ATTN: anyone with lowering springs

Post by **superskunk** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:08 am

i was in my backyard looking at the V and then i saw this.... i dont know how it happend or how long its been like this... but im going to fix it.... so to all of you with lowering springs, be aware of this problem....

Modified by superskunk at 3:34 PM 7/9/2008

Post by **blindsnyper** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:14 am

how did you manage that

Post by **superskunk** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:16 am

i was smoking a cig in the backyard and looked at my rim and then noticed it... i dont know how long its been off.... im going to go outside and fix it in a couple of mins.

Post by **blindsnyper** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:43 am

why does mine look different?

Post by **Johniboi** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:56 am

how do you think the lowering springs caused this?

Well on my front right side of my tires, whenever i turn i hear this moaning noise..which is starting to worry me so i wanna get that checked.

and yeah yur setup does look different, mines looks just like bind_snyper's

Post by **superskunk** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:31 pm

oh cuz i took the picture with the camera turned sideways.... and i forgot to rotate it when i uploaded it

Post by **superskunk** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:35 pm

there i fixed it.... now its facing the rite way....

Post by **superskunk** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:38 pm

so i went to fix the problem, it turns out i have to take off the strut bar, and remove the strut just to get it to tie back into the strut.... easier said then done, turns out one of the nuts that ties the strut to the car is stripped.... now im waiting for the tool, from a coworker so i can take it out and fix the problem.... oh yeah i had to take off the widshield wipers and the plastic cover again... i guess this time i will use thread locker...

Post by **Red Devil** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:22 pm

You mean a mod not designed for the vehicle can result in unwanted damage? Weird.

Post by **superskunk** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:54 pm

what? im lost here, do you even know what im talking about here?

Post by **Red Devil** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:16 pm

Lowering your car caused one of the tie rods to pop off, correct?

Post by **shiryu0** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:53 pm

thats the sway bar link thats loose, not a tie rod...........

Post by **superskunk** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:30 pm

funny i thought that was a sway bar.... how did it come off? any ideas?

Post by **t19uz** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:27 am

superskunk wrote:funny i thought that was a sway bar.... how did it come off? any ideas?

sorryyyyyy this is my stupid question, so the sway bar, is it accesories? or it came from the factory??

Post by **bulld0g** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:45 am

I think I found out what it is....I looked through my install pics and came up with these....hope they help

I think this is where it attaches to.

Post by **superskunk** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:52 pm

yeah thats exactly what it was.... the easiest way to put it back on with out taking the hole strut out of the car is to use a jack underneath and lift it up untill you can put it back in....

Post by **groq36** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:58 pm

oh wow. I was wondering what that was..a friend of mine put my springs on and i remembered that part being the last one he bolted. so it just came right off. i could be missin' something, but did that have anything to do with the springs or was it just an oversight?

Post by **t19uz** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:09 pm

hmm i think overlooked.

Post by **superskunk** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:04 pm

i think it came off with vibration... i had to replace the nut... 14mm.... picked up from autozone, also aplied thread locker, high heat.... im lucky, i didnt know when it had came off, but all the threads on the bolt were clean.... so it turned out to be an easy fix...

Post by **justmerging** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:09 pm

If it ccame off because of vibration, that would be an oversight, such as it wasn't tightened in the first place. I've had my lowering springs on for 30k miles now and I don't have any adverse effects.

The problem is not the aftermarket accesories ruining the vehicle, it is improper installation that causes problems. In the 15 years I've been driving, not one of my cars has been left stock. And I've never had any of the parts cause problems to any of the cars.

Post by **superskunk** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:00 pm

thanks to everyone for the comments... good and bad.... anyways justmerging would you be interested in joing the socalversaclub? oh and how do you like the eibach springs?

Post by **justmerging** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:31 pm

shoot me an email at [email protected] with details about the club.

I'm pretty limited on time but I'd like to help out/participate whenever I can.

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