Steve Sallenbach
Active Member
Thanks, good point on the alignment.
I really like what you did here. Do you remember where you got the coil kits, or what parts you bought? I'm not able to find the adjustable sleeve part, and that has to be matched threads to the spring adjustment nut.I got my shocks modified to fit a coil over kit. I mentioned earlier that I cut-off the big spring perch with a cut-off wheel then ground down the sharp edges. I put the whole shock in a 4 chuck lathe, it worked really well, my neighbor did most of the work on his lathe, I have a cheap harbor freight lathe, his is a little nicer. I left the part where the spring perch was welded to the shock which left a nice substitute for the retaining ring that you would normally use to hold the adjustable sleeve in place. Since my donor had low miles, I wasn't worried about the shocks being bad. This turned out to be a pretty cheap upgrade, it costs me approx $85 for the coil kits. All I have to do now is buy springs for the rear. I used one of the front springs for the pictures.