(from JSutter's thread)



Thoughts from the mech Es in the house?

Obvious main concerns are twofold: integrity of the assembly when you drill more holes into it (I am hard on my suspension) and possibly fawking up the CV boot.

 

Personally don't think thats a good idea.
That would put more stress at the bottom of the strut.

But thats coming from a Civil engineering perspective...

 

Sooo I took a look today, and there's no way this would work. There is simply not enough extra material on the A32 strut.

 

Thats a 6th gen, the guy welded extra material at the top then redrilled. There is room, but its not worth it. A better way to do it is move the strut tube down. Yea kinda like a CSK. With some tubing and flat stock one could fab up new housings. Lots of Sentra guys run custom housings with Koni 8610/8611's which use a gland nut at the top to hold the insert.

 

ex-ME here. me tired.

 

nothing at all wrong with that, assuming you have clearance for the CV boot and you get the bolts drilled in the right spot. get one 1mm off and your camber is off a couple of degrees.
measure twice, drill once!!

 

my only thing would be the properties of the metal that he drilled through and how it will take the abuse that having 4 holes in it might cause.

everything else matt said makes sense.

 

I thought of that, but those are just "do it right" issues. I was more concerned with how well it would hold up.

 

i think it would affect the structural integrity of the assembly. that particular piece has those two holes drilled specifically in a particular spot. they didnt design that piece around those two holes for nothing. theres a lot riding on that assembly. drilling another two holes in a different spot, well... thats your call and your risk. just get Koni's and shorten em in stock housings. a little more work but less worries. (which im sure you already know and have )

 

The plan was to do both.

But apparently they added some material to the strut housing.. so it's not as bad as you'd think in this application.