Vr-vs front struts into vp?

[Jxfwsf]

^^ Yep, it's not the bits that can be bolted in that are the issue, the strut tower is in the wrong position.

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

The strut towers must be closer together and further forward than the VR/VS for it to have affected the camber and caster like that.

 

[Jxfwsf]

Yep that's exactly the problem.

The VB-VP only have a small hole with a lip so repositioning the shocker backwards with the method i used won't work with the design of the top plate and rubber (VR-VY strut bearing are better and less prone to destruction being the only reason i went that route) It does corner really well though but is feathering the tires in <1000 km's of driving.

Really need to fork out for VN/VP aftermarket strut tops with the correct diameter hole to suit VR-VY shocks but they're pricey if anyone was thinking about doing this the easy way.

 

[IRON8]

As for the camber issue I turned my top hats around, got about 2-3 degrees out of it, still a bit of camber there but not so aggressive and looks way better

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[IRON8]

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[IRON8]

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[VP-57-TT]

Unfortunately it's not that simple. The VR uses a different length lower control arm which would widen the track and you can't just bolt a VR strut/hub in place of the VP strut as the VP uses a taper fit balljoint stud and the VR doesn't.

Couldn't you just replace the lower ball joint in the vp lower arm with one to suit a vr so you wouldn't need to change the length of the arm or track?

 

[Immortality]

Possible if you can find the right ball joint.

Another option would be to use the later VX-VY hubs as I believe they went back to a taper fit ball joint. Not sure if it's dimension-ally the same though.

 

[vc commodore]

To change from VP to VR/VS......The control arm needs to be changed from VP to VR/VS......The VP has a long tapered end to the balljoint and is held at the base of the strut assembley, via a large nut....The VR/VS balljoint is short and is held via a nut and bolt at the base of the stub axle.

The VP stub axle is part of the strut assembley, where the VR/VS one seperates from the strut.

VP bearing plates are held in by 3 nuts....VR/VS have 1 big nut, which holds it through the strut tower....So the strut tower needs modifying in the VP to accommodate the VR/VS strut

Not sure whether it's worth the head aches

 

[Immortality]

The problem is the VR/VS control arm is longer than the earlier models so that stuffs up a whole lot of other ****.

I'm fairly sure from VX onward they went back to using a tapered balljoint like the earlier models. That would be the better route if you were keen on this mod.