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    Quote Originally Posted by green-lantern View Post
    OK, yeah I thought that’s what you were talking about. The stock stuff came very close. I’ve been thinking about getting a set of those coilovers. I might have to 2nd guess it.

    Sucks about the wheels man. I would be very pissed also.
    Paul, you can run coilovers on an awd conversion without any problems. There is still clearance unless you plan to launch your car off a ramp like night rider.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hans@GZP View Post
    Paul, you can run coilovers on an awd conversion without any problems. There is still clearance unless you plan to launch your car off a ramp like night rider.


    unless you plan on being airborne, it shouldn't be a problem.

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    So this ended up being OK huh? I'm thinking of picking up a set of megans.

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    Do eeet.

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    agreed. do it. 3/s's shouldn't look like low-rider's on the rear axle & 4x4's on the front.

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    So, are you fwd, converted to AWD?
    I feel like I read somewhere that the upper mounting point (perch) on the AWD cars is in a different position.
    I would assume this is to move the strut away from the axle to avoid the issue you're having....
    If that's the case you could look into changing those out too if it REALLY bothers you. Deff would be some work though...

    Oh, and don't forget to re align the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiNi_ViPeR View Post
    So, are you fwd, converted to AWD?
    I feel like I read somewhere that the upper mounting point (perch) on the AWD cars is in a different position.
    I would assume this is to move the strut away from the axle to avoid the issue you're having....
    If that's the case you could look into changing those out too if it REALLY bothers you. Deff would be some work though...

    Oh, and don't forget to re align the car.
    evan (shooter83) actually did this with his first conversion. he did a meticulous tit-for-tat exact duplication of factory placement strut mounts. LOTS more pita though, and really not worth it.

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