See before and after pictures:
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Definitely harder for the wife to get into the 100. Good excuse to buy some sliders...
That looks great! Yea sliders would be mandatory with my wife and daughter.
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See before and after pictures:
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Definitely harder for the wife to get into the 100. Good excuse to buy some sliders...
i don't know if things have change at ironman and to be honest i had to read your post a couple times to understand( because this concept in confusing) but mine was different than yours in almost everything you mentioned. my torsion bars look different and aren't marked that way on the ends. they were black not grey and marked on the side left and right. and the splines themselves had white paint for offset/ index.Interesting.. I must be the only person on earth who hates this suspension
Anyways, when I've installed it last year I've asked Ironman, and they've told me to take note when taking out the factory springs & judge that way to be sure (taller vs. shorter - which side is which). On my car the taller one was on the left side, which is the N/S (near side) for the IM spring, so that went onto the left side, and the shorter one (IM calls it D/S - driver side) went to the right (passenger side on an LHD car).
So taller (N/S) goes on the drivers side (left side)
Shorter (D/S) goes on the passenger side (right side)
Or in other words, the springs are labeled for a RHD vehichle, but the RHD vehicle also puts the taller spring on the left side. It's just that on an RHD the D/S marking matches the driver side in reality, while on an LHD the D/S is the other side in reality. So no matter if LHD or RHD, the taller (N/S marked in this case) goes on the left, and the shorter (D/S marked in this case) goes on the right side
tl:dr; the taller spring goes on the left side in every case on the 100's, no matter what is written on it or if it is an LHD or RHD.
I think this is because the fuel tank is always on the left side no matter if LHD or RHD, so the left side of the car is the heavier side & needs the taller spring.
And this is how the Tbars should be installed (when looking from the back to front, so rear view), arrow points outwards. These are marked with L (left) and R (right), so no confusion here.
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And with the rear shocks: The shorter side above the lower eye should face the axle and the longer side the front of the car.
On your photo on the last page it looks like the NS spring is higher. They’ve labeled it and explain it like this because it is meant for the aussie market in the first place, so is that description on the screenshot. But yeah, they should’ve just marked them Left and Right. The left side is the heavy side, which is the DS on an LHD and the NS on an RHD. The marks on the springs are for an RHD. The torsion bars are black, but the ends are silver (not painted) & one end (the rear) is stamped. They do have the white paint on the master spline(s)i don't know if things have change at ironman and to be honest i had to read your post a couple times to understand( because this concept in confusing) but mine was different than yours in almost everything you mentioned. my torsion bars look different and aren't marked that way on the ends. they were black not grey and marked on the side left and right. and the splines themselves had white paint for offset/ index.
the springs were labeled DS and NS but were exactly the same height. and ironman faq indicates that they labeled this way because the driver side is heavy regardless of LHD or RHD. but in any case they say to put the DS spring on the heavy side, ie the side with the gas tank. which is what i did and it's even.
if the left side was always the heavy side due to gas tank then why didn't they label it that way? they would have said left and right just as they marked the TBs.
again maybe yours was different a year ago.
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On your photo on the last page it looks like the NS spring is higher. They’ve labeled it and explain it like this because it is meant for the aussie market in the first place, so is that description on the screenshot. But yeah, they should’ve just marked them Left and Right. The left side is the heavy side, which is the DS on an LHD and the NS on an RHD. The marks on the springs are for an RHD. The torsion bars are black, but the ends are silver (not painted) & one end (the rear) is stamped. They do have the white paint on the master spline(s)
sorry for my bad english
Can you post up pictures of the control arm reinforcements? I just installed my kit yesterday (I went with the constant load) and I installed the brackets but was not sure of the purpose of the 2 bolts that don’t fit anyways.
there its a thread on here somewhere that shows how someone broke theirs. once you see how it breaks you instantly understand how the bracket works. i can't find that thread right now though.
Do you happen to have measurements from the hub to the fender? I have the exact same set up as you, well, my UCA are being delivered today, I just want to get an idea. My rear looks so much higher than yours.See before and after pictures:
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drill holes where they line up. install bolts. this reinforces the area behind the TB bracket. there its a thread on here somewhere that shows how someone broke theirs. once you see how it breaks you instantly understand how the bracket works. i can't find that thread right now though.
That’s how mine looked before I swapped them today.I was about to start packing for a trip and started looking at my cruisers ass. Looks like my driver side is a lot lower after installing this FCP kit... Springs on the wrong side?
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That’s how mine looked before I swapped them today.
Yeah. Definitely helped.So you swapped swings and it sits level?