suspension cones
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hello any of you clever people ever managed to fit a set of cones without removing the top arms?

Do you mean remove the std ally trumpet to fit hi lo's? if so it is possible, compress the donut as much as possible, the trumpet will not come out due to space restrictions, but if you cut it half with a hacksaw blade it can then be removed, this is a very time consuming and yehaaaa way of doing it tho, much easier and quicker to remove top arm IMHO, I only did it this way as I was unable to undo the shaft bolt at the rear of the subby. To fit the hi lo, I wound it down as low as poss then it slipped in was a little tight, these was an old minisport set, but be warned some of the cheaper sets may be a little taller and not allow this.
Shane.

no replacing the trumpet is easy i mean replacing the cones, cheers

LOL sorry, from memory I believe the they wont fit thru between the top arm and the subby.
Shane,

I've always had to get the top arms off.

It's not as bad a job as others will have you belive. The top tip is to remove the nuts at both end of the pin. Some think you'll get the pin past the brake hardline fittings with the mounting plate still on .... trust me, don't even try!

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as long as you or previous owners have kept it all greased up then it should be ok!
i had to get a rebuild kit for one of mine as the previous owner didnt grease it up!

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gav! im after another set of old knackered suspension cones can i have yours? obviously id pay if you want some money for them! the older the better!

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So long as you take of both of the big nuts (rear ones a pain but possible) and then remove the mounting plate it'll be fine with just the rad out of the way.

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I find the back nut the easiest to undo its the one near the rad thats a pain, feebs i'm not sure if you'll want the cones the car is stupidly low so i think they've passed it but your more than welcome to them foc.

Rad has to come out (unless your tripple jointed and have the hands of an embrio) but not the engine

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