Each winter I make changes and improvements to my car. This year is to convert to coil over up front and adding power steering.
This is what I started with.



Remove the old towers, stops, springs and adjusters.



Change the style and location of the lower shock pivot



new shocks www.foa.com good looking, well built heavy duty BIG shock



Fit in with plenty of clearence



This is where I'm at now



More to follow..........

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"YOU CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, WATCH THINGS HAPPEN OR WONDER WHAT THE F$$K HAPPEND...WE'RE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN" The strong words of Captain Phil! Rest in peice!

awesome mike!

lets see a few more shots of the lower shock mount

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- Sigmund Freud **********
**********"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni **********

I have been interested in the F-O-A shocks since I first heard of them a little over a year ago. They look like high quality. What do you think of the quality and price? I know they were priced very reasonably when I first looked into them. How did you select your spring rates? I need to find someone with scales to measure the corners, any suggestions?

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[quote='plumberbill']lets see a few more shots of the lower shock mount[/quote]
I'll show them to ya if you bend me a set of towers.

FOA comes highly reccomended, the piggyback shocks are new item for them and I like what I see. As far as spring rates there is a calculator on their web site and Chris is real good with all that. I won't be able to give a good opinion untill I run them. If they work as good as they look I'll be happy. Knowing your weight is important, fully loaded ready to ride weight.

[quote='MadMike'][quote='plumberbill']lets see a few more shots of the lower shock mount[/quote]
I'll show them to ya if you bend me a set of towers.[/quote]
lol give me the dims and i'll get it done. the bender has been getting alot of use lately. gotta hurry up and get MY BENDER back to odyknuck

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**********"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
- Sigmund Freud **********
**********"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni **********

You funny guy Bill. See what happens every time I lend him my stuff lol.
Just kidding allways appreciated Bill, Thanks again. BTW your not done with Mikes shock towers yet?

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Water cooled Dry Sumped Subaru Powered Turbo Charged Fuel Injected 2500CC Tank. Oh Rah! He who dies with the most Toys not only wins, He also wears them out!

AS always with Mike there is never crappy looking work. Could you imagine if he had a complete functionable workshop!

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When in doubt, hit it in second gear!

I do have a functionable workshop, it's called a 12X24 storage locker. And some other guys were complaining about their work space.

Looks good Mike. Keep up the good work.

Damn Mike, impressive as always.

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Bite off more than you can chew, then chew like hell.

[quote='plumberbill']lets see a few more shots of the lower shock mount[/quote]
OK, here you go.




Mounting bracket for the

looks good, very heavy duty.

Nah, I don't think they'll hold up very well.

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Get me that hammer, pronto!

This is finally how I decided to do my shock towers. This is design #4 of 6 that I came up with. The actuall building is nothing, the design part I hate the most. Or should I say deciding which one I like the best.


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looks good mike, you going to run braces down to the center then? btw, isnt your frame powdercoated? must suck to have to grind off that nice powdercoat.!

Thats going to look good. Keep up the work.

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Mark

That's what I'm talking about!

High speed
Low drag
Teflon coated
And ready for action!

[quote='JeffClay']looks good mike, you going to run braces down to the center then? btw, isnt your frame powdercoated? must suck to have to grind off that nice powdercoat.![/quote]
There will be diagonal bracing, the idea was to protect as much of the shock as possible. Yes it does suck to half to grind on powder coat but there is still 99.5% still covered.


And thanks to everyone for their kind words, means a bunch.

OK, here you go.

nice work mike very stout. when i have to remove powdercoat, i heat it up then take a wire wheel to it and it comes off like butter. in your case its easy to match (black) with a spray bomb.

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**********"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
- Sigmund Freud **********
**********"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni **********

I ve got an Eastwood Hot coat powder coating gun and can fix where you are grinding! I use a heat lamp --like those in a body shop! Anyone else could also.

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Mark

That's what I'm talking about!

High speed
Low drag
Teflon coated
And ready for action!

My final shock tower



Can't forget the hood ornament


All that's left is my hood and power steering

Damn Mike that hood looks awesome!!!!

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When in doubt, hit it in second gear!

your gonna have to sit on a phone book to see over the shock tower's

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**********"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
- Sigmund Freud **********
**********"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni **********