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Old February 23rd 2010, 23:45
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Qa1 Coilovers do not fit Stock trailing arms!

I did my research here on the QA1 coilovers. I purchased the 4855B model with 10 inch springs. They don't fit. The will not clear the shock mounting cup on stock irs trailing arms. Pics coming soon. So maybe Im doing something wrong. Does anyone have QA1 coilovers being used with STOCK IRS trailing arms?
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Old February 24th 2010, 00:57
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Some would argue that "fit" is just a matter of perseverance! Hope it will work out, look forward to the pics.

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Old February 24th 2010, 08:00
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Jason you are so right. I did some more research and found that Brent with the wonderful 1303 street legal racer in NZ had to modify his stock irs arms in order to "fit" QA1 coilovers. He also include pics!! I like his work, Im going to take some ideas from his build and find a way to mount my coilovers. A coworker of mine suggested that I look up information on some of the offroad jeep sites that he is fond of. He mentioned that offroaders seem to specialize in custom shock mounting locations, ideas and applications. Offroad sites here I come....

Link to Brents thread with Qa1 and Stock Irs arms, pics included
http://germanlook.net/forums/showthr...ght=qa1&page=4
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Old February 24th 2010, 12:15
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You just need to drill a lower mounting hole higher in the bottom cup. I will post pics tonight as I am now using the DDR4855P model now.

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Old February 24th 2010, 13:36
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You just need to drill a lower mounting hole higher in the bottom cup. I will post pics tonight as I am now using the DDR4855P model now.

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If you do that I would carefully check the closed height of the damper to make sure that it doesn't bottom out.

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Old February 24th 2010, 13:39
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OMG! WTF! Sandeep I ran to garage the when I read what you said. I honestly can not believe I didnt see that! Once again germanlook.net saves the day! Thanks so much Sandeep! I really see how simple that is, but then again please go ahead and post the pics because Im still recovering from one the largest brain farts in history!

EvilC thats a valid point. I will make sure I check that using a spare trailing arm.

Lanner where are you. I need a 5 bar kafer cup kit asap.
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Old February 24th 2010, 23:46
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See here for pics

http://germanlook.net/forums/showthr...4512#post74512

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Old March 10th 2010, 06:55
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Opps!! Qa1 coilover do fit irs

Sandeep enlighted me on how the fit qa1 coilovers. I had to grind just a little clearance ( 5 to 7mm) around the edge the of shock mounting cup, in order to prevent any binding of the spring and spring perch. Check out the pics




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Old March 10th 2010, 22:51
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love this setup where can i get some i got on q1a and i cant really figure out what i need
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Old March 11th 2010, 12:08
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Got mines from summitracing.com. They are just south of Atlanta, Ga. Noticed you are in TN not much of a drive or shipping should be reasonable.
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Nice coilover set-up. I can't wait to see this car in person.

Summit is a great place for performance stuff. I ALWAYS stop at the Summit store when I'm heading down for dyno day and Silver Dollar drag's

As a matter of fact, I will be there tomorrow nite...
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Speed,

What did you do about the bolt size difference?

Did you open up to 1/2" and use same size bolt..

When I was looking at these, the thing I did not like was the fact that the eyelets were about 1mm to large for the standard bolts..

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Old March 12th 2010, 00:58
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hmmm just right in the back door i see lol i believe i have seen it from the road before while traveling through. really big showroom? anyways thanks fro the info
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Good Ol' Summit. I'm in there 3-4 times a month or more. We are lucky to have one right in our town.
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I've only been to the shop in Reno NV once and it's the closest summit store. I do make tons of online orders though, and they have always been top notch, even for returns or exchanges.

Alex, the eyelets are 1/2" and the only ways to get around it to sleeve the bore or upgrade to larger bolts. I upgraded to 1/2" hardware on my car and drilled out the upper shock mounts.
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