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Old 31-03-2005, 11:05 AM   #1
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Will have Eibach Pro-kit installed myself this Sat.

If no surprise, i'll be picking up a spring compressor tomorrow morning, and have the eibach pro-kit (eating dust in the conservatory for months) installed this Saturday afternoon.

wish me good luck.
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Old 31-03-2005, 11:25 AM   #2
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good luck and all the best!
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Old 31-03-2005, 11:58 AM   #3
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awesome mate. welcome to the club
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Old 31-03-2005, 12:11 PM   #4
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I'll be part of the club tomozza too!
Unless that farker from Kuruma Motoring stuffed up and gave me the wrong springs...
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Old 31-03-2005, 12:34 PM   #5
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hehe, guys U have plenty of free time during daytime.

twiggy: Ur stock struts still holding well?
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Old 31-03-2005, 02:22 PM   #6
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just remember to loosen the top bolt before you remove it!!! it will save you a lot of drama!!
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Old 31-03-2005, 02:39 PM   #7
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yeah right thanks, i only have basic tools and i've to be careful...
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Old 31-03-2005, 05:22 PM   #8
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yeah stock struts still good. will probably replace them later this year, but that'll be 3 years of eibach work, so that's pretty good for stock shocks. afterall, we have kyb as stock
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Old 01-04-2005, 02:24 PM   #9
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bang... got spring compressors, look like toys.

anyone had that rear-right clunking problem? had quite some discussion on protege5.com
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a little, but its on the left in cars here....go figure that one
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Old 01-04-2005, 02:38 PM   #11
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washer fix works on Ur car?
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Old 01-04-2005, 07:56 PM   #12
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yeah left rear clunk for me. you sort of get used to it, but it is a pita.

in other words, turn up the music
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WTF is with this clunk? Is this the unloaded wheel being offset by the driver???
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personally, i think it's the springs clunking together, but there are a few theories
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coils of the spring i should say
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Old 02-04-2005, 03:44 PM   #16
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damn it...

did rear left first, all seems good. then came to rear right - the endlink nuts just went nuts, totally screwed.

then we found out we forgot the rubber cover thingy on top of the rear left strut, so we decided to re-do rear left. we couldn't believe it - another strut top nuts just went nuts and srewed.

now i have a rubber thingy left-out, 3 new springs and 1 old springs in the box, 2 screwed nuts on the car, laughting at me.
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Old 02-04-2005, 07:59 PM   #17
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Comparison:



After some 3 hours...



i forgot the rubber cover thingy, but i did put 2 1/2" washer, i might just need one 12mm.
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know that feeling, get it all back together... oh **** left over parts!!!

its a lot quieter with it on there BTW
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had a run last night, as well as some 60 kms trip today to a gun show, no real "clunking" so far, did have some funny sound, might be the entire rear trunk has no cover at all, every little sound's coming out.

the rear left (with Eibach) already sitting about 1 ~ 1.5 finger lower than rear right.

going to do the front now...
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oh well they are the easy ones!!
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