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Thread: Rear turrett mods for coilovers

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    I run AVO coil-overs on the back of my rally nova/corsa A with no modifications to the rear mount points and they have had some server abuse on the stages over the last 3 years and no problems.

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    Turret,

    Pro.
    Clearance for coilover.
    Space to straighton the whole thing out, insted over them sitting at an angle like they do now.
    You can move the coilover in wards giving more tyre/wheel space/width.

    Con.
    Gotta be a good welder, strengh wise.

    Not doing it.

    Youll need to dress the inner arch as the build on a nova is + or - 5mm on a nova. So one side might fit, one might not.
    Coilover can be very close to tyre.
    Youll still wanna weld the seams of the pannels, as the stress with be all in different places.
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    Cheers for all the advice,

    on the good side im not doing any of the welding or fab work so ill see if they can slightly modify the rear arch while they are doing the repair work to give me some more clearance and stich weld it

    I can see why people go for turrets but does seem a bit hard core for my needs its never been 3 up an is never likely to be

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    They often rot behind the rear shock so could be worth rewelding it for more clearance anyway yeah

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    Yep that's where mine has gone so it looks like removing the shock mounting point remaking it or be it modified on both sides

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    The main gain is lowering the center of gravity whilst maintaining stroke.

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    Come on... Pics of yours
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    Is be interested in seeing them too ��

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    Beating the inner arch is a bodge imo. A few examples Ive looked at, the std seams in teh boot floor have split open. Daft for the sake of fitting some parts in a hurry.
    The std spring arrangement uses the chassis leg under the boot floor to support the weight of the car & any further ballast, by using a coilover strut with spring/damper as one unit, the weight is now supported by the upper shock mounting in the wheel well & the lower mount on the beam, which is literally a bit of folded tin. Reinforce the lower mount & create the adequate space for the spring to move/clear aganst the inner arch. Just because it looks clear when on a jack in your garage does not mean the spring wont come into contact with the arch when the car is cornering under load.

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    Having cut and welded bits of mine where the top of the shock fits. It's 4 skins of metal, so there should be quite alot of strength there. But i'd advice to at least weld the seam joins up.

    Moving the bottom mount is a but better yes tho yes^
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