Bottoming out with Tokico's and Eibach's!?
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Try checking the top of the spring perches. There is a piece of rubber that acts as a spacer and after time they get smashed and deteroiates. That decreases the the ride height of the car and causes tire rubbing before bottoming out the shocks. The piece of rubber also holds the shaft cover.
I added a rubber spacer between the tops of the spring and the mount. That solved 90% of the rubbing except at the track under hard cornering. BTW, I'm running R1 shocks and Eibach springs.
-Jeff
I added a rubber spacer between the tops of the spring and the mount. That solved 90% of the rubbing except at the track under hard cornering. BTW, I'm running R1 shocks and Eibach springs.
-Jeff
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how thick of a spacer, did you just use rubber washers or did you have to cut it out of rubber belt material or something?
is this more of a band aid fix, or is it esentially the same as buying the new mounts?
is this more of a band aid fix, or is it esentially the same as buying the new mounts?
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Well, I think new mounts were about $60 each?? I wanted to experiment plus I hated the rubbing and scraping. I bought a rubber spring spacer from JC Whitney. When I received it, the rubber spacer looked like it was for an American van. The spring diameter of the rubber spacer was huge. So I cut it in half lengthwise and took a few inches off the circumference using the bandsaw. It was close enough now. The rubber spacer is about .05-1" in height after hacking it up. That increased the ride height considereably.
It's kinda ghetto but I have no plans of buying new mounts or messing with them anymore.
-Jeff
It's kinda ghetto but I have no plans of buying new mounts or messing with them anymore.
-Jeff
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My Eibachs sagged alot towards the end of their life, but they were fine for a long time
how long is a long time?
I think I should buy the RS-R race springs, but with too stuff springs yoru weight transfer sucks for launches
the stockers are fine unless you are really crusing in the corners, and it's nice to fly right over speed bumps instead of doing a gay sideways ricer maneuver
how long is a long time?
I think I should buy the RS-R race springs, but with too stuff springs yoru weight transfer sucks for launches
the stockers are fine unless you are really crusing in the corners, and it's nice to fly right over speed bumps instead of doing a gay sideways ricer maneuver
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