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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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Putting coils on my EK.


So i bought a set of coilovers for an EF. They came off of an EG.
Rears are on and fine, spaced, whatever.
Trying to use EF forks and they are wayyy too narrow to fit over FLCA.
I thought they bolted up? any suggestions?
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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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You can't use EF forks, you already found that out.

Buy 96-00 forks, except SI. They will NOT work, unless you have SI front control arms.
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 07:37 AM
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im starting to wonder if my FLCA's were swapped to Si arms. because the ef forks were much too narrow. and the set that was on my hatch would not work with the coilovers due to the mounting point of the coilover being too small for the fork.

Do EK forks have a small opening for the strut?
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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Post a picture of the LCA
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 98civdx
Post a picture of the LCA
currently I don't have access to tools at school, not sure if its relevant but the lca's are stamped , not cast
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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1 Peice lca? 99-00 SI are 1 peice, and don't have the bolts in the middle as all the others do.
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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i believe they are 1 piece... i keep trying to contact PIC to just buy the lower part of the coilover that the fork mounts to.. but i havent had any success. tried e-mailing and calling
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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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What do you you think? it's yes or no.


Do they look anything like these?
http://unlimitedjdm.com/cms/index.ph...mart&Itemid=47
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 09:11 AM
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yep. ordered replacement cups from PIC,
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