installin gound controls, for those of you that have done this Options

[Cormudgen]

Well my ground controls should come in sometime this week. I will hopefully get aound to installin them either this week or the 2 upcoming weekends. I didnt get struts or shocks. I know mine are going to wear out faster but i plan to get Konis later on. Yes i understand the advantage of doing both now but am not doing it like that (i understand the disadvantages as well-$$). For those of you who have these coilovers. I have heard you need to grind something down for them to work. Is this true? or am i getting it confused with replacing the rear struts with Konis. Is this as simple of an install as if I were simply getting springs? Also have any of you used a camber kit with yours? Let me know any good advice I may need during the install. I will be doing it with friends that have installed spings/struts/shocks/camber kits before so I wont be completly alone. I also just helped my friend put on a camber kit for a 96 integra as well so I now have a much better understanding of how the whole suspension setup works. All tips are welcome.

thanks
cormudgen

[CelicaQT]

I have the GC set up, still on stock shocks though. I too am waiting to get Konis, but there are other things that I need to take care of first.

Here's a pic of the full install. You will need to grind the shock housing to a 2" diameter if I remember correctly. I can't find my install pics that I had when I installed mine, but in order to slide the red sleeve onto your perch you'll need to grind that area down a tad.



And there's no need for a camber kit, as long as you dont slam it to the ground. I took mine in when I got mine realigned (which I suggest you do also) and I asked them to check my camber and they said that it was just like it was stock. So need to get a kit.

Hope this helps.