Ok so I need some lowering springs for my mk1 and I'm not sure what my struts are from. They were solid disc when I got the car but as mine was a 1100 I'm pretty sure it didn't come with discs standard.
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Also what sort of springs would be needed to get it to this height. Or maybe 1" higher.
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The car above belongs to Gary Morgan and has coil overs along with a lot of other mods to ride that low not just a spring swap.
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ok maybe not that low then haha. any idea about the strut ?
Are the steering arms cast into bottom or do they bolt on ? And is the damper insert held in with screw collar (removable)
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bolt on steering arms
not sure what you mean about damper insert ?
on the top of the top mount there is a nut that goes on top of a large wing nut looking think that holds the top and spring on. can get a picture of this if needed
Where damper rod comes out of bottom case you may see it's through a threaded cap or a crimped cap
Most bolt on steering arms are rs or Capri struts in which case the cap will screw out in order to replace the damper unit
the damper appears to be held in with a screw collar aswell yes
It's a completely standard Capri Mk2 / Mk3 strut IMO
that may be why the car sits mega high
i think as std a capri strut would sit an escort -1 inch,,, but if its got hard springs it wont drop ..............
I've got a set of mk1/2 escort nonRS disc struts which have bolt on steering arms and also a screw collar to secure the damper into the strut tube.
In comparison to 2.0 capri/RS struts that I also have the springs on the nonRS struts are smaller in diameter, the steering arms are different (which fouled the wildwood brake kit brackets i had), the wheel hub/ spindle is smaller, and the solid discs to fit these are different to capri discs in that they have a smaller centrebore (if I remember correctly)
Hope this helps!
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Yes the steering arm bolts are at different centeres
Best check is measure stub diameter and compare to rs and non rs bearing Id on Google
Last edited by alladdin; 04-01-2016 at 11:17.
caliper bolts to the side facing the front aswell
rear. facing the rear. wasn't concentrating
looked at loads of picctures and measured the spring dimensions and am 99% sure its a capri mk2 as the spring outside diameter is 132 mm od
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