[DeTomaso] Coil overs

[Julian Kift]

I guess we have to qualify what you mean by 'bushings'; QA1's come complete in one of two end styles 1) a std poly bushing suffix P or 2) a heim/rod end suffix B.
 
The poly ends are like your conventional Koni's etc. but may require a washer or so between the poly bushing and mount if the poly bushing is not as wide as the oem shock/mount. The Heim version is quite a bit narrower so requires spacers to mount centrally between the Pantera shock tabs. These spacers are really nothing more than a piece of tube stock cut to length and machined down one end to sit inside the heim joint. One alternative is to make the mounting hole slightly larger and use a larger diameter bolt that fits the heim joint and then the spacers become simple cut pieces of tube stock, another is a tube over a tube.
 
I do not have an up to date cost for vendor supplied shocks, ($1200?) so each individual will have to weigh up what it's worth to them and given their fabrication abilities.
 
Julian
 
 
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:29:34 -0500
> To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Coil overs
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/20/11 12 27 11, asajay at asajay.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Do the QA1's come with appropriate bushings to mount in a Pantera?  I 
> > ask because the statement was made that Quella sells Koni's with the 
> > right bushings but nobody else does?
> > 
> > What did I miss?
> > 
> 
> QA1s purchased directly from QA1 for $200-ish each don't come with any 
> bushings. QA1s from Wilkinson or Stock DO come with the bushings. I don't 
> know if QA1 could provide bushings at additional cost, or if they would know 
> what sizes would be required, but there is probably little if any cost 
> savings associated with going that route, versus just buying them complete and 
> ready-to-go from Wilkinson or Stock.
> 
> Mike
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