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The new spherical bearing extended billet mounts we're working on will not only fit the Xida, they'll come with adapters to work with 10mm shaft OEM replacement shocks. They'll probably sell for about $300/4. No ETA on them yet. Currently, the extended mounts are a $550 upcharge and only work with the Xida.
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That is the same dimensions as Koni. My shock tops have ½” ID spherical bearings in them to work with those dimensions and I’m already running 700/400# 2.25” ID hypercoils 6" long in the front 8" long in the rear. If they have enough stroke to work with my shock tops I might could get bare dampers with just the lower adjusting collars.
My shock tops move the top mount up about an inch higher than the stock NB location. Do the shocks have enough stroke to deal with that? I suspect this would eat up rebound that the helper springs are used for and may not hurt that much. Id also need to check how the body lengths compare to my Koni sports to get the bump stops in the right location.
Picture shows a cutaway of my shock tops. Note the location of the 12mm to 14mm shoulder. It sticks all the way through the center hole of a modified NB shock top. other picture shows where the shoulder ends up on an NB stock mount.
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You mean shaft length I assume. The shaft length of the Xida puts the top nut about 20mm above the NB mount. Just enough room for the MCU bushing. Probably a tad too short for your use. The Xida-S billet mounts end up with the top nut in the same place. Your stack looks a bit taller. No guarantees it wouldn't be too tall for the Xida shaft length.
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You mean shaft length I assume. The shaft length of the Xida puts the top nut about 20mm above the NB mount. Just enough room for the MCU bushing. Probably a tad too short for your use. The Xida-S billet mounts end up with the top nut in the same place. Your stack looks a bit taller. No guarantees it wouldn't be too tall for the Xida shaft length.
On the Xida-S pictures it shows the front and rear tops have different offsets. I would guess the nut would end up similar location relative to what the one shown for the rear does.
Shock bodies look like they might be shorter. Might need to add spacers to my bump stops to keep tires out of metal bits of the car.
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You mean shaft length I assume. The shaft length of the Xida puts the top nut about 20mm above the NB mount. Just enough room for the MCU bushing. Probably a tad too short for your use. The Xida-S billet mounts end up with the top nut in the same place. Your stack looks a bit taller. No guarantees it wouldn't be too tall for the Xida shaft length.
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Bob, can you cut and weld your hats shorter. Any fab shop with a decent wellder can weld that od in about 5min a hat tops. Then if your hats can be lowered will the Xida shocks and collars work with your springs? If not I'm sure your koni/swift setup would bring a decent price.
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