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You have to consider what size tires you want to run. I had to run coil overs to clear the tires. Had to cut off the stock spring perches to clear anything much bigger than stock.

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49 International KB-2
72 Dodge Colt
73 Dodge Colt (Project)
84 GMC K3500
85 Dodge D50 Diesel Swap
90 Mighty Max V6
89 Mirage Turbo
94 Mighty Max
99 Montero

I Just measured for you my 1989 c53 colt springs are 7" od. Same spring type as dsms. I bet yours are they same too.

instead of welding material to those adjusters you bought why not just weld your original spring "tophats"? Or spring seats? To the bottom of your adjusters. They are exactly the diameter you want and have the nice half moon curved profile that captures the spring perfectly already.....just a thought

i was looking at those parts you bought from speedway...so the bottom plate will go to the spring but what do you intend to connect to the top plate?

The really simple way to do a mcpherson strut lift is to leave the entire assembly alone and just put spacers between the strut mount (the plate with 2 or 3 bolts that comes up throught the holes in your wheelwell in the engine bay) and the underside of the mounting holes in the wheelwell. You would have to press out the strut mount bo,ts and use longer ones of course.

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Black 1989 Colt GT with 4g61t. 200k miles and climbing. Rebuilt 2.0 in the works.....
14b, 450cc's, 3" exhaust, small fmic, all running on megasquirt version: DIYPNP
White 1992 colt-vista wagon 2.4, awd, auto (daily)
Keane

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/ ... C04591.jpg

basically like this just install this between your strut assembly and your fender/wheel well

maybe you can drill holes etc on those pieces you bought and make them work like this? One thing ive learned too is never be afraid to start again from scratch lol

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Black 1989 Colt GT with 4g61t. 200k miles and climbing. Rebuilt 2.0 in the works.....
14b, 450cc's, 3" exhaust, small fmic, all running on megasquirt version: DIYPNP
White 1992 colt-vista wagon 2.4, awd, auto (daily)
Keane

I cant see images if you were trying to post pics. But from what you explained yes thats what i would do. Worst case scenario you would ruin your hats and have to source new ones. But it is already the exact part you could use instead of widening or welding material to your adjusters.

and bolting the adjusters into sounds good to thats what i meant in my above post. As long as the diameter is big enou th for the bolt pattern in your body/wheel well

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Black 1989 Colt GT with 4g61t. 200k miles and climbing. Rebuilt 2.0 in the works.....
14b, 450cc's, 3" exhaust, small fmic, all running on megasquirt version: DIYPNP
White 1992 colt-vista wagon 2.4, awd, auto (daily)
Keane

They are wide enough but the bottom plate is only 5.5" so I would need to make it wider to keep the spring in place. I think cutting the hat flush and using it above the entire assembly is a much better idea.

Thanks to all who have helped me with this! I will post pics as soon as I can find the time to do the install...between weather, a flooded back room/garage and my water heater leaking my days off have been consumed! Thanks again for the help and knowledge!

14mm

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Thom
1991 GVR4 1025/2000 (PTE 1200's, 16g, DSMLink v3, gm-maf, eagle/ross, .020 over, 272's, EVO VIII Wheels)
1992 GVR4 866/1000 (getting everything from above)

Thank Thom! I'm guessing 1.0 thread pitch...

I would lean more towards a 1.25 pitch

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Thom
1991 GVR4 1025/2000 (PTE 1200's, 16g, DSMLink v3, gm-maf, eagle/ross, .020 over, 272's, EVO VIII Wheels)
1992 GVR4 866/1000 (getting everything from above)

14mm socket but the actual thread size is 10mm 1.25 thread pitch.

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93 Mitsubishi Expo LRV 1.8/manual
95 Eagle Summit DL Coupe 1.5/manual
01 Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sedan 1.8/manual

Thanks mirageman! That would have sucked having the wrong hardware. Wish me luck today! Hopefully some pics posted this evening...

And of course no one local stocks a fine thread metric tap! Guess Moe has to wait...