URGENT: Suspension Question

[ion] C2 · 05-16-2011, 07:23 PM

Aleromod suspension gurus, what is wrong with my passenger strut assembly? This is the suspected clunker. What is wrong about the spring and upper mount orientation?

[edited to remove excessive amount of imagery]

robalero · 05-16-2011, 07:26 PM

can I see the nut on top? it might not be all the way tightened

[ion] C2 · 05-16-2011, 07:26 PM

it's all the way tightened

robalero · 05-16-2011, 07:29 PM

the spring doesn't seem to be seated 100% straight on it from your pictures. the top seems to be slanted a bit

[ion] C2 · 05-16-2011, 07:30 PM

ya i'm gonna compress it and see what i can do

i aligned the spring with the position of the end of the coil at the bottom where the old stock spring was. i think i was supposed to align the top's position instead to make it sit right

robalero · 05-16-2011, 07:32 PM

that be your best bet, if it wasn't raining I would run outside turn my steering wheel and take a pic for you

[ion] C2 · 05-16-2011, 07:59 PM

Top nut was loose

robalero · 05-16-2011, 08:08 PM

lol I told ya to double check.

I did the same thing on mine but figured it out my first bump, drove back into the shop grabbed my impact gun and tightened it

[ion] C2 · 05-16-2011, 08:54 PM

VIDEO: Loose Strut Mount
No wonder it was clunking.

It's nice and quiet now..

cherrington17 · 05-16-2011, 09:13 PM

[ion] C2 · 05-19-2011, 07:19 PM

Getting the rear stuff on tomorrow most likely.

Rear looks lower than usual because there's a lot of heavy shit in the trunk.

robalero · 05-19-2011, 07:58 PM

you should tint those tails

[ion] C2 · 05-19-2011, 08:08 PM

No, they would look terrible on a red car. Right now they blend in and look clean. I tend to hate tinting items that are meant to be bright. Tinted headlights too look so silly and are typically on cheapo cars that can't afford other mods.