Finally finished them up tonight. Don't have them in yet but I will post again after I see how well they work and low they go.

These are KYB-AGX struts with 12" 350# springs.

I used a stock mount, the collar inside it and front sway bar end links. I had to buy a few parts from Summit Racing: thrust bearings, springs, sleeve, nut and top hats. I had tried to use Rancho shock boots as dust boots but they were just a little too big to fit inside the spring I saw someone on CGP mention a miata steering boot, might try that later on.

So I started with cutting apart the mount. Used an air hacksaw to cut away the rubber and the metal collar inside the mount. Then took a cutoff wheel and cut the metal off the bottom. Once that was done I welded the bump cup to the mount though I don't have a picture of just that.





I then took a grinder to the collar that is in the stock mount. I grinded the top so it would fit inside the top hat. This takes the play out of the top hat and the strut and makes it move up/down with the strut. Because the bore of the hole in the top hat is bigger than the strut shaft I had to use this. I also cut the collar in half to make it shorter for more strut travel but don't have a picture of it after I cut it.


Here is the collar in the top hat.


After that the top mount is done. I then moved on to the strut. Using a cut off wheel, air hacksaw, a spray bottle of water and a bucket of water I worked at removing the spring perch. I used the cut off wheel first and slowly worked around the perch just above the weld. I was spraying the strut with water to cool it down and then dipping it in the bucket every so often. Would suck to ruin a good strut! Once the perch is off I had to grind the weld down to fit the sleeve over the strut. Also, for alignment issues you may want to ream the holes out on the bottom of the strut to give you more movement. Thanks to Weirdo for that tip.