I purchased the conversion kit from BPNW last year with the KYB shocks.
Only put about 1000 miles on this summer but so far they work great and
with the 207/70 Bridgestones the handling is vastly improved.
Charlie Shaw
CF39093UO
Anchorage, AK
At 04:36 PM 10/28/2002 -0800, Timothy Holbrook wrote:
>I can't speak for Richard, but I've had mine on the car for over 3
>years and probably 20,000 miles, no problems and no stress fractures on
>the frame. Using Spax shocks.
>
>Tim Holbrook
>1971 TR6
>
>
>--- jay_welch@juno.com wrote:
> > To: ROVER827@aol.com
> > CC: sakirsis@txucom.net, 6pack@autox.team.net
> > Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:19:34 -0500
> > Subject: Re: lever action shocks
> > From: jay_welch@juno.com
> >
> > How long have you had these installed Richard?? There is talk of
> > stress
> > fractures on the frames of the cars using these. I have a set but
> > haven't installed them yet...more due to lack of time than panic of
> > stressing the frame.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jay
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:48:22 EST ROVER827@aol.com writes:
> > > You got the wrong conversion kit.
> > > Use the kit with the one piece brackets that bolts right up. This
> > is
> > > an
> > > excellent kit that installs in an hour.
> > >
> > > Never a good idea to drill holes in the body and stress out the the
> >
> > > thin
> > > sheet metal there.
> > >
> > > Richard Truett
> > > 1971 TR6 (with the one-piece shock conversion)
> > > 1980 TR7 Spider
> > > 1982 TR8
>
>
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