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hey steve, i just cut out the oem strut innards from my b13 front housings yesterday and i tried to put the specv konis in and it looks like the extrusions/nubs towards the top of the strut insert(like in pic 2) interfere with the insert going into the housing so i was wondering if you have to pull those nubs into the housing with the screw at the bottom(like a lug nut and wheel stud type of thing)? or do you cut the actual housing shorter to accomadate the nubs. i looked at the insert in the housing and it doesnt look like the threaded part at the bottom is even close to touching the bottom especially if i cut the half an inch or so off of it.
Those nubs are the tension to keep the strut tight up top. Read the instructions. This install is just a slight variation of the standard Koni install.
Are these the struts you guys are using?
Brand: Koni
Product Line: Koni 8611 Series Double Adjustable Race Strut Inserts
Internal Design: Twin-tube
Adjustable: Yes
Gas Charged: No
Boot Included: No
Extended Length (in): 19.690 in.
Collapsed Length (in): 14.060 in.
Body Diameter (in): 1.713 in.
Upper Mount: Stud
Quantity: Sold individually.
Notes: 5.63 in. stroke, 11.42 in. body length, and is designed to fit through a 5/8 in. bearing camber plate assembly.
Race Strut, Insert, Double Adjustable, Twin-Tube, 19.69 in. Extended/14.06 in. Collapsed Lengths, Front, Each
If They are, I am testing the waters for a group buy.
This is only a test.
Ed
No I am using the Spec V, B13 and 92 Maxima Inserts.
I'm sorry I didn't copy everyone else's setup. If you need a preacher to tell you what mods to put on your car, the Reverend Veilside180sx might have a suggestion.
Last edited by veilside180sx : 03-04-2007 at 12:25 AM.
i am using the spec-v fronts with the b13 housings. i cant put them on yet though because the one housing i got is an aftermarket strut and the wall of the tube are thicker than the oem one so i have to go to pull n save and try to find another oem one. it felt really weird when i put the rears on though like the car was raked up in the rear like an old muscle car because i had the ksports set so low before. i dont remember the rm spring rates off the top of my head but i think they are 325f/250r?
I have the same problem with my new Tokico kit I have installed on the ser
I gotta check the spring rates see how they will match up. Not sure what to do.
Hopefully keep the springs and use them in conjunction with the OEM struts w/ Koni inserts.
By the way have you heard of a spring spacer, I would like to raise the front .50", just a thought.
Ksport 336f/392r with options
Ed
Last edited by pathfinder7 : 03-04-2007 at 08:26 PM.
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I have the same problem with my new Tokico kit I have installed on the ser
I gotta check the spring rates see how they will match up. Not sure what to do.
Hopefully keep the springs and use them in conjunction with the OEM struts w/ Koni inserts.
By the way have you heard of a spring spacer, I would like to raise the front .50", just a thought. 325f/250rYou are right
Ed
for the spaceer search "hyperco Gen1" or "lifted B13" use the donut
Those nubs are the tension to keep the strut tight up top. Read the instructions. This install is just a slight variation of the standard Koni install.
Forgive my ignorance but what are the nubs doing in the second pic? They are not near the top of the cut so are they superfluous? They don't seem to have a function there, unless I'm missing something.
Thanks,
By the way, re read all the threads, my answers were there all along,
eeven if I had to read it twice okay three....times 8610-1409
98srve,keo,silvia 1320
Thanks
Last edited by pathfinder7 : 03-04-2007 at 09:26 PM.
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i am using the spec-v fronts with the b13 housings. i cant put them on yet though because the one housing i got is an aftermarket strut and the wall of the tube are thicker than the oem one so i have to go to pull n save and try to find another oem one. it felt really weird when i put the rears on though like the car was raked up in the rear like an old muscle car because i had the ksports set so low before. i dont remember the rm spring rates off the top of my head but i think they are 325f/250r?
YOu can normally take some paint off to make the units work any most housings.
The Spec V inserts have two sets of nubs. They are also bigger then many of the housings. I sometimes ingnore the nubs if the inserts are already really tight in the housings and JB Weld them around the top before I insert them in the housing. That set probably has another set of nubs just below the top that you can't see.
