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Old Oct 6, 2019 | 05:00 PM
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Rear upper shock mounts

Has anyone ever cut the upper shock mounts out of the rear?
I'm thinking about totally removing the "cans" from the hatch area and setting up a double shear mount for eyelet style shocks.

I don't have a test mule anymore so hopefully someone else has done this.
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Old Oct 8, 2019 | 09:37 AM
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i'm sure someone has, lot of work for questionable gain though...
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Old Oct 8, 2019 | 08:12 PM
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I saw somewhere where someone bought an adapter for that purpose so you may just need to buy that. They used it to put coil overs in the rear.
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Old Oct 9, 2019 | 08:01 AM
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I built an adapter, was just thinking it would sure be cool to be able to remove the assembly though the hatch and have both adjustments in the hatch.
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Old Oct 15, 2019 | 09:40 AM
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There is someone local to me who has done this with a push-rod setup, effectively putting the coilover setup in the hatch of the car. I'll have to dig to find the picture, I've seen it on Facebook a few times but I've never met the guy. Hoping he gets his car done for next season and starts coming out to some meets.
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