Macpherson aero sport bracket

[Alex@BagRiders]

I was just going to use Universal Air Aero Sports, over some after market shocks. Probably try to find a shock that is shorter than stock.

-Aron

It looks like your tie rods are really close to the shock itself which won't leave much room to fit an Aero Sport since they're pretty wide. Like Eric said, you might want to look into doing some Shockwaves or some Air Lift Universal SlamAIR Shocks.

[OpelWagenGT]

It looks like your tie rods are really close to the shock itself which won't leave much room to fit an Aero Sport since they're pretty wide. Like Eric said, you might want to look into doing some Shockwaves or some Air Lift Universal SlamAIR Shocks.

the only problem I see is that there are none of those bag struts that have a stud on the top instead of a loop. My front shocks are stud top and loop bottom. Also the top and bottom shock mounting points are not designed to take the full weight of the car. This can however be remedied by reinforcing them.

-Aron C.

[OpelWagenGT]

Forgot to mention that those are way out of my budget too... My car only cost me $1200.00

-Aron

[Alex@BagRiders]

Yeah you would have to modify them to work anyway since they aren't designed for your car.

[Mike E30 UNT]

What you have there my friend is "unequal length wishbones" and the piece that joins them at the wheel end is called the vertical link. No macpherson strut on this car. Unequal length wishbones are common on racing cars, obviously a lot more high tech and lighter though.

[OpelWagenGT]

What you have there my friend is "unequal length wishbones" and the piece that joins them at the wheel end is called the vertical link. No macpherson strut on this car. Unequal length wishbones are common on racing cars, obviously a lot more high tech and lighter though.

Nailed it. The vertical connecting piece is also the spindle.

-Aron

[NegativeCamber]

the only problem I see is that there are none of those bag struts that have a stud on the top instead of a loop. My front shocks are stud top and loop bottom. Also the top and bottom shock mounting points are not designed to take the full weight of the car. This can however be remedied by reinforcing them.

-Aron C.

sure they do. reinforcing the mounts would be something I would do anyway.

[OpelWagenGT]

sure they do. reinforcing the mounts would be something I would do anyway.

Yeah what do those cost though. I can get Aeros for less than $200 a piece buy some decent gas shocks and still be way under the price of the others that were suggested.

-Aron

[NegativeCamber]

true, let us know how it goes. pics too!

[OpelWagenGT]

true, let us know how it goes. pics too!

Oh for sure! I have a thread in the builds I just haven't added to it in a while...

-Aron

[OpelWagenGT]

I did some measuring and it looks like as long as an aero never exceeds 6 inches in diameter then I will have around 1/4"-3/8" of clearance for my tie rods.

-Aron

[Alex@BagRiders]

I did some measuring and it looks like as long as an aero never exceeds 6 inches in diameter then I will have around 1/4"-3/8" of clearance for my tie rods.

-Aron

It will be close but the AeroSports are about 5 7/8" in diameter when they are fully collapsed and the inflated diameter is more like 5.5" because they will shrink when they are inflated.

[plyrh8r1]

any updates on this?