I spoke to a couple companies and they all suggested that the top mounting location of the shock should be reinforced. They recommend that I tie it in better with the shocktower. Can I just bolt it up to the shock tower or should I try to recreate the current mount with thicker steel? here are some pics of what the mount looks like. also, I would no longer have any need for roller spring perches right?
I've narrowed my search down to his set right here http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HAL-DDR4955P/?rtype=10 The company I want to get it through (they seem helpful) is naake.com And Mike who I spoke with recommended getting bearing instead of poly bushings.
With that set up, the whole weight of the car is pushing on the upper shock mount. They certainly were not designed for that. I would make a big round plate that could bolt to the underside of the shock tower where the original spring was, then make your upper shock mount directly off that plate.
How would you mount those? to the shock tower, and the upper control arm? Something like that usually mounts to the top of the spindle.
I personally would just drill the shock tower bolts and run thicker ones and call it a day.the shock is still pulling on the shock tower,just not pushing on it.Then again I am no engineer and I have buggered things up good before, I would hate to be blamed for a shock going through the hood you might not need the spring perch depending on how the shock attaches to the arm. If it uses a cross bar I dont see why you would need them.
Since the upper part of the spring seats just below the top of the shock, the upper part of the spring needs to pass through the shock hole if you plan on using the original shock mount. And then I think it would just rip the shock mount off. Like Mavaholic said, you would need to fabricate a custom upper mount, either above or below the original shock hole.
does anyone know whether global west is any better than total control products? seems like the total control uses all polymer-bearings and global west uses del-a-lum bushings.
I personally like this design....It puts most of the load back on the tower with the upper control arms.
Total Control is owned by Chris Alston also. They sent me an E-Catalog in the mail a while back but the CD broke in the mail
You could use two top shock mounts pressed together and welded for the top and a 1/8" thick ring on the underside. That should reinforce the top mount sufficiently. The only other option that I can think of is to build your own mount for the top from 3/16" T1 steel. It would seither need to be mounted from the bottom or use the 1/8" thick steel ring (like a giant washer) on the underside of the tower with the new mount on top.
