I did the "install today" and it did not go well, as I predicted there is no good place for the reservoir with the short hoses and stock exhaust.


Up front they are mounted using self vulcanizing rubber and zip ties to my sway bar, the short line meant the nob faces the line and is nearly impossible to reach.

In the rear after spending 2 hrs of test placement the front part of the lower A arm was the only option and again zip-ties. Maybe if I had the ability to make brackets or had hoses there were much longer it would have been different. I am going to look into longer hoses as this is far from ideal.

Pics will be posted later.

 

The photos as promised,

I just have good shots of the rear, the front was too hard to get a good shot of.



As you can see we affixed the rears to the lower A arm upping my unsprung mass and exposing it to tons of vibration.

 

I think AST had photos of them installed with the short lines under the car and placed on the subframe.

 

Vorshlag has photos of them on the rear sway bar, but that car had the exhaust cut off after the driver's seat, With a stock exhaust there is no room to put the canister though and the line would just about be sitting on the exhaust.

 

Maybe a dumb question, but why not just replace the hoses with longer ones? Ian / Mrsideways' post suggests that they're capable of making them in different lengths; I'm sure if you called and asked nicely, they'd do it for you (perhaps reusing your existing hardware to save a few bucks).

 

Evan,
You are going into STR. Get rid of that stock exhaust regardless of these shocks!

I would rotate the shock bodies so the hose attachment is on the back side. The reason is that the rear shocks take a lot of rock hits and rotating them will avoid damage. My old Koni's were bare metal after a few years.

I can help you make brackets if needed. I made the rear one's for Dave Rock's ST car which has ASTs.

The best option is to get the longer hoses on and go internal, but if you want help with temporary solutions let me know.

 

uH.... Put a zip tie on that shock shaft and check your suspension travel at that ride height. Looking at it, when that upper spring compresses your going to be under an inch.

 

If the ride is bouncy, then you are hitting your bump stop. Ask me how I know.

 

Yes there is about a 1.25 inch of shock travel in the rear. I do not know how much wheel travel that relates to. I think we did raise the ride height from this photo.

 

how do you know. LOL