5lug on S13, which struts?

[float_6969]

I've got an S13, but I've done a 5 lug swap, so now I've got S14 front spindles, my question is, which struts do I buy? S13 or S14? I know that I'll still use S13 in the rear, but what about the front? Will I just have to get S13 struts again and drill the new ones out like I did the old ones? Thanks!

[NeedCAforS13]

why'd you post in CA ryan... you dumbarse :pface you know we don't know this stuff! I'll copy this thread to suspension for ya:)

Sean

[float_6969]

Cuz I'm afraid of the other parts of the forum. I've never been there before and I don't know if they like me!LOL. NEway, thanks Sean.

[themadscientist]

S13 struts.

[float_6969]

Thanks TMS. Now I've not another question. When I drill the holes out on the new struts to fit the larger bolts for the spindle, should I try and drill them off-center to try and correct for the negative camber I'm going to get with lowering springs? I plan on use adj. pillowball upper mounts (prob. HKS), so I can correct the camber that way too, but I don't know how many degrees of adjustment they have...

[Trigger]

i wouldn't off center it if i was you...you will be able to adjust the camber with the pillowball mounts so that should be fine

[Dano]

Do adj. pillowball upper mounts actually help that much with struts???

-Dan

[float_6969]

Well what I think I'm going to do when I get everything together is this; I'm going to drill the holes out normally, and put everything together. I'm gonna set the pillow balls as far positive as possible, and then take it in and see what the camber is like. Then I'm gonna put them in as negative as possible and see what it's like. If just using the pillowballs I can get it to adjust from .5-1.5/2.0 degrees, I'm gonna leave it. Otherwise, I may play with the spindle-to-strut holes and try and get the camber in that range. But thats all a couple of months off yet...

[float_6969]

Yea, looks like maybe I'll have to do this sooner than I had anticipated. I blew my drivers front strut on thanksgiving going over a speed bump. Oh well, with 207,000 miles on it, I'm not complaining.

[Dano]

Dang, that stinks, too bad i dont have one of those in the garage that u could use too:pface hehe

-Dan

[float_6969]

Thanks Dan :rolleyes

[Hijacker]

ryan,what rear spindle did you use?

[float_6969]

The 240 one. I could have swapped over to the Z32 and had aluminum, but I would have had to swap over the rear struts and I didn't want to have to mess with all that, so I just kept it.