I’ve been toying with revising the suspension on Beryl for a while. She handles well enough, but the front end always seems to be sitting high. I’ve also noticed the center of gravity seems high when cornering. I’ve been chatting with
@cobraboy about the
coilover conversion he’d made to his group 2 replica. He’d used a setup similar to
@sowen. I like this approach for a few reasons.
1) It’s easily reversible if I prefer the factory setup.
2) There are a huge range of 2.5” coilover springs available at a reasonable price for fine tuning.
3) It’s fairly easy to make the parts
4) it will complement the stuff ARB and adjustable Koni shock absorbers already fitted to Beryl.
So far I’ve managed to source the steel threaded Coil-over sleeves, spring seat domes and springs.
Sleeves cut down to length. Domes cut and cleaned ready for welding. They’re just placed together for test fitting here. I’ve media blasted the plating off the top 5mm of the sleeves and added a chamfer to encourage full weld penetration between the sleeves and domes.
the domes welded in place, welds dressed. I’ve left a fair amount of bead in place to add strength.
Final part, painting over the weld, dome, and unplated areas. I want to keep everything clean and rust free going forward.
I still need to make seats to hold the 2.5” springs on the 2.25” sleeves and bulkhead seats.
Next steps will be to remove the uprights, fit new ball joints and switch everything over.