Noodles Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 This applys to any one, whos had front struts done by them? Does anyone have any pics????
antz Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 mine are done by them! but i bought them from g.s.escorts and no pics
caprifan Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 as soon as photobucket stops dicking around I'll post a pic
Daggle Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 From the title of this post, I thought it was going to be something along the lines of Gaz Shocks...... everyone with his change of heart when he says that Nos ain't cheating.
cortinaman Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 Had the struts on the 'tina converted to adjustable and coilover here's a pic: Top quality work.
RUSTYPUP Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 Hi. I bought their rebound adjustable struts only the other week. Had to have them made extra short to stop them from bottoming out. No pics, but you can see them in real life if you wanna. My car is in the workshop at the mo so not too far from you
Noodles Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Posted October 25, 2007 Had the struts on the 'tina converted to adjustable and coilover here's a pic: Top quality work. Are they new or did you send the old ones to them? I know you dont get the same ones back, just wanna know what you get back
johnny_h Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 They use the stub axle you supply and insert thier own tube into them. then they are finished in black zinc or silver nickel at extra cost as far as I know. i'm saving pennies for some as we speak
cortinaman Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 Had the struts on the 'tina converted to adjustable and coilover here's a pic: Top quality work. Are they new or did you send the old ones to them? I know you dont get the same ones back, just wanna know what you get back Like JohnyH says, they just use the stub axle and the casting at the bottom - all the rest is new. I dropped off the complete struts to them and they came back like the picture. Can't fault the quality, and they are very knowledgable if you want something non-standard.
caprifan Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 right photoshop working now...mine weren't new but were only 2 months old... -2" strut bodies with matching dampers.. old versus new and on
Noodles Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Posted October 25, 2007 Thank you thats great Spoke to gaz today they can all the suspension for the whole car for about £450 all in, they said "the fronts we can make you a coilover with adj rebound damping & using a 2 1/4 spring" I asked them why people use capri struts, they said "most people use the capri or rs ones as you have a much bigger range of brake & disc options as the stubs are bigger & stronger" what ever all this means im useless with suspension, im sure you could get a bigger disc conversion for the orginal legs, but whats better to have it zinc or nickel plated????
johnny_h Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 All the gold range are nickel plated. Nuff said.
mossy Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 i keep trying to put some pennies in my piggy bank for this!
Noodles Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Posted October 25, 2007 i keep trying to put some pennies in my piggy bank for this! Iv called in a few loans to get these
mossy Posted October 25, 2007 Report Posted October 25, 2007 i keep trying to put some pennies in my piggy bank for this! Iv called in a few loans to get these mines a very skinny piggy atm!
Mk 1 Mark Posted October 26, 2007 Report Posted October 26, 2007 Gaz Gold are 2.1/2 Id not the standard 2.1/4 and are excellent struts But that means springs are a different size when you ring speak to Mark as he very helpful and might work you out a good deal for you
R1.Andy Posted October 26, 2007 Report Posted October 26, 2007 iv been quoted £350 +vat. and 2/3 weeks build time for front legs only. coil overs 4 a mk1 cortina spoke to a mark but iv yet to find a set of legs i want to destroy but as soon as i have i will be getting them done
Noodles Posted November 1, 2007 Author Report Posted November 1, 2007 Went to Gaz yesterday, I thought they had a trade counter ended up in their office talking to Mark and placed my order for the rear just forgot to ask for them to be nickel plated so gotta call them now
Noodles Posted November 1, 2007 Author Report Posted November 1, 2007 Sorry mate thought you didnt have any to go, felt well wierd walking round their workship
sambo Posted November 1, 2007 Report Posted November 1, 2007 Struts are a bit of a confusing subject for me too. On my mk1 escort the struts are just mk1 escort legs with the cast steering arm. They have been converted to fully adjustable units by Leda. The trouble is that the car also uses GRP4 alloy hubs but the previous owner had big problems getting the hub to fit on the stub axle? In the end, he ended up getting a collar made up to slot over the stub axle to take up the slack that the bearing made. Now i would have thought that using a mk1 escort strut, there would be lots of hub/bearing options?? I think it's something to do with the stub axle being imperial as its mk1 escort and the alloy hubs are metric? therefore there isnt a bearing to suit? i dunno, it works a treat though!
Mk 1 Mark Posted November 1, 2007 Report Posted November 1, 2007 Did'nt Gaz take over Leda? Leda`s name was from Lee and Dave....Hence Leda to first intial of there names, Think dave started Gaz on his own? Sure Retro will enlighten me some more.....But its somethink like that
Retromotorsport Posted November 1, 2007 Report Posted November 1, 2007 Gazzard Eng. did the machining for LEDA .. Dave Lyons is the main man at GAZ and he was as Mark said the DA in Leda .. Len being the other half .. When he 'left ' Leda he went to Gazzard Eng. and started Gaz Dampers
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