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Old 21-Jul-2009, 11:56 AM
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Exclamation WOW, my suspension is ***** UP!

Gentlemen, i go the other day to lower my car
and sure enough
on the passenger side i see this

& the drivers side
i see this

sorry about the blurry pics, i only had my camera on my phone.... so now im wondering how long its been like that, and how much damage has been done to my frame by it.. i know i cant drive it anymore b/c of its condition.. but this is bullshit AHhh i need a new suspension..
what u guys think?
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 12:07 PM
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looks like a nice cheap coilover.. time to replace.

As for damage, I doubt it did anything..I've seen people ride around on much worst than that lol
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 12:12 PM
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yeah bro it was $120 for all 4
lol and that was 4 years ago
AND YES PEOPLE I know
i shouldnt cheap out
that was 4 years ago time to upgrade aahhh
type r suspension anyone? lol
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 07:29 PM
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but u still think its safe to drive?
last thing i need is the frame warping on me ;s
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 07:49 PM
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That is a mess and must feel like crap. To answer your question, YES, it is unsafe.

What do you want the suspension for?...looks, track, daily driver? All-year round driving?
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 09:54 PM
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well its a daily driver, im getting these for the STREET only, the car will be boosted so they gotta be able to take a nice beating

i also wanna to adjust them in the winter/summer

i wanted to get P.I.C.
but ive heard good and bad things about them but some of you guys seem to have had a good experience with them from what i read

i know ive had buddies buy Buddy club and they have snapped..

and with skunk2 thats more track/competition

i want to get a combo set, but then again ive heard good things about mixing, so im unsure hence some of ur feedback from you guys..

which is much appreciated
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 09:58 PM
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you can send that out to salex in montreal, they do repairs....but not really worth it i'd just get a nice entry level set of coilovers....for daily driving.
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 10:26 PM
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Companies that make cheap parts like that should be shutdown !
I wonder who allows these parts to be sold anayway ?!?!
Isnt there any kind of testing on this stuff ?
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 10:39 PM
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holy cow that's bad. Honestly I've gone with some cheap coilover sleeves, I'd say like 5+ times on different cars and I've never had any issues besides really stiff rides. I see that you're on a very slight drop too, I've gone as low as 4" drops on those lol. How long have you had that set..
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 10:42 PM
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Ya, there probably isn't any DOT or SAE approval.

Spend the coin, "Do it once, do it right"

I'm loving my Koni's, they have no problem taking a beating.
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Old 21-Jul-2009, 11:57 PM
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I have some used coilovers that I can sell you. Pm me if interested
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Old 22-Jul-2009, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Robb
Companies that make cheap parts like that should be shutdown !
I wonder who allows these parts to be sold anayway ?!?!
Isnt there any kind of testing on this stuff ?
I believe they sell these items as "off road use only" to make it legal to sell.
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thats ractive quality for you

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Old 26-Jul-2009, 06:07 PM
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Go with tein S-Techs and KYB GR2 struts if your doing daily driven suspension. Its all 1 above stock and its a Type-R suspension render for the same price as you would pay for a used set of Type-R's.
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I had Function Form Type 2's on my Civic and I loved them.
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