Learned my lesson the hard way
- Thread starter Jimbo
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Wow,
that coil just snapped. any pictures of the failure point? looks like a stress crack but can not say due to what (could be coil binding or crap metal).
that coil just snapped. any pictures of the failure point? looks like a stress crack but can not say due to what (could be coil binding or crap metal).
Sorry I woulda gone into more detail but I was really sleepy haha.
Anyways, a couple weeks after installing them I was driving and I thought it felt like one side was lower, but never paid much attention to it. Then one day I was looking at my car, and it was in fact lower on one side (unlike the other side, it had no gap between the tire and the fender anymore, so I couldn't see what was actually going on). I have never heard of any spring snapping so I thought hmm maybe my strut finally blew, or one spring just wasn't seated right.
Then came the time when I decided I wasn't satisfied with the springs and found somebody willing to buy em. He was going to give me his stock setup and a hundred bucks and swap everything at the same time.
So I jacked my car up, took the wheel off and my eyes popped out as I found the top of the spring completely snapped in half and "threaded" into its lower half.
The seller on eBay was called "SSI" (super sport imports/super street imports?) or something like that. I just looked around for the exact link but it seems like they're not around anymore.
They cost me $160 +$30 shipping
I'll try n take pics of the failure point.
Anyways, a couple weeks after installing them I was driving and I thought it felt like one side was lower, but never paid much attention to it. Then one day I was looking at my car, and it was in fact lower on one side (unlike the other side, it had no gap between the tire and the fender anymore, so I couldn't see what was actually going on). I have never heard of any spring snapping so I thought hmm maybe my strut finally blew, or one spring just wasn't seated right.
Then came the time when I decided I wasn't satisfied with the springs and found somebody willing to buy em. He was going to give me his stock setup and a hundred bucks and swap everything at the same time.
So I jacked my car up, took the wheel off and my eyes popped out as I found the top of the spring completely snapped in half and "threaded" into its lower half.
The seller on eBay was called "SSI" (super sport imports/super street imports?) or something like that. I just looked around for the exact link but it seems like they're not around anymore.
They cost me $160 +$30 shipping
I'll try n take pics of the failure point.
I wish I had bought a known brand..CyFi6;1612583 said:
The seller will be on your feedback or purchase history on ebay. Lucky for you it didnt just snap on the interstate.