Ajusting bolt spacing?

[Kemixx]

Has anyone drilled out coilies/uprated shocks from 52mm to 54mm? Is it possible? Is it safe? @)

Fed up of not being able to find decent cheapish second hand shocks for my ph1 172 ;(

 

[powey]

Schweppy had his coilovers modified to except the non cupped version spacing

 

[Kemixx]

how about the other way round? (cup packed on non cup)

 

[powey]

Im guessing It can be done pm schweppy for details

 

[Slammed172]

LOL, ph1 172 is 54mm !!!!!!!

 

[Kemixx]

thats what I said in my first post?

 

[Slammed172]

How are you finding trouble getting 54mm fitment coilovers, theres loads.

Theres not many 52mm fitment coilovers. I dont see the problem. Making 52mm to 54mm on the struts is a waste of time/money/coilover.

 

[Kemixx]

What about a 58mm spacing (1.2 fitment) down to a 54mm?

I'm not having trouble finding them, I just don't want to buy cheap g-maxx rebrands or spend 700+ on H&R's/FK's etc so am looking for decent coilies second hand.

 

[Slammed172]

LOL hang on.

you dont wanna buy cheap coils, but you dont wanna spend 700+ so what are you thinking your going to get ? kemixx coils ?

fks are 500 !

Its absolutely bizzare to change bolt spacing and going to the hassle of doing it, when theres perfectly good coils out there.

Its just beyond me.

 

[Kemixx]

Like I said, i'm after second hand decent coilies. I'm tight fisted - can't come to grips with spending that much on coilies. How many times do I have to say this? It's not that hard to understand, surely.

For example I just missed out on a set of H&R's second hand for 370 odd. That's the sort of thing i'm after, however there's a few second hand cup coilies/sus and 1.2 spax etc knocking about at a decent price, so I wanted to know if it was possible and how much it would cost to get one of the bolt holes drilled out.

 

[Slammed172]

well to get them drilled out properly it will cost a fair old bit.

and by the time you've done it its barely worth doing.

but if your tight fisted then go for it :S

 

[Kemixx]

That's the sort of answer I was looking for in the first place, but I wanted to know if say, the FK (for example) coilovers they do for the 1.2's etc are any different from the sports other than the bolt spacing? If not, I personally couldn't see having one of the holes drilled up/down would cost much or even take much doing yourself. Since 172/182 non-cup second hand sus gets swiped straight away as soon as they come up and the 1.2/cup sus seemed to go cheaper considering less people were after them, then it might work out easier/cheaper.

 

[Slammed172]

No, no different but the spacing.

But its just pure hassle to save twenny quid, if that.

 

[Kemixx]

So how much is it to get it done? Or how hard is it to do it yourself? Is it thick metal? Would my step drill do it?

 

[Slammed172]

Wouldn't want to give you advice on the actually drilling. Cause if you f**k up, you've f**ked the strut.

That's why i see it pointless.

 

[Kemixx]

Feel free to point me in the direction of some second hand 172 sus?

 

[Slammed172]

For sale section, lmao. Or scrappy.

This is my last post in this topic, but as a note, you really shouldn't skimp on suspension as its a vital point of the car, keeping you on the road and alive.

Good luck.

 

[davebem]

This depends on how adjustable they are and what one you get but coilovers designed for a 1.2 may not be rated or will be hard to adjust for a 172. The 172 is a lot heavier at the front, so for example if the coilovers will go down 60mm for a 1.2, they will probably go down 80mm on a 172.