Wanted Strut Housings for a 240Z

[ol_skl_jp]

Hey Guys,

 

i after the strut housings (all 4) for my 240. Im not sure if 260 struts fit, especially the 2+2 ones because there are some being wrecked atm.

 

I need to put in coilovers, the HSD coilover sleeve kit though otomoto. I would cut my own 240 ones but my plans for the car is to restore it to close to factory in a few years once i land a proper job. Hence i want to keep the stock suspension.

 

If someone can tell me if the struts from the 260's or even 280zx that would be great then i can shoot of some pm's to those wrecking these models

 

Cheers

Sachil

Keep an eye out, ill be starting a build thread, but i really havent change much since buying the car, will have lots of pics

[Zedman240®]

260 2 seater ones should fit but 2+2 rear hub carrier castings are different. Fronts from both fit the 240Z. There are some around just be on the lookout. have some fronts here if you need them but missing the tops.

[ol_skl_jp]

Are your ones already shortened, Dimitri i remember you selling your setup a while ago. Do you still have those? Im not sure if i have to shorten the strut housings for the HSD sleeve kit plus i dont understand how the strut is held in place if the strut housings were to be shortened.

here the shocker is locked using the nut but it the housing is shortened wouldnt the body of the shock protrude from the housing?

[mossy]

You would use an appropriate shorter strut cartridge.

[Zedman240®]

Nahh..I sold the suspension a while ago. The point of installing coil overs in a car is to be able to lower the car and still keep a good or stock amount of wheel travel. You can just install the coilovers but if you lower the collars low enough, be prepared to drive the car around on the bump stops. When I installed the Koni's in my current struts, spacer had to be used to raise up the cartridge so the big nut on the top was able to hold it in place. If you want to section the strut, you can remove the amount from the strut to the length of the spacer. I removed approx 35mm from my struts from memory.

[ol_skl_jp]

Okay, so i dont need to shorten my housings, and if i do i will need a shorter shock, or a spacer. So is the whole point of shortening the struts done to improve the travel? coz if you shorten it you will need a shorter shock which means that, that has less travel bottoming out sooner (is that right?).  ???Sorry just trying to get my head around it. The shock i understand, spent first half of 09 designing and building a shock absorber for a uni project.

Anyway it wont be crazy low, i like the height its at now. But those semis are rubbing against the guard on some bumps so need to raise the back a bit, and lower the front to match the rear, right now its too high.

[ol_skl_jp]

i don't understand why i can't find off the shelf coilovers for the s30's, i mean its one of the greatest cars to come out of Japan and still nothing, they even have coilovers for a hyundai accent. Nothing wrong with accents but who would put adjustable coilovers in an accent unless it was for race purposes and i cant imagine the demand being too high. Anyway just having a rant. I may have been looking at the wrong companies, but it still shouldn't be this hard to find proper coilovers for our cars

[Zedman240®]

Sach, when you shorten your strut, the replacement shocks are normally shorter so when you remove a section of your original strut, you don't need the spacer. The spacer is only there to make up the distance so the gland nut can hold the shock in place. So when you shorten the strut, the shock travel stays the same but the whole strut is shorter than the original. So you have lowered your car without touching the platforms or lowering the springs. If you want I can draw up a real crude picture in Windows paint to explain...