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Old 05-22-2004, 07:25 PM
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Unhappy help with 3rd gen coil over conversion

I bought the standard coil over conversion kit for my 87 bird and paired it with the Koni SPA1 adj. drag strut. My prob is that when installed, my strut bottoms out on the top cup after only 2-3" of travel. Now, after driving it for a short period of time and bottoming out, it has totally torn the bearing cup from the strut tower assy. and pushed it into the engine compartment. Does anyone have this conversion for a 3rd gen and have you heard of this problem? Only thing i can think of is there is a little 2" spacer (above the top spring cup) that is in there and maybe that is eatin up some of the strut travel? help please!!
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Old 05-24-2004, 05:52 PM
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Sounds scary....I bought a kit from pro fab and I have not got around to installing it yet, but looking at it I`d think One good pothole and I`ll have a strut thru my hood. Keep this at the top and maybe post it at another board to see if this is a common problem
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