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Re: The Suspension Thread

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fraz91 wrote:
Astron_Boy wrote:
fraz91 wrote:it rides smoother than a baby's ass.
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You're no longer welcome at Wine Country.
You worried about your ass are you? :cheeky:
Why thank you. :D

You're sick. 8O

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So, a suspension question for you all...
The rear of my car creaks going over bumps, and sits about 4CM lower than the front, and sits just as low as Nick's which is lowered....

Now, would that be the shocks collapsing?
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Push down ferociously on the boot and make it go up and down... if it "bounces" as such your shocks are fucked
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it has hardly enough movement downward to actually bounce back up :s
I can pull it up then drop it down easily, and it kinda bounces...
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Astron Boy, it's not an FTO, it's a Lancer coupe which had a 6A12 conversion done a long time ago when I was still driving it.

Fraz91, it has to be the swaybars as when they were stock the ride was quite comfortable even with coilovers, and straight after the swaybars were fitted it started riding like it had no springs.
I swapped bushes out at the same time but I think they couldn't have caused this night and day difference
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Technikhaus wrote:it has hardly enough movement downward to actually bounce back up :s
I can pull it up then drop it down easily, and it kinda bounces...
So your shocks sound like they're on the way out. The creaking however, is generally the rear swaybar links.
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What were the cheapish shocks/springs to get I looked and couldn't find.
I want to replace the whole cars :(
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The oft mentioned KYB Excel G's?
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Sahin wrote:Push down ferociously on the boot and make it go up and down... if it "bounces" as such your shocks are fucked
Kinda like a commo I know
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bjk wrote:The oft mentioned KYB Excel G's?
Yea, I can't find the exact models required?
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Technikhaus wrote:
bjk wrote:The oft mentioned KYB Excel G's?
Yea, I can't find the exact models required?
If only there was a thread that listed the part numbers of aftermarket parts for ftos...
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I had a look there, but I couldn't find the exact part numbers.
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Took another search and found this. I assume these are it?
destinationtoby wrote:Kyb shock Part numbers; Front L: 334154 Front R: 334155 Rears: 341140 about $450 for the lot.
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Those are for pre facelift,

Face lift # are. 334391-KYB=L 334390-KYB=R
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Huh? It's the same shock for all models :scratch:
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I thought the same when I posted, but figured vectose would know more?
Vectose wrote:Those part numbers you listed are for the facelift versions. The part numbers Toblerone provided are for pre facelift.
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destinationtoby wrote:
bryan wrote:
destinationtoby wrote:Kyb shock Part numbers; Front L: 334154 Front R: 334155 Rears: 341140 about $450 for the lot.
most of them are 334391-KYB=L 334390-KYB=R

are they similar?
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Re: The Suspension Thread

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Facelift shocks have additional mounting points for the abs sensors. Everything else is the same though. Both will fit either facelift or pre facelift.
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