Ok the car is a 1990 civic si hatch. The suspension being used is new KYB AGX strut with Megan racing Coilover Sleeves. Ok the front went on without a hitch and the back I had no problem with the bolts or nething like I thought I would, but when I put the sleeve on the rear strut I noticed that the sleeve wants to fall into the perch. is there anyway to fix this? do I need to knock off the perch and flip it over or is there a spacer that slides over the strut and sits on the perch to make a flat surface for the coilover sleeve to sit on?? Anyhelp would be great sorry for the newb question but I can't find any info.

 

bump it up any info would be great

 

you can try and find some type of spacer but i just let them sit in there they ended up being crooked but they still worked

 

thats why i worry b/c they are c little crooked. Nick B how long have you been running your setup and what is it? also anybody else have any info to throw in here please.

 

bump it up

 

it's ground controls with tokikco blues i've been running it for about 4-5 years now and the shocks are still good the sleeves are fine too they just sit a little crooked

i remember seeing somewhere on here where someone actually cut the spring perch so the sleeve would fit better but i don't know exactly how to do that

i was going to do it to mine but got lazy

 

Got it all fixed just flip your rear strut perch over. simple took 5min tops. hope this info helps.

 

where yours not welded on mine are lol

 

UPDATE Kyb strut perches are welded. works fine to flip stock perches over. ok so we are stuck like chuck again. should we
1. Cut down the sides of the perch to allow the sleeve to seat correct.
OR
2. Buy a washer to sit on the perch so the sleeve will sit correctly.

would like to know what everybody else is doing. I know there are some people running KYB AGX with sleeve coilovers be it skunk2, omni, megan or ebay.

and if your running GC/Koni and don't have this problem good for you.

 

there is a thread out there with the solution to this problem but i cant seem to find it

i know it involved cutting the perch but i don't know exactly how

i think a spacer would be safer thought

 

yeah I seen that thread ALONG time ago. Hell this is the 1st time I have been on HT.com since they changed the format. so I feel like a big NOOB again. We are depating wether to cut the perch, but we want to see pics 1st. and as far as the washer thing it should work just have to find the right size washer. a BIG ONE. lol

 

what you can do is get another set of collars put them on the bottom threads of the sleeve just buy those cheap *** coil overs for the collars i would think that would work hopefully they are the same threads and size