Is this correct (opinions please)

[barnesautos]

I'm just fitting my solid mounts to my Spax coilovers , I'm pretty sure it's correctly fitted , i just need a yup that's good if you know what i mean.
Cheers

 

[MartinR]

Not 100% but it does look about right to me

 

[barnesautos]

Cheers Martin

 

[MartinR]

Actually shouldn't that top bit be on the top of the turret in the engine bay or have you got another piece??

 

[barnesautos]

That bit goes underneath and is offered upwards to the body , the strut brace sits on top of the turret and 3 bolts secure the bottom piece pulling it to the body.

 

[MartinR]

Yep thats right then the way you have assembled it

 

[bozothenutter]

what is that nut you have on top of the strut?

 

[Scott H.]

Looks good to me, not sure what that plate is between the top mount and spring hat is? Pretty sure I don't have that:/

 

[bozothenutter]

I think you are not supposed to use that plate, it is crossed out on the spax drawing.

 

[barnesautos]

what is that nut you have on top of the strut?

That is my Click Adjuster.

 

[barnesautos]

Looks good to me, not sure what that plate is between the top mount and spring hat is? Pretty sure I don't have that:/

That is what my original Renault bearing sat on me thinks , yes it's a Spax part
I def think it has to be there as the lower pure Motorsport collar is hollow and I would much prefere it sat on that spacer rather than sit on just a slightly bigger diameter shaft which is the shocker rod.

 

[Scott H.]

That is what my original Renault bearing sat on me thinks , yes it's a Spax part
I def think it has to be there as the lower pure Motorsport collar is hollow and I would much prefere it sat on that spacer rather than sit on just a slightly bigger diameter shaft which is the shocker rod.

Sorry bit confiused here, how can it be what your original Renault bearing sat on and be a spax part?

 

[barnesautos]

Sorry bit confiused here, how can it be what your original Renault bearing sat on and be a spax part?

Because the original Renault top spring cup in which the bearing sits on is no longer and that was a direct replacement for Coilovers using standard top mounts

 

[bozothenutter]

That is my Click Adjuster.

aren't they on the bottom of the shock?
It looks as a rusty domed nut....

 

[Scott H.]

On mine the adjuster are also on the bottom of the shocks.

Iv just been playing around with my fronts and fitting the top mounts into them.
This is how I have done it;

It goes SPAX Spring (obviously), SPAX top collet, pure spacer, pure top mount, then finally the pure Motorsport nut which goes into the top mount bearing and meets up with the spacer.
I think thats correct?

I got another photo showing that the pure spacer is the correct size on the SPAX collet as you can see where it has marked it silver, so there is plenty of collet for it to sit on. And my pure spacer is fairly thick.

 

[barnesautos]

aren't they on the bottom of the shock?
It looks as a rusty domed nut....

That's all I have , top adjuster.

 

[barnesautos]

On mine the adjuster are also on the bottom of the shocks.

Iv just been playing around with my fronts and fitting the top mounts into them.
This is how I have done it;

It goes SPAX Spring (obviously), SPAX top collet, pure spacer, pure top mount, then finally the pure Motorsport nut which goes into the top mount bearing and meets up with the spacer.
I think thats correct?

I got another photo showing that the pure spacer is the correct size on the SPAX collet as you can see where it has marked it silver, so there is plenty of collet for it to sit on. And my pure spacer is fairly thick.

I see what your getting at , your black Spax top cup is a different shape to mine , I have Standard dimension shocks , is yours a cup set-up ?