself spending that kind of cash on a diy conversion, i was looking into more 400-600 dollars. i seen a thread somewhere were the guy pulled some rebuildable struts from another car, and customized them he undone the top nut, and put another strut insert of corrected length in. the problem i have with that is that i dont know what car he got the rebuildable strut from, and i dont know what length strut insert he put in or what brand, but the claim was the whole car could be coiled over for under 500 dollars with eibach springs

bout 2 hours from little rock

Originally Posted by blackspike2710

That would be the entire state.

Purposely vague

well in the boondocks were i live it makes the long curvy drive to the capitol take forever. if thier were freeways every you prolly could travel to the borders in 2 hours or less

anyone got any ideas what car i can get struts from that are rebuildable, this way i wont have to chop up a strut every time i replace it. plus it is cheaper this way so i here

really no one has insight