Aaron Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Tis' all good. It does seem a little gay, further more the UV interior light arrived. So basically 90's homoerotic rave in the Shuttle time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 BLACK LIGHT IN A SECOND HAND CAR SEEMS LIKE A TERRIBLE IDEA.... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 ^^ Still need to test that Alrighty, so this morning I got to work on fixing the strut. I managed to get the fork out by putting a jack under the brakes and jacking it up to the max. After that I slotted an adjustable wrench underneath the shock nut and tightened the nut by hand as much as I could. After that I let the jack down, and it released the fork. I then removed the fork then undid the shock nut, following with a big bang of the spring decompressing! Now, I assembled the coilover onto the shock, and made it captive. **WARNING** The following may make you vomit! This is how it sat. Raised like a maafacker! HOWEVER! The gods of Low witnessed my despair and sent me a pair of Cobra SuperLows! So installed them and the result's are as follows: OMG SOME LOW!! Dropped it about 2" which is near perfect. So I decided to chuck the new wheel on as a test. Doesn't look to bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidian Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 oh so you got those rims bastrddd, nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Ha yeah, managed to snag the tires on them too. I think they were supposed to take them off but forgot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidian Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 yea pretty sure it was rims only, score. edit: in the auction there were no tyres, weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylann Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 hohohaha my god that first pic is raised as hell. looks like a lifted 4x4. Looks so much better now, and those wheels are sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Wow, calm down flyingbrick I'm not going to butcher the lowering springs, just the standard springs So what I might do is put the lowering spring and standard spring next to each other, and lop of the standard spring to the lowering springs level, then lop off an extra coil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Alright seeing as I am an inbred, would cutting the standard spring to the same length as the lowering spring make the car lower than the lowering spring when I install it? Or higher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Alright seeing as I am an inbred, would cutting the standard spring to the same length as the lowering spring make the car lower than the lowering spring when I install it? Or higher? edit: just thought about it a bit more, I think I was talking out my ass.... my advice, just start with lowering springs and then trim to suit. will end up with a better ride then if you trim standard springs (well thats my experience) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 ^ Give this man a raise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 YES! I managed to get the Front Right strut out and popped the Cobra in there. So new clearance with both springs in: Not bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJFox Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Photo from a distance plz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Coming up on Monday. P.S, the back is still 4x4 spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJFox Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Are these DA Super lows on Shuttle struts? Or whats happening here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 EF SuperLows on EF Struts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Poop photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 thats not looking half bad, now chop the rears to suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Cheers dudes. I HAVE infact put the grinder to good use, put haven't got pics up yet because: - The rear strut "eyes" are too big for the current LCA's So the plan is to grind some of the "eye" off and attempt to re-fit. And also I chopped the rears 2 coils per strut, will go more if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 can ya take a pic of what's too big mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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