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Coilovers in Gemini

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Hey all just wondering has any1 put or seen adjustable coil overs in a gemini? And if it canbe done how hard would it be?
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yes its been done, and it will be about 8 hards out of a total of 10 hards
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fugg that!! i would want the shock tower beefed up biggtime if that was my car.. no way would i trust it to take all the load of the front of the car...
thats why the stock spring is house in the x-member*

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Post by BUR75 »

f*#kn oats, definite beef up, that would just push through that sheet metal, my mates wagon the shocks came through the tower int he back, definitly not strong enough for that.
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Heh me and jazza were discussing this just yesterday.. I too agree it wont handle it, Ive asked the owner what he plans to do but no reply as of yet
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Post by PSIGEM »

Yeh.. If you want to/can fabricate a complete new Front x-member...
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Post by YES-11S »

i got rear coilovers in mine havent done the front noo need for coilovers in the front for what i wanna do with the car
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Post by Gene FJ20DEBT »

Yeh.. If you want to/can fabricate a complete new Front x-member...
why would u need to do that? just cut the top spring bucket out and fab a braket to the top of the stock x-member... im hardly a pro fabricator, but if u ask me it looks liek it would be a pretty simple task
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Post by F|sh »

THAT ONE WITH THE COILOVERS IN THE FRONT END IS A drag car....

i would run them from the lca to the shock tower. that way its like the falcon setup.
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if its a drag car then theres even more chance of problems.. specially if its going to be lifting the wheels
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Gene FJ20DEBT wrote:if its a drag car then theres even more chance of problems.. specially if its going to be lifting the wheels
can see thats going to be a pretty common thing with this engine setup:

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Post by Gene FJ20DEBT »

id defiantly be doing somehtign about how the coil overs mount if all that is in the front..
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