Coilovers Project (rear)

Despite my busy schedule I still somehow manage to enjoy doing things to the car. The next project I wanted to tackle on is creating coil overs for the EVO. Some might say why not get some off the self stuff. There are so many out there, but from what I experienced, I have learned that majority of them are not specifically designed for the car. Now I'm not saying that every company is doing this, but majority of them are.

I got the idea of doing this through my buddy Mike Croutcher at Diamond Star Specialties who was once well known in the DSM community for his knowledge of suspension tuning and performance tuning. It was unfortunate that he moved to Germany but he is now is back in the States and is getting his hands and head into the EVO and Subaru community. Mike and I have also a mutual friend, Shaikh (pronounced Shake) who specializes in revalving Bilstein shock and have revalved allot of shocks for SCCA National winners and is more than capable in handling the revalved for our shock. It was this idea of getting the Bilstein revalved that has convinced me in doing this project.

The parts used on this project was from Diamond Star Specialities (805) 541-4483. Mike is very patience and can help you in all your suspension needs and other things. Currently he is working on the top hat for both front and rear which you will soon see.

Now onward into the project

Rear Strut Assembly


The Rear Strut laid out


Hammer off the collar of the strut

after hammering off the collar I noticed a tab on the strut which needs to be removed inorder to fit the coil over sleeves on to the "C" clip that will hold the coil over sleeves in place.


These are the sleeves I used for the project. For the rears I am using the the 5.00" coilover sleeves.


A pic of the sleeve on the strut


The Completed assembly


Next to come will be the fronts
More detail will come later.

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