Source for 52mm ID coilover sleeve?

Building some front coilovers for the Colt. Need a source of 52mm ID coilover sleeves to fit over the stock strut housing.

Thanks.

Wilson

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/01/2008 11:16AM by wvonkessler.

wvonkessler Wrote:
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> Building some front coilovers for the Colt. Need a
> source of 52mm ID coilover sleeves to fit over the
> stock strut housing.

Wilson, I can get you some coilover sleevie thangs, and do a quick ID bore if you want but I oughter ask, have YOU measured the actual struts that YOU have?
Nother words you measure or did somebody say they were 52mm cause I've seen a lot of Japonaise struts at 50.8mm which is 2 zoll.
If'n youse really has 52mm, the 2 inch id ones can be bored to that like toute suite.


Are you being smartie and getting long enough so you can run springs long enough?
What springs you stinking about?

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> Thanks.
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> Wilson
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> My opinions are my own and are not to be construed
> as representing the viewpoint of any other person
> or organization. How's that for legalese?
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> Edited 1 times. Last edit at Jan 1, 2008 by
> wvonkessler.

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JVL:

I've measured the tubes, but it was a while ago, and they were bigger than the Bilstein 7" long 2" ID sleeves that I got from Stockcarproducts. Those sleeves (aluminum) have a ridge inside, and I may just pay someone to machine them. I tried to open them up using a bore hone, but that was a disaster. Not having the right tools sucks.

Springs are 14" 2.5" Hypercoils in a spring rate (I forget) similar to the Safari Springs. Actually, now that I think about it, I think I got the spring rates from one of your Esquirt scans. I can push them down by my body weight.

Happy New Year.

Wilson

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"Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne

"Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain

wvonkessler Wrote:
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Well Wilson when you're all sobered up and can mostly see straight, go remeasure the stuff, and then send them USPS flat rate and I'll bore the damn things as thanks for the work you do with NASA Rallysport and send them back. I could probably make you a nice little ring for the things to register against that yopu could weld onto the tubes.
Probably cheaper than having a local machine shop make a big deal of it.

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> JVL:
>
> I've measured the tubes, but it was a while ago,
> and they were bigger than the Bilstein 7" long 2"
> ID sleeves that I got from Stockcarproducts. Those
> sleeves (aluminum) have a ridge inside, and I may
> just pay someone to machine them. I tried to open
> them up using a bore hone, but that was a
> disaster. Not having the right tools sucks.
>
> Springs are 14" 2.5" Hypercoils in a spring rate
> (I forget) similar to the Safari Springs.
> Actually, now that I think about it, I think I got
> the spring rates from one of your Esquirt scans. I
> can push them down by my body weight.
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> Wilson
>
> My opinions are my own and are not to be construed
> as representing the viewpoint of any other person
> or organization. How's that for legalese?

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

JVL:

According to my centech digital Chinese prison labor made caliper, the OD of the strut tube is 51.2mm, or 2.00 inches. And I have "Bilstein 2" coilover sleeves". I do question the caliper's accuracy.

Also, since you know things from Bilstein, can you get/source me a part number or part for an externally threaded gland nut (2 of them) that will fit a 1.81 inch ID tube at the threads for a P30 insert (I know, but I've got them in hand, and we need something that works before Sandblast, plus the car weighs nothing)? The internally threaded ones that came with the inserts are internally threaded and bear no. B30-627 B1, which are for Porsche or VW.

Wilson

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"Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne

"Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain