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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ 5 lug conversion question

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 9 2005, 10:51 PM

on the fronts...
do I HAVE TO swap out the A arm? or can I just swap out the strut and use teh 4 cylinder car's A arm and tortions

does anyone want to trade some nice used Bilstiens for some nice external adjustable Konis? the Koni struts are wearing BMW brakes now. I will be upgrading those to aluminum S calipers with the 3.5" spacing

my 4 cylinder struts have external adj Konis and my 5 lug conversion struts are wasted bilsteins

if I cant trade them here perhaps Ebay will help me recoup some costs for teh new bilsteins

Posted by: Travis Neff Sep 9 2005, 11:10 PM

No need to swap A-Arms unless you want the larger torsion bars than a stock 914. If you have an older chassis 70-72 you may need to change out your ball joints to the later style, and vice versa for older style struts

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 10 2005, 10:37 PM

my bilstein 5 lug strut inserts are blown.

my 4 lug stuff has nice Koni externals adjustable inserts

any trades out there?

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 12 2005, 06:11 PM

dsg

Posted by: ! Sep 12 2005, 06:20 PM

I have a set of 911, 74-89 Billstein inserts, factory revalved/rebuilt $350

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 14 2005, 05:29 PM

maybe...that sounds high. how much are they new? shox.com in El Cajon wants 450 for all 4 911

Posted by: sean_v8_914 Sep 15 2005, 09:43 AM

cvb