Large Strut Top Hole conversion

 
Just buy the small top version and bolt them straight in.  The difference in adjustment will be bugger all.  SMCKA has them in stock

Gdub
 
Just buy the small top version and bolt them straight in.  The difference in adjustment will be bugger all.  SMCKA has them in stock

I appreciate your advice mate, but the one listed there isnt a slide adjustment so that was the main reason i didnt buy that. I dont want to have to unbolt it and turn it round when i get to the track. Also I figured for the same price if i can get an extra 1-2deg camber and castor then why not, i dont mind cutting holes
 
Cheers jpayne, a die grinder as you said is small and would take forever but i dont really mind how long it takes. Ill take you up on that perfect circle challenge
 
Has anyone done it and can tell me approximately how long itll take? would be good to know whether to put aside one or a couple of days to do it right
 
Cheers for your responses so far
Ryan

Thats fair enough Gdub i respect your opinion. And i do really appreciate you looking out for me. The plan was that when I get my wheel alignment done I can get him to sort out two setups, one for the street and one for the track. I was going to get the camber and castor set for street with toe 0, then get him to adjust the camber and take note of how many turns it takes of the tie rods to get the right toe for the track. Was going to put a thin line of paint on the tie rod and tie rod end to match it up. As far as getting camber and castor correct, I would measure where the strut top is in terms of the black base of it so I can put it in the correct place for either street or track.
 
I know im doing a lot more farting around than is neccesary but i really want to be able to have specific track and street setups
 
Thanks whooligan, i realise now how dodgey my statement 'i dont mind cutting holes' sounded. I will definitely make sure im careful and that finish is good. The car had some 'special features' like you talked about from the previous owners and i am slowly getting rid of them to a standard i am happy with. So i understand the frustration when people buy cars that have been messed with, because fixing their mistakes isnt fun at all, there continue to be things onb my car that i find and go 'Why did they do that!'. With making these holes bigger im going to make sure its planned out and completed to a high standard, one which nobody would be able to pick afterwards
 
Cheers
Ryan

Thanks Matt do you mind chucking a photo up of how it looks now? Have you filled in the larger holes you cut or are they still there?
 
I did some measurements last night and the new bolt holes will be very close to the old ones so would be good to see where exactly your bolt holes ended up in comparison with the old ones
 
Cheers,
Ryan

Thanks Justin thats really helpful, did the grinder bite at all when the hole was almost ground out?
 
Sounds like a good way to go about getting the hole perfect
 
Cheers,
Ryan

Update
 
Needed to install the large hole tops quickly for an upcoming track day so this is what i did.
 
I marked out on a piece of mdf the small hole pcd and large hole pcd, then drilled holes where I had marked. I used this as a template to drill the larger pcd on the car.

 
I removed the old struts and bolted the mdf template to my original holes. Then used it to drill new holes in the correct position. Sorry I do not have photos of this stage but it was very straightforward.
 
Left with this

 
I decided to leave the strut top openning alone for the time being as I was running out of time. Still have standard diametre springs so can not take advantage of a larger hole yet. I will enlarge it when I install coilovers.
 
Here is the finished product


 
As I said it was just a temporary "get them in" job so at a later stage I will go back and enlarge the centre hole, and tidy up paint etc.
 
Cheers,
Ryan