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alkemyst · 11-03-2004, 06:11 PM

Anyone know a good way to get this done with the least amount of damage?

S14

Thanks

RBS14 · 11-03-2004, 06:17 PM

what do you mean by "rear tray"?

Brian · 11-03-2004, 06:21 PM

i installed SPL?KTS coilvoers on a s14. didn't cut a damn thing... save for my hands.

RBS14 · 11-03-2004, 06:30 PM

remember, you aren't working on your car unless you get hurt in the process.

kingsol · 11-03-2004, 06:34 PM

why would you need to cut anything on your coilovers?

papershot · 11-03-2004, 06:50 PM

maybe he cant figure out how to take off the plates above the rear shock towers?

speeddreamz · 11-03-2004, 06:51 PM

I think he is refering about the "tray" as in the speaker panels

*Jeff240sx* · 11-03-2004, 09:04 PM

Wow. Put down the tools and step away from your car.
Gently remove the rear deck lid, and unbolt the old shocks, rebolt the new ones. If you cut something... well.. it's incorrect.
-Jeff

***S14DB*** · 11-03-2004, 09:31 PM

I think (I hope) that he wants to make a hole in the pakage tray for damper ajusment. Just stick the ajustment hex key in the damper and bring the tray down on the key and mark where the key hits. Take the tray out and drill a hole in the tray were you made the marks.

alkemyst · 11-04-2004, 05:38 AM

That was what I was talking about...the dampner adjustment...I haven't installed them yet but don't you have to make holes for them? It seems they are tall compared to stock...if there is room to not cut that would be best, I don't see myself adjusting these much after the first few days.

Thanks

projectRDM · 11-04-2004, 07:22 AM

If the coilovers you're installing are too tall to clear the rear deck, they're not designed for your car. Go buy the correct ones and quit asking stupid questions.

***S14DB*** · 11-04-2004, 01:15 PM

There is plenty of room for any stud to come up and not hit the tray. The only reason you drill a hole in the tray is to make damper ajustments quicker than taking off the tray.

I think I'm going to be a lasy bastard and get the EDFC.

11-03-2004, 06:11 PM	#1
alkemyst Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Florida Age: 54 Posts: 868 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Cutting rear tray for KTS Coilovers, best way Anyone know a good way to get this done with the least amount of damage? S14 Thanks __________________ Now my Kensai, I curse you to be a Ronin and with the my remaining spirit I, beseech Chimata-No-Kami, to have you wander through time and distance lands, seeking a new master.

11-03-2004, 06:17 PM	#2
RBS14 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Cruz/San Diego Posts: 2,271 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what do you mean by "rear tray"? __________________

11-03-2004, 06:21 PM	#3
Brian Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: usa Posts: 12,840 Trader Rating: (54) Rides Gallery: Brian Feedback Score: 54 reviews	i installed SPL?KTS coilvoers on a s14. didn't cut a damn thing... save for my hands. __________________ http://bhworld.wordpress.com/

11-03-2004, 06:30 PM	#4
RBS14 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Santa Cruz/San Diego Posts: 2,271 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	remember, you aren't working on your car unless you get hurt in the process. __________________

11-03-2004, 06:34 PM	#5
kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	why would you need to cut anything on your coilovers? __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson

11-03-2004, 06:50 PM	#6
papershot Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2004 Location: CT Posts: 368 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	maybe he cant figure out how to take off the plates above the rear shock towers?

11-03-2004, 06:51 PM	#7
speeddreamz Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Francisco, California Age: 40 Posts: 1,015 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I think he is refering about the "tray" as in the speaker panels

11-03-2004, 09:04 PM	#8
Jeff240sx I hate you too... Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 42 Posts: 5,828 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Jeff240sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow. Put down the tools and step away from your car. Gently remove the rear deck lid, and unbolt the old shocks, rebolt the new ones. If you cut something... well.. it's incorrect. -Jeff __________________ Whatup?

11-03-2004, 09:31 PM	#9
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I think (I hope) that he wants to make a hole in the pakage tray for damper ajusment. Just stick the ajustment hex key in the damper and bring the tray down on the key and mark where the key hits. Take the tray out and drill a hole in the tray were you made the marks. __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

11-04-2004, 05:38 AM	#10
alkemyst Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Florida Age: 54 Posts: 868 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That was what I was talking about...the dampner adjustment...I haven't installed them yet but don't you have to make holes for them? It seems they are tall compared to stock...if there is room to not cut that would be best, I don't see myself adjusting these much after the first few days. Thanks __________________ Now my Kensai, I curse you to be a Ronin and with the my remaining spirit I, beseech Chimata-No-Kami, to have you wander through time and distance lands, seeking a new master.

11-04-2004, 07:22 AM	#11
projectRDM Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 51 Posts: 13,812 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	If the coilovers you're installing are too tall to clear the rear deck, they're not designed for your car. Go buy the correct ones and quit asking stupid questions. __________________ FORMERLY R240NA Learn what's really going on and protect your assets now before they're gone forever: www.paypalsucks.com

11-04-2004, 01:15 PM	#12
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	There is plenty of room for any stud to come up and not hit the tray. The only reason you drill a hole in the tray is to make damper ajustments quicker than taking off the tray. I think I'm going to be a lasy bastard and get the EDFC. __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

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