GR-2s Installed

[Linebckr49]

for me, since i effed up and trimmed the back, yes, my rear should be lower. but if you call up Intrax, or check their website, then they will tell you (as my installation instructions read) that for the 3000GT/Stealth it is required that you trim the front bump stops .75". and for the rear bumps stops says trimming is "N/A"...so that's why i thought perhaps there aren't bump stops on the rear? or aren't supposed to be?

but i'll have to check with mitsu, and see if they will sell me some bump stops individually w/o having to purchase an entire strut unit (doubtful).

i just briefly looked over the Intrax website, and they have a FAQ that addresses questions like springs settling, alignments, camber adjustments, etc etc. good stuff.

[sLADe781]

Hmm...interesting.... Well, I have Eibach springs on mine and I'm not sure if they require the same installation method but I couldn't find anything online about the trimming of bump stops....

Linebckr49, you mentioned before that you tried doing your front shocks but the compressors wouldn't fit....how were you able to get your alignment back into spec? Because I marked everything on mine but my car pulls to the right still. Maybe my shocks did kind of change it!?!

Anyways, I've had my tires for about a week now but still have not gotten the tires installed/aligned because they're too big to fit in my car and no one's available to take me. DOH!

[Linebckr49]

some local 3S guys told me that the trimming of the bump stops is also required for Eibach lowering springs.

question--> in what direction should the springs be installed? <i laugh at myself b/c i've already installed them one way> you know how the coils on the aftermarket springs are closer on one end, then get further apart at the other end...well which end goes where? i saw some writing on my Intrax springs (denoting spring rate and stuff), and so i installed the springs with the writing where it can be read: this orientation had the closer coils at the bottom, and coils further apart near the top.

i know this is a n00bish question, but i never saw in the instructions which way to install them, nor did i see any other mention of this. i guess its just obvious to some ppl.

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as for the alignment... i never got the car aligned after i just did the rear. i probably should have, but i thought i would do the front shortly thereafter...didn't happen. and that may have contributed to how worn my tires are, but i just thought it was b/c i was driving like a maniac on the twisties and always throwing the rear end out around town and having fun taking 90 degree turns at 30 mph.

[sLADe781]

Originally Posted by Linebckr49

some local 3S guys told me that the trimming of the bump stops is also required for Eibach lowering springs.

question--> in what direction should the springs be installed? <i laugh at myself b/c i've already installed them one way> you know how the coils on the aftermarket springs are closer on one end, then get further apart at the other end...well which end goes where? i saw some writing on my Intrax springs (denoting spring rate and stuff), and so i installed the springs with the writing where it can be read: this orientation had the closer coils at the bottom, and coils further apart near the top.

i know this is a n00bish question, but i never saw in the instructions which way to install them, nor did i see any other mention of this. i guess its just obvious to some ppl.

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as for the alignment... i never got the car aligned after i just did the rear. i probably should have, but i thought i would do the front shortly thereafter...didn't happen. and that may have contributed to how worn my tires are, but i just thought it was b/c i was driving like a maniac on the twisties and always throwing the rear end out around town and having fun taking 90 degree turns at 30 mph.

1-Crap, didn't know they had to be trimmed.... That sucks! LOL But since I don't have have an air compressor yet, maybe I'll just trim it the next time I change something out down there. Good to know though....wish I still had the instructions to be sure. ;o/

2-For me, the springs were installed with the coils closer together at the top. I installed them this way because when I took it apart it was installed in that manner. Also, Eibach's FAQ (http://eibach.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.exe...77825200005916) says that you need to install it in such a way so that you could read the printing so with the springs closer together on top was the way I could read the springs. However, yours might be different...actually, I think yours is: http://www.suthnr.com/garage/mods/sp...springs-26.jpg
So yeah, you're good to go!