Coilovers on the Rear...

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Originally Posted by Aamir

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Can you let me know what you ordered too please as I would like to get rid of the Avo tat off the rear of mine.

Hey, im currenty restoring my nova and will be fitting coilovers but would like to know where they effect the car so i can look about fixin the problem now instead of later? Or do you think its not worth worrying about? Cheers lee

Affect? What?

All the answers are in this thread tbh. At the very least reinforce the damper mounts on the beam & I'd suggest seam welding the rear wheel houses. Ideally turret it, if you can be bothered.

I have seam welded round the rear arch but what i havent picked up on is what part i mite have to hit with a hammer to fit coilovers. I dont want to do this cause iv went to the bother of seam welding the bay and and fitting a strengthning kit and removing and replacing anything that was bad or rotton on the car. Its my road car but i do intend on doing track days so dont want to turn and hit it with a hammer. Is it at the top of the inner arch where the problem happenes? Sorry for soundin so thick about. Cheers lee

I've ordered some coilovers today from Gaz.
Brian at Gaz assured me they WILL fit straight on. Will let you know in about 3 weeks when they arrive.
I got drawings sent to me and took rear wheel off last night and to be honest i will be really surprised if they will fit.

Martin the ones from gaz will fit. But you will struggle to run it low at the back. I have been there and done that, gaz, avo etc. They all say you will be able to really lower it but then they send a shock that when extended is bloody huge and when compressed is still miles longer than a stock nova setup shock. I have asked and asked and asked for a set of shocks that are the exact same length as gaz/avo stock setup rear shocks but as coilovers but never got anywhere.

As said it varys from car to car, i've got GAZ coilovers on mine the mounts aren't turreted, had to bash the inner arch a little bit to clear the spring.
I just had the seams around the mount seam welded and also added a strengthening plate / strut brace mount on either arch. Also strengthened the mount on the beam as well.
I'm running 7 x 15's on mine and theres a few mm clearance betweeb tyre & spring, had to run a 5mm spacer on one side to clear the spring but non on the other side, good'ol Nova build quality !!

Aye make sure you get the correct length shocks, the first set i had were 19" open length and when you set it to a decent height on the rear it was just sitting on the stops ! ended up buying another set, think these were 15" ?? Sits spot on now tho and still has a bit of suspension travel.

With the drawings i got faxed from Gaz they seem to be the same open length to the Avo's i'am running now.
If there to long or wont fit they will go straight back!!

Thats the beauty of turreting too, you can use almost any length of shock & choose where the top mount is, therfore choose the ride height & how much travel is left in the shock/spring. My 15" rear wheel will go 2" up under the rear arch & still has about another 2" lowe if I want. Sounds crazy but raised up to max height, it looks like its a regular 20mm drop, ie all the wheel & some tyre visible.