mcpherson struts?

ok the xA has mcpherson struts and I am running the easy street struts now. My question is what would be the best way to raise the strut towers so I can lay pitch? I have seen some bad hack jobs and I have seen some that are over the top. I am looking for something in the middle nothing to SCREAMS LOOK AT ME!

im doing upper control arms in my neon. i'ld say that would be your best/safest bet

get rid of your kit and fab something up or do like ^^Dan is doing. Raising your towers is the worst idea....it will cause all sorts of camber and toe problems on a mac. setup

Originally posted by CrucialNeon



im doing upper control arms in my neon. i'ld say that would be your best/safest betif you have any could you send me a pic of the setup?

i haven't made mine yet, waiting to finish the accord in my garage so i can get mine in there so i can get after it. I'm buy in the upper ball joint kit from Suicidedoors.com & i will also be using Heim joints

The ball joints are for an s10, & it includes the mounting plate. Not bad for 79 bucks for the pairs if you ask me

Moving the strut tower upwards won't affect camber, but it will affect toe b/c the rack and pinion will be in a different position in reference to the spindle. In order to keep the geometry the same you would have to move the rack up the same amount as the strut towers. Just be sure to keep the strut mounts in the same location, dont move them forward, back or in or out. Moving them in relation to the lower balljoint will cause camber and caster problems. I have thought of a method that would be pretty easy. You will need a pipe large enough to fit the strut inside it and weld a cap onto the top of it to attach the strut mount to. Take that pipe and weld it to the top of the strut tower to lift the tower.

depending on your spindles you can either have the spindle shortend to lower it, or you can go custom with upper a arms.
i went with older civic spindles that use upper a arms then just made mounts for the uppers to mount to

you could just juice it

Edited: 7/29/2007 3:37:19 PM by So Tex Customz

Originally posted by phillip



you could just juice itoh yea juice works great i went that route on my second try. just dont use powerballs like me, they dont work too great upside down( they loose grease quick and begin to clack and make noise)but if u use swivle mounts then juice is the way to go with very little fab