Rear suspension strut bolt

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:33 pm

So today I went to fit my coilovers.

Upon removing the bottom bolt from the OEM strut, I found that the nut is a captive one (part of the bracket) and as such I can't use it on the coilovers.

Does anyone have a part number for the correct nut I need, or can I just pop to the local motor factors and use any nut that will fit?!

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:36 pm

i take it you mean the rears? do the bc's not come with a captive nut aswell?

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:42 pm

4thgenphil wrote:i take it you mean the rears? do the bc's not come with a captive nut aswell?

Yeah on the rears.

Mine don't have captive's on them, just normal hole on each side.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:44 pm

thin my k-sports were the same, i just found some hind nuts to put in their place, i think!

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:46 pm

Yeah, the nut from the front's seemed to fit not problem, so assuming I could just get 2 of those and should be OK.

Post by **cebul** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:49 pm

2 ways mate - you can cut tha nut from standart shocks or get one from someone who breake Prelude - front shock mount forks have the same size bolt and nut

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:50 pm

i'll check mine tomorrow but yeh

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:52 pm

cebul wrote:front shock mount forks have the same size bolt and nut

Yeah thought so, although I think the bolt is slightly longer, but thread size and pitch seem to be the same so the nut should be good.

Post by **cebul** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:55 pm

Maybe bolt is longer but you do not need to use front bolt - just nut, and tha fit because I did that on my BC coilovers

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:56 pm

could you not just pop to b&q,wickes etc and just get a nut and bot around the same dimensions??