Just another route to do the same thing - on the front, remove the upper
A-arm inner bolt -it's a long sucker, but pretty easy to get in/out,
althought an assistant helps. Also, this keep the alignment from getting
changed when doing the same approach on the lower control arm. Be sure to
weight the car (I use cinder blocks and a 4x4 block of wood under two of the
studs with the lug nuts threaded on) before tighthening it though - keeps
from having the 'quattro Miata' look.
I cannot say that I've done the 'tongue' approach, but it seem reasonable,
and would remove the need to do the weighting down.
One rear, you just need to undo the rear sway bar, and get a heavy assistant
to lever down the suspension (read, stand on it) - don't have to und _any_
of the suspension that way.
P.S. - if autocrossing in BS, compare the Koni perch groove for the 'R' car
with the Bilstein perch - myself and others think Koni got them just a tad
too low.
Good Luck,
Kevin McCormick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Ashcraft [mailto:ashcraft2@home.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 3:23 PM
> To: Burns, James B.; autox
> Subject: Re: Miata R shocks
>
>
> It's a complete unit. Depending on which Koni you buy you
> also have the
> option of setting the ride height. Somebody was telling me
> today that the
> easiest way to change the front shocks was to NOT remove the
> ball joint but
> to unbolt the tongue that the ball joint connects to. I did
> it the other
> way and had no problem using a plain old pickle fork. Good luck.
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Burns, James B. <BurnsJB1@central.SSD.JHUAPL.edu>
> To: autox <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 10:12 AM
> Subject: Miata R shocks
>
>
> > When you swap out the stock Bilstein 'R' shocks for Konis,
> do you take the
> > guts out of the stock shocks and install a Koni insert, or
> is the Koni a
> > complete unit including the mounts and spring seat?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brad Burns
> >
> >
>
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