Rear's up front?

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Re: Rear's up front?

Post by Ladaman » Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:36 pm

Bummer.

You could fit Astra shocks short term. They are only about a tenner each, and if I remember right, bolt straight onto the front with no mods. Then again they might need the Suzuki bush fitting into the bottom hoop. :er: That's not big deal though.

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Re: Rear's up front?

Post by Harding.94 » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:31 am

:thumbup: thanks for the advice lads

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Re: Rear's up front?

Post by Harding.94 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:04 am

Had a look at how I'm going to do the ruf conversion yesterday... This is the idea I've come up with... The plate will be bolted and welded to the original mounts with a strengthining bar on the in-side of the plate... Going to use the orininal shacked for now... The Bolt holes on the plate at aprx. 65mm from centre to center... What you all think? Any advice appreciated


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Re: Rear's up front?

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:14 am

I would make something from
Scratch tbh, could even build it off the bumper.

Remember the shackle needs to be mounted on a bush.
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