socal5 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Hello All, Bought a cut down wheelbase GL... Stripped down, farm truck! The previous owner welded the front struts in place and took out the coils. What struts will interchange with this car? A correct answer will be rewarded with a picture of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88SubGL Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 A picture will help us to understand what exactly you’re dealing with. That way you can get the answer you’re looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Star Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Any coil/strut combo from the corresponding type of chassis will work. It depends on if your "GL" came stock with the EA82 or the EA81 engine. There was some overlap of models being made in the 80's... the EA81's were in the 2-door-hatchbacks still in 1988. While all the other models (4 door wagon, 4 door sedan, 3-door lift-back coupe) had the EA82... This doesn't include the XT series (wedges)... I'm not as familiar with those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Are you saying the PO welded the shaft of the strut to the strut housing so there was zero suspension movement? 6 star is correct - any strut from the same model will fit. 2wd ones have a lower spring perch but will still work. Being a farm hack you could probably manage to fit the other model struts without too much effort - eg: L series body with brat struts or brat body with L series struts Cheers Bennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferp420 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 uh huh car first ha ha ha uh uh huh uh huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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