hey people. i have almost finished my datto 1200 coupe, just finishing off the suspension and brakes. i am puttin 180b struts in with the common vl turbo caliper and verada brake conversion. i have come to the problem off the knuckle arms which bolt on to the bottom of the strut and connected to the ball joint and tie rod end. i have 1200 ones and 180b ones but neither can be used. if any one has a pair i can use please let me know. i think they are stanza or sunny. thanks

You will also need the sunny/stanza outer tie rods.

I have all of that. Where are you ?

why exactly cant the 180b ones be used?
sure they are the worst designed steering arm out there...but they should still work

you will need 180b outer tie rods if you use either 180b or 200b steering arm

or stanza/sunny outer tie rods if you use stanza or sunny steering arms...weird huh

got a feeling it's more what lower control arm & ball joint to use. You need to use either a sunny or stanza lower control arm & balljoint that has the larger balljointy thing in it.that way you dont have to change the outer tie rod ends at all. you could also use the 180b steering arm with 180b outer tie rod ends on the stock 1200 tie rod.

yeah i was trying tot swap the 1200 ball joint onto the 180b steering arm but the bolt hole size is different. the tie rod end seemed to fit into the 180b knuckle arm but it wont bolt to the control arm. could i get away with changing to 180b control arm or modifying 1200 one? if i leave the stock steering arms will my steeing travel be restricted?

you cannot use the original 1200 stuff to fit the bigger struts

get rid of the original
control arms
castor arms
steering arms
and outer tierods

then replace all them with either stanza sunny or 180b stuff, but there is more modifying to do if you use the 180b stuff...nothing realy hard though

just to make stuff clear, the steering arm is what bolts onto the bottom of the strut, and the balljoint and tierod end attatches to it also....as the 180b strut wont bolt to these they cant be used

i know where the steering arm bolts on. i replaced the steering arm with a stanza one. used 1200 ball joints, 1200 control arm, 1200 castor rods and original 1200 tie rods. all bolted together beautifully. the only mod i needed was the stanza steerin knuckle changed.

Quote:Just wondering if there is a diagram available for these components?
I'm sure I'm getting the correct names of these bits mixed up !

i was actually thinking of taking a picture of all my sunny stuff when i had it and label it all so people know what to have

how the hell did the stanza steering arm bolt up to the 1200 balljoint without it slopping around every where.... the balljoint is like half the size of the hole

and if youve got stanza steering arms fitted....why are you having problems fitting 180b struts, they will bolt straight up