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blue240 · 03-26-2003, 09:34 PM

I put in my tein s-tech springs and the rears bang.Is this because I dropped it to the max with my extremely ****ty aerospeed coilovers and ruined my struts.I didnt have a compressor so I used the car as one,at first the strut nut fit snug but after a couple days there was a huge gap so i filled it with washers and it was fine.Then i hit a bump and the bang is back.Help please

adey · 03-26-2003, 10:46 PM

Wow, the rear bangs?? That's probably either your springs coming loose then hitting the spring perch (baaaaad!) or you've blown your shocks pretty seriously (with those springs.) ... but wait. do you have Tein S-tech springs, or do you have arospeed springs??
Didn't anyone warn you of blowing shocks with lowering springs?

bravo!

drift into a curb · 03-27-2003, 03:43 AM

Did you remember to put on the bumpstops? That could possibly be the banging noise you're hearing from the lack of the rubber bumpstops and the piston bouncing around.

DuffMan · 03-27-2003, 06:25 AM

Sigh. You cannot lower the car on stock shocks people.

drift into a curb · 03-27-2003, 02:02 PM

Wow you think? I beg to differ. I lowered my car the other day. I took a torch to the spring and it compressed, all on stock shocks

Dousan_PG · 03-27-2003, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by DuffMan
Sigh. You cannot lower the car on stock shocks people.

yeah you can
our friend driftingpanda is on stock shocks and intrax springs. all shocks are blow. but he drifts a hell of alot BETTER then guys with full on coilovers systems

of cours if you want comfort, get the right shocks to match the springs.

blue240 · 03-27-2003, 03:06 PM

I didnt forget the bumpstops.Everyone I know with a lowered car has cheap KYBs with no bang.Does any one have these S-Techs,and what shocks do you guys have with yours,also does the top of the piston go up an inch over the mount when you lower the car an inch?

03-26-2003, 09:34 PM	#1
blue240 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: rhode island Age: 45 Posts: 18 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	suspension trouble I put in my tein s-tech springs and the rears bang.Is this because I dropped it to the max with my extremely ****ty aerospeed coilovers and ruined my struts.I didnt have a compressor so I used the car as one,at first the strut nut fit snug but after a couple days there was a huge gap so i filled it with washers and it was fine.Then i hit a bump and the bang is back.Help please __________________ ever wish you were born in Japan?

03-26-2003, 10:46 PM	#2
adey Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,072 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, the rear bangs?? That's probably either your springs coming loose then hitting the spring perch (baaaaad!) or you've blown your shocks pretty seriously (with those springs.) ... but wait. do you have Tein S-tech springs, or do you have arospeed springs?? Didn't anyone warn you of blowing shocks with lowering springs? bravo! __________________ Instagram: @SX180HKG

03-27-2003, 03:06 PM	#7
blue240 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: rhode island Age: 45 Posts: 18 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I didnt forget the bumpstops.Everyone I know with a lowered car has cheap KYBs with no bang.Does any one have these S-Techs,and what shocks do you guys have with yours,also does the top of the piston go up an inch over the mount when you lower the car an inch? __________________ ever wish you were born in Japan?

03-27-2003, 03:43 AM	#3
drift into a curb Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 2,870 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Did you remember to put on the bumpstops? That could possibly be the banging noise you're hearing from the lack of the rubber bumpstops and the piston bouncing around.

03-27-2003, 06:25 AM	#4
DuffMan Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: in a cardboard box Posts: 2,517 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sigh. You cannot lower the car on stock shocks people.

03-27-2003, 02:02 PM	#5
drift into a curb Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 2,870 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Wow you think? I beg to differ. I lowered my car the other day. I took a torch to the spring and it compressed, all on stock shocks