Broken Strut Pics

[steamer1227]

Hey guys just wanted to see your reactions to my pass. side front strut on my s14. Even if you have pics of your worse broken parts. I'd like to see them. Well here you Go....Enjoy

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Modified by steamer1227 at 8:00 PM 3/6/2009

[lancet913]

crap!!! what were you doing.

[steamer1227]

to tell the truth.......nothing....... going to replace it before i take this car for a ride anymore.

[E7-S14]

you drove it like that?dam

have you checked for any more damage?

[steamer1227]

believe it or not i did drive it like that for about 5 miles to my new house.

the only damage is what you see and a little scraping of the spring against the inner wheel wheel (in the pic....the red on the right .....next to the bottom coil)

[lancet913]

What struts are going to get?

[steamer1227]

right now im am just going to put a factory one on...

getting it with spring from a guy i know for 50 bills

in the process of bringing this car back to life it has 224,000 miles on it and it shows...

[steamer1227]

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON STRUTS ARE WELCOME

[Superuser]

koni yellows and a good spring if you want to lower it

[MastaYu]

wow, kyb gr2

[steamer1227]

I really would like to have this car handle like its on rails. And still have adj. ability but not ones that have 100 settings.

[CT240sx]

id go with gr2's as well. its a well proven shock that wont fail to please

[brizanden]

I really would like to have this car handle like its on rails. And still have adj. ability but not ones that have 100 settings.

sleeved koni yellows. only four adjustments for rebound and dampening, but the sleeves allow for height adjusting and then you can get camber plates if you wish.

[sebazztard]

id go with gr2's as well. its a well proven shock that wont fail to please

i put these on a car with 350k miles, it rode like brand new. i advise using these if you plan on keeping it stock.

[RagingPanda]

id go with gr2's as well. its a well proven shock that wont fail to please

If you want stock then go with GR2. Burn them straight to hell for anything else that demands performance.

[ThuG LyFe]

coilovers. i daily mine and i don't track or anything but i still like it.

[nicc_dett]

i feel ya!same damn thing happened to me, except i drove like that for about 30 miles.

[rico05]

KYB AGX for a not-too-aggressive spring like Eibach Pro-Kits. Anything else will be too much for the crap spring options we get here in the states (KYB Buzz-Spec anyone?). I am always a proponent of Nismo S-Tunes, considering this is your daily I assume?

[steamer1227]

yes this is my daily driver once i fix it.....tight budget right now and car is in bad shape...i want to bring it back to stock unless i can or have to change a whole setup that wont kill my wallet.

The best way for tuning is to have a decent car to start with. So i do have some fixing to do 1st

Anyone on Tein Pro's i think those were the ones with the electronic setting control mounted inside cockpit. You can adjust ride height and dampning on the go.

[heartofaskyline]

yes this is my daily driver once i fix it.....tight budget right now and car is in bad shape...i want to bring it back to stock unless i can or have to change a whole setup that wont kill my wallet.

The best way for tuning is to have a decent car to start with. So i do have some fixing to do 1st

Anyone on Tein Pro's i think those were the ones with the electronic setting control mounted inside cockpit. You can adjust ride height and dampning on the go.

dampning yes, ride hight no. there not airbags. its still a coilover, and i wouldnt go with tein pro's, theres much cheaper coilovers that perform just as well

[steamer1227]

Here is a pic that shows how bad the pass wheel is leaning in

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[s13 iDRIFT]

damm son!!! haha that sucks.

i say agx's with some type of springs.

[keith0486]

u just got mads camber on 1 side thats all.

[EG240SX]

Here is a pic that shows how bad the pass wheel is leaning in

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u just got mads camber on 1 side thats all.

[sultan]

breaking struts is fun.

had to raise the spring way up to get it off the tiremad camberride height was pretty cool (that's a 16). pretty sure in this shot i had the coilover removed and the car was just sitting on the tire. took like 3 months to get a replacement from tanabe (couldn't be fixed).

[steamer1227]

yeah that s*** was broke....bad....ride height was tight tho

yeah camber on one side so i can apex turns one way like no ones business

[steamer1227]

what kind of coil over were you using sultan

[sultan]

tanabe sustec pro-ss, i'm still using them. broke cause the camber plate was binding somehow

[steamer1227]

how is the ride on that setup...I heard the ride was harsh from a guy before but i dont even think he had a set.....the usual guy that just thinks he knows all.

[sultan]

not harsh at all, they're very comfortable running with dampers on full stiff.

removing the helper springs in the rear made it even softer, even though it now has 2" of spring droop.