suspension problem?

857 Views 11 Replies 5 Participants Last post by aek123, May 18, 2002

aek123

Discussion Starter · May 12, 2002

Ok guys I got a frustrating problem(similar with octanes):

I received my H&R's and Konis, whent to the mechanic and proceded with instalation, When he put the first shock and spring(Koni/H&R) on the right front passenger side, the car actualy sat higher than stock(total of 8 finger gaps)???, so we then put just the spring(H&R) with the stock shock and the car droped a good 1.5 inches from stock. I cant understand this,

I received the Konis/H&R's from the group buy, do you guys think they sent the wrong shocks?, they are red!

and now I'm thinking that he put the spring upsidedown the first time as someone suggested,

can someone please help??

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aek123

Discussion Starter · #2 · May 12, 2002

and when I said "they sent me the wrong shocks" I meant the FACTORY because thats where they came from.

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blklegend

· #3 · May 12, 2002

Check the perch, it might have been put on upside down, not the srping.

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aek123

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 12, 2002

can you please explain a litte further blklegend?

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CakeDaddy

· #5 · May 13, 2002

Hey AEK123

did you ever get this resolved? Just curious. 8 finger gap. WOW. let us know what happened.

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aek123

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 14, 2002

no not yet, going on thursday to a specialty shop that do these kind of things, and this time I'm going to cut the bump stops at least in half and put it on the lowest setting perch, and also let the springs settle as someone suggested, this should probably do it I hope!!

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C25A1guy

· #7 · May 14, 2002

Wow, 8 fingers. Rally project??? j/k. Check the spring pearch.

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aek123

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 16, 2002

Ok guys everything is fine, It turned out the original mechanic did not know what #[email protected]%$ he was doing!, took it to a specialist and bingo,

I ended up cuting the bump stops in half and putting on the lowest setting for the Konis, although I think its too low in the front so I will be raising it up one. thanks for all the suggestions guys, later!

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· #9 · May 16, 2002

Wow, any mechanic should have been able to figure it out. I had pretty much never done anything with my car except add intake and I figured out pretty much completely on my own how to do the suspension

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aek123

Discussion Starter · #10 · May 17, 2002

See, your forgetting I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, people out here are idiots, there aren't enough good mechanics to go around

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LeGenDz

· #11 · May 17, 2002

So was your perch upside down? I have the same problem, but no money to pay anyone to fix it.

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aek123

Discussion Starter · #12 · May 18, 2002

No I don't think so LEGENDZ, but I just think the first mechanic didn't put the coil and shock together correctly, and also the first time I didn't cut the bump stop, so that might have made the difference, can you explain your setup and problem a little further LEGENDZ?

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