| 1985 Coilover mod |
Subject: 1985 Coilover mod by LD85 on 2008/3/3 13:25:03 I did this last May, gonna do the rear's next month OK, I bought the Coil-over part list from Mo's website, www.ndneyes.com Since the 1985 shock towers are wimpy and narrow, I cut them as seen in the pic below. Then I machined some 1/4" thick 1018 CRS to match the same angles as the stock towers and ol'RJ welded them up. The last pic is just the mock up of the new QA1 in the new tower. Once the wheel well area was cleaned it was repainted, Just an FYI, vette2vette.com and tabercorvetteparts.com had 1990-1996 front shock towers you can buy and weld onto your 85-89 (not sure where the thin towers end and the wider towers begin) to replace the factory towers. The early years shock towers use .125" thick steel and the later years use .160" thick steel. I used .250" thick on the sides and .375" on the top due to the larger span I would say that it would take @ 4 hours to cut off both towers, 1. IF you had a decent air compressor using a cutoff wheel 2. and a spot weld drill bit,,, 3. and if you removed the lower ball joint nut and swing the a-arm up out of the way. 4. Then you need access to a 220volt welder of your choice,       |
