[urq] My bent strut vs going to coil overs on early car D497

[Tony Hoffman]

Generally, where they bend is not at the top, where
the  coilovers would replace a part of it. They
generally bend at the weld about 1/3 of the way up.
You meght be able to have it straightened with a
press, however. I would have it checked very closely
for cracks in the weld after all is said and done. If
you do coilovers, should at the very minimum do both
the fronts. Otherwise, ugly handling would be the
result. 

Tony Hoffman

--- steven j <michellepfeiffersx at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My mechanic told me my LF 'strut housing and wheel
> bearing holder' is bent so I've been trying to get a
> replacement.  The car has noticable positive camber
> and doesn't handle very well.  First I'm going to
> remove it to actually verify that it is bent and
> where.  Installed in the car I don't notice anything
> unusual.
> 
> Lots of folks talk about coil-overs - maybe it would
> be cheaper for me to just convert the one side to
> coilovers if that will cure the problem.  So give me
> an idea if this makes sense.   Who sells coilover
> kits
> or who has a web page on doing this?
> 
> steve
> 
> 
> 
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