Ordered some Si oem struts today..
Ricochet
04-19-2004, 04:26 PM
to hold up my b16b because my DX towers can't hold it up, causing some camber and handling issues. I bought them for $50/ea, but they don't come with springs.. My question is can I use the ones off my DX? I have a spring compressor and everything, and I'm pretty sure it will work out just fine, but wanted to check with the af suspension geeks first haha
BullShifter
04-20-2004, 11:00 AM
Yes you can use your springs. It's probably the springs giving you problems not the struts. Springs support weight, not struts. I would upgrade to :b16: springs if it were my car.
BrokenLimits
04-20-2004, 11:10 AM
Yeah the Struts have nothing to do with your problem. Its your springs.
Get some Si Springs. www.clubsi.com
Post in the FS forum with a WTB: Si Factory Springs or just order some aftermarket lowering springs...
Get some Si Springs. www.clubsi.com
Post in the FS forum with a WTB: Si Factory Springs or just order some aftermarket lowering springs...
Ricochet
04-20-2004, 04:17 PM
that sucks..
Maybe I'll just buy some coilovers then.
Maybe I'll just buy some coilovers then.
BullShifter
04-20-2004, 11:12 PM
Ground controls w/ custom spring rates would be a good choice.
Ricochet
04-21-2004, 10:49 AM
I assumed they weren't shipping the springs with the struts but they are actually sending the whole assembly :). I called them for an eta this morning.. Well, will I need rear ones as well or should the DX's be alright?
BrokenLimits
04-21-2004, 12:39 PM
It might look lopsided but most likely you can run the DX rears...
Ricochet
04-22-2004, 03:14 PM
It looks lopsided right now because the front is sunk down farther than the rear, these will even that out.
Well I just got them today and one says L the other says R. I'm assuming L=driver, R=passenger, but wanted to make sure w/you guys first..
Well I just got them today and one says L the other says R. I'm assuming L=driver, R=passenger, but wanted to make sure w/you guys first..
BrokenLimits
04-22-2004, 05:31 PM
Yes that is correct but I am almost postivie that DOESNT matter just Front and Back...
Ricochet
04-22-2004, 09:10 PM
Yeah they were the same exact strut, but my god were the old rusted bolts a pain in the shitter. It took me five hours to swap them! After 6 beers, a stripped lug bolt, busted 17mm socket, and finding out a bolt has been MISSING forever holding my strut into the wishbone on my passenger side, I'm ready to jump off a cliff.
BrokenLimits
04-22-2004, 09:36 PM
haha if you still need help, PM me I will drop by sometime tomorrow...
mjshort18
04-22-2004, 09:39 PM
haha, i know what you mean those bolts suck. especially the rear.
Ricochet
04-22-2004, 09:45 PM
haha if you still need help, PM me I will drop by sometime tomorrow...
Nah I'm good.. thanks though.
I'm going to a yard tomorrow to pick up those bolts for like a dollar, and my neighbor knows how to tap them in.
btw where you at in columbus? I'm in Dublin.
Nah I'm good.. thanks though.
I'm going to a yard tomorrow to pick up those bolts for like a dollar, and my neighbor knows how to tap them in.
btw where you at in columbus? I'm in Dublin.
BrokenLimits
04-22-2004, 09:49 PM
Im right off campus, My girlfriend used to live in Dublin before she moved in with me so I used to be out there all the time.
PM me we should hang out sometime
PM me we should hang out sometime
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