howdy guys

freaking long time i know since i updated my rides thread and ill leave it for now but im in the midst of finishing my coilover conversion to my 2ndGen Verada. The coilovers are from a 3rd gen.

i need to know if the shock shaft are the same for the 3rd gen and 3nd gen with regards to keyway/ grove in the thread? To save the hassle i thought about just changing spring hats/top hats from the 3rd gen to the 2nd gen as the 3rd has 3 bolt hats and the 2ndgen haas 2 bolt hats. The shaft looks to be same diameter but it may have a different keyway which woudl require me drilling out the strut towers to 3bolt.

Ive already overcome the 1st issue being that the eyelet bolt for the 3rd gen and 2nd gen mount the shock to the suspension components differently due to solid rear vs indepandant rear suspension types. I needed a steel bush made that was 18mm outside diameter and 12mm inside diameter (from memory)

If i have to drill out the strut towers i will weld a 3mm steel ring to the top side of it for increased rigity since it will then have 5 holes in it.

thanks in advance

Lionel

Did you already have a 12-18mm bushes made up or do you need some made to mount to the suspension?

yeah i have them floating around here somewhere, im not sure on the sizes now; i have put them inbefore but took them out and packaged them so i could get the struts in.. this was over a year ago now haha

Im still unable to find out if the 2g hats will fit the 3g struts because my spring compressors are at a mates place

Lionel

Is this for the fronts or rears?
As the strut tops for the fronts are the same for both 2nd and 3rd gen.
Rears, like you mentioned are different due to the reas suspension layout.

its for the rears but i have a set of 2g hats that i can use to put on the 3rd gen struts provided the key ways are the same. If i had my spring compressors i would just rip em off and check it out myself. if they arent ill have to devise a way to drill out the strut towers to suit the 3 stud hats from the 3rd gen.