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02-25-2010, 01:35 PM
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bilstein build pt.2 sleeves
so the bilstein sleeves came in today from summit racing, i was pretty excited to try them on. For the longest time i was trying to source some cheaper alternatives, these sleeves came out to be around 290 for the set, almost the same as springs! But then i decided what the heck i might as well get the bilstein sleeves to match with the shocks, since they're designed for bilstein shocks there shouldn't be a problem right.
Turns out that i was wrong.
They look nice and stealthy with the glossy black, and fit around the shock body with a pretty tight tolerance. Then i found this problem with the front shocks. The sleeves are 7inches long, and the groove for the sleeve mount on the front shocks are cut only around 5 inches from the top. so it looked like this. 
theres about 2 inches of overlap with the shaft.
now i could either cut the sleeve, or maybe even re cut the groove in the shock body. But since lionzoo has a pretty good setup that came from fatcat, i ended up returning the bilsteins to summit.
My new tein coilover springs should be coming in anytime now,
updates coming soon with new springs and perches
Turns out that i was wrong.
They look nice and stealthy with the glossy black, and fit around the shock body with a pretty tight tolerance. Then i found this problem with the front shocks. The sleeves are 7inches long, and the groove for the sleeve mount on the front shocks are cut only around 5 inches from the top. so it looked like this. theres about 2 inches of overlap with the shaft.
now i could either cut the sleeve, or maybe even re cut the groove in the shock body. But since lionzoo has a pretty good setup that came from fatcat, i ended up returning the bilsteins to summit.
My new tein coilover springs should be coming in anytime now,
updates coming soon with new springs and perches
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03-16-2010, 01:59 PM
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thanks, i made the mistake of trying to paint the accents with spray paint, now they're getting scratches everywhere.
@silvere8 that buckskin wrap is definately worth it but a PITA to put in. I had to do it twice and the 2nd time i took the steering wheel off the car, and its still not perfect.
@silvere8 that buckskin wrap is definately worth it but a PITA to put in. I had to do it twice and the 2nd time i took the steering wheel off the car, and its still not perfect.
03-18-2010, 05:54 PM
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thanks, i made the mistake of trying to paint the accents with spray paint, now they're getting scratches everywhere.
@silvere8 that buckskin wrap is definately worth it but a PITA to put in. I had to do it twice and the 2nd time i took the steering wheel off the car, and its still not perfect.
@silvere8 that buckskin wrap is definately worth it but a PITA to put in. I had to do it twice and the 2nd time i took the steering wheel off the car, and its still not perfect.
03-18-2010, 11:53 PM
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i havent yet, but im looking into various suede cleaner sprays, tho i think best would be if you had driving gloves,
i've had it for about 2 monthes now, so far its pretty good, i've been pretty careful about keeping my hands clean
i've had it for about 2 monthes now, so far its pretty good, i've been pretty careful about keeping my hands clean
05-29-2010, 10:58 PM
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went out to mt. waterman a week ago and thought i'd snap a pic
new coilovers should be ready soon, hopefully i can raise the car a little bit
new coilovers should be ready soon, hopefully i can raise the car a little bit
06-27-2010, 02:29 PM
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its because I'm going to be running 400/280lb springs on the coil overs and it was easier to re-valve the bilsteins than koni's, plus my friend already had specs on the valving to be done whereas the koni's we'd have to do more tests
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07-17-2010, 12:52 AM
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New Toys
so the last part of my coilover finally arrived and i can put it all together, heres it lying in parts all on my shoe rack 
the shocks are bilstein HDs revalved by fatcat motorsports to support 400/280lb springs, fatcat also supplied new bumpstops, softer on the front and hopefully will eliminate some understeer at limit issues. Springs are tapered springs made by tein, these eliminate the need to use a custom upper mount and will instead use stock mounts.
tein tender springs on lionzoo's custom perch adapters (we dub his products LZspec), the coilover sleeves are sourced from an oval track site but fit bilsteins (they look exactly like bilstein sleeves sold on summitracing). If i were to do this again, i would use pss9 coilovers as a base, eliminating the need to use sleeves at all.
And finally
a custom emblem i designed and had made, this will go on my trunk where the MAZDA is, after i debadge everything else.
the shocks are bilstein HDs revalved by fatcat motorsports to support 400/280lb springs, fatcat also supplied new bumpstops, softer on the front and hopefully will eliminate some understeer at limit issues. Springs are tapered springs made by tein, these eliminate the need to use a custom upper mount and will instead use stock mounts.
tein tender springs on lionzoo's custom perch adapters (we dub his products LZspec), the coilover sleeves are sourced from an oval track site but fit bilsteins (they look exactly like bilstein sleeves sold on summitracing). If i were to do this again, i would use pss9 coilovers as a base, eliminating the need to use sleeves at all.
And finally
a custom emblem i designed and had made, this will go on my trunk where the MAZDA is, after i debadge everything else.