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Just in case someone is still looking. I found one of these on the net and I think it was cheaper, just have to shop around but here's a link to buy one for $40 http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/ADS/Wire-Harness/9004-Headlight-Heavy-Duty-Wire-Harness-Relay/532242/

Just did a brake and clutch slave bleed by myself, what a work out!!

http://legacygt.com/.../...;&&&&&&&&&; http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-faq-suspension/144248-koni-insert-installation.html Maybe this link will help explain what I'm up against.

Hopefully the pics help explain my project. I'm going to use stainless 2x2 that are 1/4" thick for the SFD blocks. I slotted the top bolt hole on the strut housing to hopefully get more camber adjustment. The spacers are the same OD of the Koni insert bottom bolt attachment. I'm waiting on the Koni's and will get after it soon. Any suggestions or remarks appreciated.

Exactly Andy The insert OD is a snug fit in the housing ID and usually has to be pulled down into the housing by tightening the bottom bolt or tapping it down. There are bumps or protusions on the outside of the insert that create an interference fit in the housing. If by spacing the insert up the housing dosen't engage the bumps on the insert I might weld an extension on the tube of the housing. But i don't see a problem as of yet because I cut the tube as long as possible and Koni instructs to shorten it. I will post more pics of the finished unit. Thanx for the help with the pics.

Strut housing with stock internal pulledThe broken threaded end of the stock strut rod because of the extension I put on.My SFD The top knuckle bolt hole drilled for more camber adj.My spacers that will be going in the bottom of the strut housing, spacing the new insert uo 2"

Thanx for the info, can help me with downloading some pics? The insert is completely surrounded by the stock strut housing and will only protrude or stick up and out 1 or 2"

O.K. here I go, my first entry. I've been kicking around the idea of strut inserts on my Mcphersons. I put the AC coils on 2 years ago and was just not happy at all. First of all, I read all the problems with them here at NPORA and what a B%#@H putting together and installing. The drive shaft angle and the top out issue was bugging me so bad that I machined some strut rod extentions #pics and /or drawings coming# that I put on the end of the rod in order to lengthen the rod. This was to remedy the top out issues. I now have decided to do a SFD to correct the drive shaft angle and to level out the vehicle due to the AC springs being too tall in the rear and creating excessive rake. The strut rod extensions were a great idea theoretically but one of them broke just recently. I didn't consider torsional stress on the attachment area and thought "incorrectly" that the rod would only receive vertical pressure. It snapped at the OE portion of the rod right at the top leaving the threaded portion in the extension. So back to the drawing board. I searched high and low for ideas and came across Koni Heavy Track strut inserts part # 86 2582. Basically, you cut the top off your strut housing, pull the guts out and insert the Koni shock and attach at the bottom. http://www.koni-na.c...f/boltstrut.pdf So, I'm going to put a 2" spacer in the bottom of the strut housing in order to lengthen the strut and prevent top out and/or centering the rod in the shock as well as aid in spring installation. The Koni's are rebound adjustable and definetly a superior part compared to the KYB's and anything else. Koni wants you to measure the top of the strut and cut it down according to a subtraction method in order to facilitate proper insertion depth. Therefore, leaving my housing long and putting a spacer at the bottom with a longer bolt should work out for me. I don't think that an acceptable portion of the of the insert sticking out above the strut housing will cause a failure. Photos as soon as I figure out how to download them.