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04-14-2011, 01:19 AM | #1 |
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top of front spring assembly?
hey i put in my mi springs with a friend and im pretty sure everything lined up when we were done this top piece was not popped up like this. is this bad ? is something bent ? i couldnt press it back down by hand both sides it was firm but obvi doesnt look right any one know anything
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04-14-2011, 03:31 AM | #2 | |
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I think thats pretty common for that to happen and not something that needs fixing, I could be wrong however. Dont hold it against me if I'm wrong.
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04-14-2011, 03:52 AM | #3 |
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That's normal, everybody that does this the first time freaks out too....I know I did, almost tore it back apart until I read up about it.
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04-14-2011, 03:56 AM | #4 |
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ill be installing mine on friday, hopefully it does not happen to me and if it does, well, whatever..
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04-14-2011, 03:56 AM | #5 |
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04-14-2011, 04:21 AM | #6 |
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I`ve got H&R springs and everything looks like before under the hood. I can hardly believe this is normal. I´ve never seen that issue in german Toyota forums.
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04-14-2011, 05:29 AM | #7 |
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jack up that side of the car and see if it goes down, or u can push it wiht your hand when its up.. if u can.. u got a problem
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04-14-2011, 05:21 PM | #8 |
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ill prob just leave it i guess hahah
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04-14-2011, 05:31 PM | #9 |
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...and here we go again!
Read this (specifically post #42) http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...y-help-or-info
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04-14-2011, 05:32 PM | #10 |
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nvm
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04-14-2011, 05:40 PM | #11 | |
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04-14-2011, 06:11 PM | #12 |
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haha sorry guys it was kinda a light bulb thing i didnt even research anything i jsut put up the picture
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04-14-2011, 06:59 PM | #13 |
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I have done major research into this...I am 100% sure your pic is normal !!
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04-14-2011, 08:38 PM | #14 |
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No!!!!! I had that issue with my Megan coilovers. It was a piece of the stock assembly that was missing. This is what allowed it to come through the strut tower. No bueno.
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04-15-2011, 03:02 AM | #15 |
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so thats 1 for its fine and 1 for its not
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04-15-2011, 04:55 AM | #16 |
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If you have a look at the strut assembly i can hardly find any reason why this could be normal. There must be something wrong. The upper cap prevents the whole thing from moving down.
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04-15-2011, 08:07 AM | #17 |
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Can you not count!
In this thread alone, there are 5 for it's OK. Now add that total to ALL of the other strut gap threads in here and I lose count. Go to a dealer and look under the hood of a new one. Guess what it is you'll see... And just so that YW has it, here is the pic from post #42 in the thread over on MI. The top of the strut needs to act like a hip joint in the strut tower. Imagine the damage to the tower if the top hat was clamped down tight.
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04-15-2011, 09:15 AM | #18 |
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somebody sticky this fucking thread.
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