A few photos from the last month or so:
Welding in the new camber plates... As some of you may or may not know, there are no bolt in coilover kits like that of most modern cars. The strut housing and hub assembly is one unit, and in order to use a modern coilover, there is a bit of fabrication involved. Weld-in camber plates and threaded sleeves are available, but because I am using 18" wheels, and still want to go rather low, the sleeves that are available would not work well for me.
So, I had to make my own.
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Now, the body of the car sits much lower than most Z's, relative to the center of the wheels (again, joys of using 18's instead of 14 or 15's). This puts the steering geometry quite a bit out of whack. In order to get it back closer to parallel, spacers are used to lower the mounting point of the lower arm. It's still not ideal, but at least I don't have any suspension/sway bar interference anymore. I'll go back and address this down the road at some point...
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
A few static shots...
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Inner fenders cleaned up and painted black:
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Trimming rear fenders:
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Trimming front fenders (disregard jacked up camber):
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Camber straightened out:
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Welding in the new camber plates... As some of you may or may not know, there are no bolt in coilover kits like that of most modern cars. The strut housing and hub assembly is one unit, and in order to use a modern coilover, there is a bit of fabrication involved. Weld-in camber plates and threaded sleeves are available, but because I am using 18" wheels, and still want to go rather low, the sleeves that are available would not work well for me.
So, I had to make my own.
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Now, the body of the car sits much lower than most Z's, relative to the center of the wheels (again, joys of using 18's instead of 14 or 15's). This puts the steering geometry quite a bit out of whack. In order to get it back closer to parallel, spacers are used to lower the mounting point of the lower arm. It's still not ideal, but at least I don't have any suspension/sway bar interference anymore. I'll go back and address this down the road at some point...
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
A few static shots...
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Inner fenders cleaned up and painted black:
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Trimming rear fenders:
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Trimming front fenders (disregard jacked up camber):
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
Camber straightened out:
Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr
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