URGENT: Suspension Question

[[ion] C2]

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?

http://ion-productions.com/strut/IMG_20110516_191619.jpg

[edited to remove excessive amount of imagery]

[robalero]

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

[[ion] C2]

it's all the way tightened

[robalero]

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]

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]

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]

Top nut was loose

[robalero]

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]

VIDEO: Loose Strut Mount (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK89z4HVIM)
No wonder it was clunking.

It's nice and quiet now.. :)

[cherrington17]

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[[ion] C2]

Getting the rear stuff on tomorrow most likely.

http://ion-productions.com/loweredFront.jpg

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

[robalero]

you should tint those tails

[[ion] C2]

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.