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Old January 24th 2013, 16:33
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red 9...

I have both the front and rear coil over package and have dealt with them to get some replacement parts.

1. Red9 is awesome to do business with and I'm in the US, it's all email and shipping.
2. The quality of the parts I have are super awesome. (I bought them new / used from a third party (SuperRSI as seen offering the parts above) and Red9 still supports them and me as a customer).

if you are considering this kit, just pull the trigger... it's sexy. You might need some custom parts depending on what your setup is.

I am working with a 69 IRS chassis with 944T rear arms converted to uniball's as I've removed the torsion bars.

The fronts bolt right in. No issue or special parts required (other than a fully adjustable front beam because you'll be removing the torsion leaves and replacing them with the bearing bars they provide). I will be re-enforcing the front beam both itself and by integrating the front beam into my roll cage setup to help spread the load.

The rear's need a special bit of love if you're using the 944T arms.
First, the top-mount hardware that comes with the rear coil-over fits just fine however, you will need a spacer made to offset the top of the coil-over from the shock tower with a 10MM spacer (which is what I am using).

The 944T trailing arm suspension bolt is a 14MM for the lower mount which is too large for the lower coil-over bushing which is designed for the stock bug steel arms, which are 12MM (and will bolt right in, if this is your setup).

So you will need to either source a bolt that supports these variations or you have to have something made up (my solution). I have a 14MM bolt with a 12MM shaft and a threaded outer end topped off with a castle nut so I can install and lock-wire it to keep it from backing out. I have a custom spacer being made that is about 10mm like the top one. This gives me a little extra spring clearance. You might be able to get away with 8MM spacers for both top and bottom mounts but I really wanted to have the space to not worry about my spring clearance.

You WILL need to run either a kafer cup brace setup (which will change the spacer requirements) or do a full cage integration (my solution) to integrate the shock towers. Not doing this can and will result in catastrophic failure of the shock towers. You'll also need to source a uniball setup because this is a complete replacement. You don't want to double suspend your suspension system so you'll ditch the torsions and replace the torsion / spring plate with the uniball setup. You can either get Red9's solution or go with MBT / Alex's customs or something like a setup from Pacific Customs to build your own Uniball kit.

I'll shoot some photos of my setup in a day or two and get them up into a build thread so folks can see what I am working with.

All in all, I love the parts from Red9.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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