Then mount. You can see the bushing between the top hat and mount in the last two




Then second bushing


Then sway bar end link washer


Then finally the strut nut. (not tight in this picture, I tightened it enough to squish the bushing to fill out the bump cup, had maybe 5 threads showing above the strut nut when all tightened)


And the whole thing

Installed:



And the stance. I can drop it more to have maybe a few mm of wheel gap but I need smaller tires and some negative camber. Not slammed by any means but better than lowering springs and will be a much better ride.

Once I lower it more and roll my rear fenders so I can put my sub box in I will have the stance I want.

bada$$ man, ive been looking into these for awhile now

I've just bought some parts to redo my coilover setup. Bought a bunch of MOOG and Energy Suspension poly bushings to replace the rubber ones I have now for all my suspension parts. And some MOOG end links for the rear, it's huge.

Using A1 sleeves and nuts, QA1 springs, cut up stock mount and all poly bushings.

In the bottom left corner you can see the poly spring seats. These will go between the spring and the mount. I may use the rancho shock boots to try and come up with something to keep dirt out of the roller bearings.


Here's the poly strut bushings to go on the shaft on either side of the mount. These are the perfect size I think. The centers have to be drilled out a little to fit the threaded part of strut shaft.





Moog rear end links.

Very nice.

very nice randall.

You gonna do this yet? I may get a pair of GR2's and do another set. I just need some more junk strut mounts. I am limiting my strut travel with the AGX's cause they have the adjustment knob on top and it will hit my hood. I've already drilled holes in the underside of the hood for the strut knob to go through...

Finished up the new coilovers.

Stock mounts
AGX struts
A1 racing sleeves and nuts.
QA1 springs 12-350#.
Summit bearings (already rusty, full of dirt, going with sealed ones soon)
Poly strut and isolator bushings

AND... a total weight of 17.4 lbs per side. What is the stock setup weight?

Looks like you put in a lot of time and effort to come out with a nice finished product. I'm not sure of the exact weight of the oem strut but ordered some quick struts from Monroe and the front boxes on UPS tracking are showing 27.5 lbs per package on the fronts so take out the box and maybe 26 lbs per strut assembly. Just about a 10 pound difference I would say?

Been finding this as basically being the only helpful thread on making coilovers. Do you have any pics of your rears or using something different for them? I have both a 98 GS and 98 GTP and now plan on a good GTP build. Any info is appreciated!

I'm using AGX/Vogtland lowering springs in the rear. Not sure if I am going to build rear ones or not. Depends on if I keep the car I guess.

The rears could be done using the stock mount and a coil over top hat though.

Post up any questions and I'll help you the best I can.

Thank You! on your first build you used special top hats and on these you have the little cups that fit around the inside of the springs. where did you get these? or do you have part numbers for everything you have used?

The collar that the spring sits around in the second set are actually part of the stock mount, it's under all the rubber and its actually just under 2.5" OD which is perfect for the springs.

I made a set for someone else and used new mounts from Rockauto, forget which kind but they were the cheapest ones, but what they had done was just punch a hole in the middle of the top of mount where the rubber is so I had to get some 2.5" OD exhaust pipe and weld that on in place.

Best/easiest/quickest/least messy way is to pour some fuel on the rubber of the mount and set it on fire lol. Do it in a fire pit or something. This will burn all the rubber off and turn it to a chalk so it falls off the mount so you're just left with the metal mount.

Then I got some poly spring isolators and end link bushings from Summit Racing.
Cut the isolators like I did so that they only go between end of the spring and the mount. Drill the end link bushings out so that they fit over the strut shaft.




These are just for a set of fronts. Rears would need a little different parts since they are longer struts etc.

Summit Racing:
ENS-3-6110R RED COIL SPRING ISOLATOR 1@ $11.99
ENS-9-8106R END LINK GROMMETS RED 1@ $8.95
HAL-7888-109 COIL OVER BEARING KIT 1@ $25.95
HAL-12-350 12" 2.5" 350# SPRING 2@ $47.99 (each)

A1 Racing:
A1-12452-H 5" x 2.17" Coilover Sleeve 2@ $18.80 (each)
A1-12460 Coilover Sleeve Nut 2@ $12.87 (each)

CustomMetalCraft:
Neoprene Coilover Covers - I don't have these yet but they're a must. The bearings will get dirt and bind up in weeks without them. They are roughly $100 plus shipping for 4. So I would guess 50 for 2.

You can reuse your stock mounts or buy new ones from Rockauto. Depending on how they are made you may not need to do any work to them aside from welding the bump cup onto the mount.

Then choose your struts and cut the perch off.

Go to a local hardware store and get appropriately sized washers like I have in the pics of mine. That should be all the parts you need.