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Alternate brackets for coilover reservoirs?

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by BarberRider, Dec 3, 2016.

  1. Dec 3, 2016 at 7:54 AM
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    BarberRider

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    It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
    I put on some Icon coilovers with reservoirs. Unfortunately the brackets they provided will not work for me because the way my steel bumper mounts. There are large bolts and gussets in the way of where the bracket should go. Icon basically told me "tough shit". Has anyone seen any alternate brackets or mounting solutions for the reservoirs? These mount vertically.

    Related question, The way I had them temporarily mounted the stuck out too far and I turned the wheel into one of the lines and started leaking oil. It was just a drip about every second, and I never heard any gas escape or anything. Hard to say how much total fluid lost but a rough rough guess maybe 20-30ml. I don't notice anything wrong driving on the road. Does it definitely need to go back to Icon, or could I wait until I notice a problem?
     
  2. Dec 4, 2016 at 11:33 AM
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    On the icon mount, I put mine between the bumper bracket and frame, then used the hole in the bumper bracket as a guide on what to drill/notch on the icon mount. Then put the bolt back through and sandwiched the mount between the bumper bracket and frame.
     
  3. Dec 4, 2016 at 6:43 PM
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    BarberRider

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    I thought about that, but with the hole they cut in the bracket, there wouldnt be much left of it after cutting out holes for the bumper bolts. do you have a pic?
     
  4. Dec 6, 2016 at 3:15 PM
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    RacecarGuy

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    Its got enough meat left on it, and being sandwiched in, it won't be going anywhere.
     
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