Cup shocks too long... Wrong or broken?

[Joah]

Am putting my car back to standard suspension setup due to needing the car daily again (and getting too old for coilovers daily...) I bought some 182 cup shocks and springs off someone on the forum and they must have been the right ones as I saw the car they came off.. When I offered them up to the car tho they are never going to fit I can't get the wishbone in them as they seem too long... I thought it was just me being dense and thought the only difference if they are wrong is the bolt spacing. Are these just broken?

i have put my coilovers back on and fitted straight away..so confused. Might just buy brand new but want to know what these ones are if wrong.

 

[Djw John]

You got a pic of it in place? Just sounds like you need to push the wishbone down a bit.

 

[Sam@NP]

You need to change the front shocks with both front wheels off the floor otherwise you are fighting the ARB. What is the bolt spacing in the shocks you bought.

 

[Jonff]

I had a similar issue when I was putting standard shocks back on my rolling shell (been on coilovers for the past 2 and half years). Even with both wheels off the ground the wishbone/arb needed to be levered down a good 5/6inches to get the bolt holes to line up.

 

[Joah]

I thought this was the case too so put both wheels in the air but didn't lever the wishbone down as it would have had to move a long way, perhaps this is the case!

Car has been on coilovers for years and years so similar issue by the sounds of it.

​Bolt spacing is 60mm so should be correct.

 

[Sam@NP]

I had a similar issue when I was putting standard shocks back on my rolling shell (been on coilovers for the past 2 and half years). Even with both wheels off the ground the wishbone/arb needed to be levered down a good 5/6inches to get the bolt holes to line up.

The ARB and bushes have a spring stiffness that needs to be overcome. Simple with a leaver bar.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah we put a very low coilovered car back to standard and it was polybushed as well. Had been low for 3 years plus we reckon. That took a decent amount of weight on the lever!

 

[Joah]

Ah good to hear! A job for Percy pry bar then! Mwahaha. Will attack this tomorrow then.

 

[Djw John]

Lol at Percy.

We used to have a ludicrous size one called Bertha...