Strut mount - can it come apart?

[btruong968]

Hey everyone,
I recently a put coilover sleeves on my stock struts and top hats. I'm trying to go for maximum low but the shock hits the top hat (fully compressed) before I even max out my coilovers. I noticed that the stock hat has this huge ring for the bearing. Can this be knocked off?

Also, any ideas on doing a top mounted top hat similar to OBK's?

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/pro...0Strut%20Mount

The metal chunk attached to the top hat

[Que]

yes it could come off if you break it. Get hotchkis plates or make your own if you wanna do it

[NHBP04VIC]

Yea i think jake took his off the top than custom made his plates!! I saw them in person pretty sweet.

[elementalchain]

can you take a pic of what your assembled strut looks like. it would help

[btruong968]

i was actually thinking about just taking an angle grinder to it. haha.

here's some pics i took during the install. idk if it'll help any. i'll try to get some better ones.




does anyone think these can work?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MK1-Universa...ac068a&vxp=mtr

[DDragon7]

That doesn't look right, you have no suspension travel like that. What you need is a shorter strut, that's if your frame isn't on the ground already. lol

[mikereynolds9]

What I was thinking about doing for my car is taking the oem top hat and cutting it then have someone extend it by an in and a half or so so I could get more shock travel so I could go for more lows. But everything goes right I should be getting some hotchkis camber plates in feb and plan on doing a setup similar to obk.

So you could extend it for my shock travel n

[btruong968]

Originally Posted by DDragon7

That doesn't look right, you have no suspension travel like that. What you need is a shorter strut, that's if your frame isn't on the ground already. lol

there is no travel, lol. i didnt actually run it like that. the problem is that im not laying frame or even slammed as i want to be, even with the strut fully compressed.

its either shorter struts, raised strut mounts, or smaller wheels.

Originally Posted by mikereynolds9

What I was thinking about doing for my car is taking the oem top hat and cutting it then have someone extend it by an in and a half or so so I could get more shock travel so I could go for more lows. But everything goes right I should be getting some hotchkis camber plates in feb and plan on doing a setup similar to obk.

So you could extend it for my shock travel n

im on the lookout for the hotchkis plates. if you do go through with your plan, could you let me know how it works out? that's what i was originally going to do, to bring back some shock travel.

[OhhBeKay]

ditch oem tophats. so much wasted space(travel) since they mount under neath the tower

you cant "extend" oem tophats like the other civics can for MANY reasons.

with what you posted, it should work. you can only go so low until the car sits on the struts/bumptop. then you go lower =]

[btruong968]

Originally Posted by OhhBeKay

ditch oem tophats. so much wasted space(travel) since they mount under neath the tower

you cant "extend" oem tophats like the other civics can for MANY reasons.

with what you posted, it should work. you can only go so low until the car sits on the struts/bumptop. then you go lower =]

the thing rides bumpstops now. it's hell of a ride
ill order those top hats. whatd you make the bottom plate out of?