I came across a car load of Z-car parts last year and picked them up. Finally, I'm digging through the last several boxes to see what all is there. I was excited to see two virtually new strut assemblies, complete with tags, etc..... but then it struck me that they are not complete. Looks to me as if someone removed the spring support. Please take a look at the pictures. You can see that something was there, but now it's gone. Why would someone do this? Is there any value to these assemblies the way they are, or are they now scrap metal? What do you think?

Part numbers stamped on them are 54302-N4300 & 54303-N4300. I'm not sure of the application, but they don't appear in my 70~73 parts listing, so I assume they are a later application.

Please give me your thoughts. Thanks, all!

Looks like someone may have thought they could be converted/engineered to adjustable platforms. It's possible but unlikely. (I know now that I have written this someone will post that they have a set)!

Junk as far as I see it.

There are many different types of adjustable coilover setups for Z's. Looks like that's what they were doing. www.betamotorsports.com, www.modern-motorsports.com, and www.arizonazcar.com all have them for sale. I got mine from www.ground-control.com.

you lower the S30 more than 2" and you get no more travel from the original size struts... the method for fixing this is to cut a section out of the middle and shorten them to fit a different cartridge... like the Toyota mk1 MR2, or the VW rabbit cartridges....

The first stage would involve cutting off the perches and fitting coil over sleeves... for stock height or slightly lowered...

The second stage would be to section and reweld the strut tubes to fit shoter cartridges in them... for 2" or more lowered...

You might think to yourself... why would I need to lower it more than 1.5"????

well.... if you run 17" rims with a 50 profile tire.. you are goona need to drop the chassis at least 2" to get it back to a reasonable height...

Some more problematic issues are the lower control arm angle and TC bucket height in relation to the lowered suspension parts... I would check to see if the front crossmember mounting holes are relocated... Jmortenson has been through great effort ot correct TC bucket location and "anti dive" properties...