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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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Just wondering what the interest would be if I were to make some spring cups out of aluminum instead of cutting your own cup(spring cup mod). I have actually come across some super dense plastic material to go between the spring and the cup. Let me know. Mike
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Whats this for?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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Whats this for?
instead of cutting the spring mount to get an even drop, he will manufacture spring mounts that are the dimensions of a cut one.

sounds like a good idea.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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true this way you can keep the factory ones.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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good idea mike, let us know the progress
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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oh i see, sounds cool.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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mike i am about to do the springmountmod to get about .5 inch more drop in the back. how do u plan on doing this???
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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btw mike, it's george with the dg coupe from the starbucks meets.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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All my stuff is hard to explain bro. Its almost better if I do pictures while making them I'll post some up soon. Later mike
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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thats a good idea because i want to do the same thing !
 
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Originally Posted by rpm06g35
true this way you can keep the factory ones.
this will allow owners to bring their cars back to stock without purchasing rear spring mounts...
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rpm06g35
All my stuff is hard to explain bro. Its almost better if I do pictures while making them I'll post some up soon. Later mike
Sounds like a great idea. Mike, I suggest you become a sponsor so you can circulate more interest in the products that you fabricate and have more resources available as a vendor. Just a thought
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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mike i will wait until you figure it out. but i suppose we will need to tell how how much of a drop we are looking for. it would be cool of you could make a base cup and .10" shims for adjustability.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Shims would be a cool idea but I would rather just make them the size you need. Here are some pics from the start. I basically took stock aluminum and lathed it down to basically retain the spring. I will figure out the diameter of the base and the thickness of the cup. After the last cuts I will sandblast them to give them the finish coat.

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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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so mike, you'd be replacing this:



with a 2 peice setup which consists of a hard dense plastic sandwhiched in between your aluminum cup design and the spring, correct?
 
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