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Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?

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Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« on: August 26, 2007, 08:15:49 PM »

       Will flipping the front strut mount give anuff clearance to compensate for coil spacers, and how hard is it to do? On a 1996 sidekick. Please give some feed back.
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Re: Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2007, 09:01:15 PM »
Ya with coil spacers it's cool to flip the strut mounts. This will compensate for the loss of down travel due to installing the spacers.
It's not hard to do at all... Use an impact to take the large nut off the top of the strut and remove the 3 nuts holding the mount to the strut tower. Knock out the 3 press in studs and replace with similar size grade 8 nuts and bolts and re-assemble.
Sound Simple?
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Re: Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2007, 08:33:10 AM »
The strut mount flip will give around 3/4" more down travel. It will help if have spacers but won't restore all the lost travel.
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Re: Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2007, 09:44:37 AM »
That sounds simple anuff and thats anuff travel to get me started
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Re: Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2007, 12:16:23 AM »
As I recall, the Calmini lift kit comes with a header flange (for aftermarket V8 headers) as a spacer when you flip it.  Don;t remember ever touching any pressed in anything.  Just take one to a local speed shop and buy two spacers.
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Re: Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2007, 10:22:15 AM »
Quote from: mojoincolorado on September 05, 2007, 12:16:23 AM
As I recall, the Calmini lift kit comes with a header flange (for aftermarket V8 headers) as a spacer when you flip it.  Don;t remember ever touching any pressed in anything.  Just take one to a local speed shop and buy two spacers.

The studs are pressed in. I knocked mine out but it distorted the flange quite badly. I knocked it flat  but if I did it again I would drill them out.
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2000 Vitara 1.6, 3+3 Lift, 33"MTs, 5:83s, LWB brakes, Winch, Snorkel, Safari Rack
1986 SJ413K PickUp, 1.6L conversion.

OBD1 - Full diagnostics on a PC/Laptop: http://www.rhinopower.org
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Nicksidekickin

Re: Front Strut Mount? Flip IT?
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2007, 06:10:12 PM »
I decided not to flip it instead i found a strut spacer from low range off road for like 30 bucks. thanks for the info tho.
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