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what do you think of this for a coil-over mount? I am thinking of putting rubber bushing on the top like shock had???? any input is greatly appreciated

i wouldnt sugggest the big space from where Actual coilover bolts up to top of shock tower! looks like a hanger bolted to the shock tower down to the coilover. to much stress would be on that i would think! hanger where it bolts to coilover should be bolted or welded to shock tower minus the exstension!

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ah yes thank you all this is prototype stuff I am doing here haha!

I ended up adding some heavy wall box tubing to the hanger welded it all the way around and cut out top plate and will finish up tomorrow and flush it up. it will be better I don't know how I got talked into building that other setup glad I did not!

are your coils not long enough to reach actual tower or go past it? i cut my top out and stuck coil in the pocket then boxed around it so it could be bolted there. i didnt want the coil to randomly bounce out thus why i made it stick as close it the pocket as possible

go to youtube and type in -chevy luv truck walk around
my profile name is brandon5770 i get close up to my coils in the walk around video and there is pics in my other video - luv truck progress 6.0l ls1

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actually just type in brandon5770 and it will list my videos only!

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no they are about 1 1/4" from the top of the shock mount they are the 3855 model qa1

with the lower control arm exstended all the way out?

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mine are -10 1/4" closed and 14 1/2" open
yours are -open: 15.76''
-closed: 10.76''
seems pretty close to mine i would exstend that lower control ARM out and mount/make mount for the maximum exstended length but you have stiffer springs than i do so it will be different i have 250 lb springs holding up my 6.0l plus me i weigh 300 they seem fine so far

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mine are only 11 1/8" extended and 8 5/8" collapsed. yeah I am going to have to roll with my stiffer springs for a bit I have either 550 or 400lb haha my engine center is with the crossmember so there is some weight in that area. but we shall see how she rides

That adjustable mount can be done with circle track weight jacks and live on the street and would look good to.

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oh yea alot different but the springs you have could make up for how much it compresses when you put weight on them. trial an error is what you will have to do! do whatever you think will work and test it out thats what i did !

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heres what i ended up doing today i welded the sq. tubing flush to the hanger and then welded it to the top of shock tower and coped out a spot in front to slide bolt in and out I used 1" pipe looks good! my dad won't let me use his camera so I am stuck with mspaint which I don't mind

oh and torsions are out and coilovers are in they are pretty stiff I was jumping on the frame compared to the torsions you can tell the difference well that is cause the 550lb springs haha I will later get some when some cash flow comes in!

yea that looks better check this website out it is mytmouz he is a member of luv truck his coilover mount is similiar to yours

this is his website
http://www.s10dragracer.com/Terry%20Porter.htm

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yeah it does look similar (the pics come flying by so I had to look twice haha)

yea they go by quick! thought it was similiar

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Here's another setup on a LUV i used to have...

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Here is the set up on my truck. I didn't build them, that is how it was when my dad bought the truck.

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I just put coilovers on my truck, I put 3955 QA1 with 7in 250 # spings, when I let the truck down it compressed the springs down to about 4 in. It went all the way down to rubber snubbers, seems to be to lite of a spring, HELP, any help would be great