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03-09-2003, 06:32 PM
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Kaminari Celica progress
So far i have been working on lowering the front suspension, i decided to do things a little differently. Rather than chop up the shocks, i've extended the mounts for them, upwards. I marked, then sliced off the tops with a razor saw. Then added spacers made from squares of .030 plastic sheet which were then trimmed and sanded flush. I used 3 of these spacers on each side to raise the suspension a level i was happy with. There wasn't much room to go any higher anyway coz its just about touching the underside of the hood. I had to discard the original tops coz of this and used thin plastic sheet instead. I also added two small spacers to the lower arms, these were made from styrene tube.
It works out to be less hassle doing it this way. The spacers mean you ensure an equal level each side and theres no messing around with chopping up the shocks etc.        The next problem was with the track, the wheels are restricted to how far they go in by the springs on the suspension.   The simple remedy was to fit thinner tyres, which were from a Hasegawa Lancia Delta kit, and the rims were trimmed to the same width. I used a compass to score a line to provide a guide for the razor saw.     The rims still didn't tuck in as far as i'd like, so i also filed down the the face of the hubs which come into contact with the rims. Its a blurry pic, but u should see the difference between the original on the left and modified on right.  This is the result  
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03-09-2003, 06:42 PM
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u dam sure better keep us posted on this project
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03-09-2003, 07:14 PM
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This thread and your tutorial on converting rims gives me ideas on my SAS 180SX for the future.
 Excellent job, very innovative!!
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03-09-2003, 07:23 PM
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Wow, your really creative. I would have never thought of something like that. Keep on rollin' in the good ideas!
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03-09-2003, 07:25 PM
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Looks very good.
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03-09-2003, 07:26 PM
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looking good so far!
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03-09-2003, 09:19 PM
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speechless......
thanks Chris!!! :ylsuper :ylsuper :ylsuper
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03-09-2003, 09:34 PM
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03-09-2003, 10:30 PM
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lol ure a bastard for small details
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03-10-2003, 04:03 AM
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Great stuff Chris:flash: :flash:
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