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Im looking to bag my daily 06 Acura RL in the next couple of weeks. Ive already looked for kits and found that there are none made for it by anyone. SO im resorting to using airlift builder kits for the front but deciding that is about as far as ive gotten.
My first issue is that the upper control arm (like all hondas have) is too narrow to fit the double bellow bag over strut kit they have, my widest point inside the control arm is 7' and thats the same as the bags maximum width. So im assuming thats out of the question without more modification than i want to do to this cars control arms. They do have kits using a sleeve bag over strut that would definitely fit inside my control arm, but I dont know if the sleeve bag will be good for how much my car weighs (4000 lbs) especially with a pretty heavy V6 up front to support.
Second issue: looking at how most people use the builder kits, they put them onto a mcpherson strut setup, and my car uses a wishbone to hold the bottom of the strut to the control arm. i figure i can make the sleeve of the strut slide inside the wishbone and utilize the factory pinch bolt by either narrowing or widening the tube its mounted in. This is in theory though since i havent been able to find an example of someone doing that before.
any help is really appreciated, im trying to order my whole setup early next week and need to make sure im getting the right stuff.
My first issue is that the upper control arm (like all hondas have) is too narrow to fit the double bellow bag over strut kit they have, my widest point inside the control arm is 7' and thats the same as the bags maximum width. So im assuming thats out of the question without more modification than i want to do to this cars control arms. They do have kits using a sleeve bag over strut that would definitely fit inside my control arm, but I dont know if the sleeve bag will be good for how much my car weighs (4000 lbs) especially with a pretty heavy V6 up front to support.
Second issue: looking at how most people use the builder kits, they put them onto a mcpherson strut setup, and my car uses a wishbone to hold the bottom of the strut to the control arm. i figure i can make the sleeve of the strut slide inside the wishbone and utilize the factory pinch bolt by either narrowing or widening the tube its mounted in. This is in theory though since i havent been able to find an example of someone doing that before.
any help is really appreciated, im trying to order my whole setup early next week and need to make sure im getting the right stuff.
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