Hotbits with external reservoir

[grocery_getter]

Anybody have pictures of these installed in the car without the wheel on? Installing a set right now and wondering about the front set. When you install the front ones with the external reservoir, do you put the reservoir toward the front of the car or the rear of the car?

 

[iLLeffeKt vr-4]

I think it was towards the rear.

 

[bazeng]

I have done mine to the rear.

Mine has the brake bracket on both sides of the strut (1 hole with thread and the other side has a stud).

I use the hole and thread to hold my brake lines up.

Clearance is ok this way also.

Never tried to mount them with the cans facing the front.

 

[Terrance362]

pictures please...

 

[grocery_getter]

So I finally mount them with the external reservoir towards the rear of the car as well.

I was afraid that mounting it towards the rear would get the reservoir pinched when you are at full lock but verified last night that it is ok to mount it that way. The other thing is having to do as well with the camber plate attached on top. Mounting it on the wrong side would also limit the amount of negative camber that can be dialed in since the adjustable bottom plate of the camber plate assembly is actually cut flat on one side to allow for more travel before the edge of it hits the inner strut mounting bolt.

The hotbits assembly looks great and well build.

 

[boosted_85]

Any shock dyno graphs of this setup? Also what kind of spring rates are u running

 

[cheekychimp]

Hotbits Shock Data

Can't remember the spring rates off hand, maybe someone else can chime in.

 

[Larry Parker]

oh that's some old stuff!!

 

[Terrance362]

hey where did you get that lower control arm????

 

[grocery_getter]

I think Larry build those himself.

 

[bazeng]

I should post up a pic of my new hotbits!

They are now black!

 

[grocery_getter]

Yup the one I just installed are black too. Looks cleaner. I love the red anodized parts against the black background.

 

[Hertz]

Andre, did you buy your hotbits from Larry directly?

 

[grocery_getter]

Yes directly from Larry.

 

[CP]

Larry's the MAN for suspension stuff. He was great to work with when I bought my set from him and needed to play with different spring rates.

 

[bazeng]

A quick question while we are on topic (suspension/coilovers)

What is the difference apart from strength with having a larger / thicker rod/shaft (is that what you call it?) vs a thinner one.

The hotbits seem to have a thin rod/shaft whereas bilsteins and DMS have much thicker ones.

Yet piston sizes are similar.

Would this be a negative with the hotbits?

 

[christo]

I know my front JIC's look like they are huge because they are inverted so you see the shock tube, not the shaft. My guess is the DMSs' are as well.

 

[kaiju]

Larry was showing the inverted hotbits in another thread link

 

[bazeng]

Ah ok.

Different setup all together.

Nice!

 

[bazeng]

Here is my setup on the AMG Galant


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