ok just installed these cheap ebay coilovers passed on from a friend

[xxxgersons13]

ok so check this out i installed these ebay coilovers sleeves that my friend gave me the ones that cost like 40 bucks.ok so i put em on tokico blues and its kinda slammed now theres fluid leaking from the rear what could this be??

[tctomasc]

the rear shocks??? If so you might have blown em cause the springs didn't do their jobs.

[Leash]

I hear really bad things about those 'ebay' sleeves. I know there was a review in one of the threads from a guy that bought his 240 with these on. I wouldn't trust them with my life.

[xxxgersons13]

the rear shocks??? If so you might have blown em cause the springs didn't do their jobs.

yea the rear shocks im sad if they are blown

[480sx]

That would be your shock fluid leaking out because your seals failed.

Another Ebay FTL story.. Sad you did this to Tokico's.

Take those things off and replace them with either real springs or OEM. Replace your rear shocks too..

[xxxgersons13]

well i had eibachs on em which i was going to cut 5 inches off of to lower it just a little bit more but man this damn thing bounces like a MOFO!!!!!!!!!!!

[480sx]

40 dollars for springs. What do you expect?

[Leash]

Don't cut the springs, they are not designed to work at those heights and strain. If you need a 2" drop then buy springs that are just that. Cutting the springs will result in problems later and can possibly ruin your suspension parts.

My friend bought his 240 with cut springs and after driving on them like that the springs actually snapped off and ruined the strut.

[xxxgersons13]

Don't cut the springs, they are not designed to work at those heights and strain. If you need a 2" drop then buy springs that are just that. Cutting the springs will result in problems later and can possibly ruin your suspension parts.

My friend bought his 240 with cut springs and after driving on them like that the springs actually snapped off and ruined the strut.

im gonna post a video in about 2 hours of how these ebay=FAIL!!!! car bounces like a lowrider

[xxxgersons13]

[Cone Junky]

You put on a junk spring with unknown spring rate, way too low for a stock shock, so it probably blew out the shocks. You need at least a quality shock that can handle high spring rates and lowered travel. But if you go that far, get real springs.

[xxxgersons13]

You put on a junk spring with unknown spring rate, way too low for a stock shock, so it probably blew out the shocks. You need at least a quality shock that can handle high spring rates and lowered travel. But if you go that far, get real springs.

im just gonna make do with this im saving up for some actuall coilovers maybe tein

[#1gun]

in order to bring back a dead thread.... i got a set of those egay sleeve type coilovers, the ones for forty bucks, even after weeks and weeks of searching online and forums telling me not to get them i still got them and they are horrible and didnt fit the front right they actually raised the front end so anyone saying you get what you pay for is right. having actual personal experience i can tell you that they are not worth it.!

[Justin35ll]

Who needs springs just take the rear ones out and bottom out the shocks. Ultra stiff

[SullivanRacing06]

, wtf do u expect, there dam 40 suspetion parts, and yes they do bounce like a mofo,

feel sorry for millions of honda ricers running around w the ebay specials on there car sportin them like thre hot $hit

bad idea

[Vetal]

you change only springs, and car bounces, on stock shocks? I thought there's no rocket science in a spring...

[SullivanRacing06]

yea no rocket science but when you expect a set of 40 shipped coilovers to help your cars handling your not a rocket scientist, your someone who cares more about what the car looks like instead of how it performs

[Vetal]

Don't see why simple springa

yea no rocket science but when you expect a set of 40 shipped coilovers to help your cars handling your not a rocket scientist, your someone who cares more about what the car looks like instead of how it performs

Don't see why simple springs must cost much Anyway I care very little about visual tuning. Problem is, I want to find smth. for the front that would perform on the drag strip, and allow me to drop the front back for daily driving, but usually coilovers have very stiff springs. Anyone knows where to look?

[SullivanRacing06]

no real coil over ie tein are prevalved, ive got them on my s13 and there smoother then the stock set up, and ive got a 6cyl under the hood, come on, no ebay crap on the nissans!

[5.0_s14]

did u ever figure out how to put these on? it seemed to raise mine... think i did sumthing wrong. I went ahead n got tien 2 inch lowering springs but was just wondering what i did wrong.
Modified by 5.0_s14 at 10:25 AM 6/1/2009

[liquid_cool]

owe ...ohh god make it stop! enough now my side is gona split wide open!

now that im done with my obsessive laghter...to the meat!

if you buy cheep eaby sleeves..your a friggin fool!...would you trust your life to a made in china parachute..rated for 30 ft.!..what the hell is wrong with ya!...with that said....bro..take the time and save for coilovers if thats your dream...but to be truthfull...lots of folks slam there rides..and have no clue how a suspention works...it works by travell...if your so low on a average car with a curb wieght of about 2400lbs...the shock/spring will not be able to travell far enough to help you in cornering/braking/excellerating...its a transition of wieght in a car that makes up the suspention dynamics....in race cars...the dynamic is set for a certain style of racing..on the street..its a different story...keep it stock hight..but just upgrade to a sport shock for now..you will feel the difference..good luck.