NEW Struts, pic plus questions!

[sickspeed94]

Hey guys, just recieved the new illuminas, they'll be hiding behind some GC coilovers... my question to you all is, with the stiff spring rates of the GC's what setting should i keep my illuminas at in different situatinos? street, DATE, drag, Auto-X... opinions would be awesome. thanks guys

 

[sickspeed94]

well they're installed... the REAR Illuminas are lower than the stock struts... the FRONT ARE NOT! either way if anyone was looking for a way to drop the back of the MSP some nice springs and a set of illuminas would probably get you the desired drop... my only problem is now i'm tucking tires on all 4 corners and i need to get my fenders rolled.

will post pics tomorrow.

 

[Prodigy]

I run my Illumina's...
Daily: 3 front/4 rear (tid bit more oversteer)
Autox: 5 front/5 rear
Date: 1 front/1 rear
Drag: eh... straight lines are ghey.

I'm using Espelir springs btw.

 

[sickspeed94]

more in the rear? that's crazy, i put mine on 4 front 3 rear and did a fun run and the car rotated like no ther. then again i really need to roll my fenders. it sounds like my car's gonna fall apart! yah i'd probably go for 5F 5R for autoX... thank you very much for the input i'll try the harder rears after i have ample space between fender and wheel.

 

[sickspeed94]

straight lines are ghey.

actually they're straight... (look it's late at night and myspace is no fun any more.)

 

[vindication]

yeah, I use 3f/4r for daily. also, has anyone elses illuminas rusted a lot? maybe cause I live where it snows and whatnot but the stock ones were older and they had no rust on them.

 

[daedalus]

your rubbing? How friggin low are you? I've got all 4 tires tucked and i havent had any rubbing issues?

 

[CRZbrussian]

post them pictures maine!

 

[JCell]

nice Giancarlo, how much did they run ya?

 

[sickspeed94]

will post pics tonight... right now they're doing terribly... wasn't able to get all of them tightened down but will try a new method tonight... one already sounds blown or something... either way the car's too low, i'm getting the fenders rolled soon and then hopefully tonight i will fix the tightening down issue. they were really hell to install and definately worht the money it would have costed to have it done professionally. they ran me 450 on ebay but those punks better not think i'm paying for another shock if the one they sent me is blown.

 

[JCell]

ouch

 

[Prodigy]

I doubt they're blown... if they were.. they have a lifetime warranty on them anyway..

I had the same issue...
I thought they weren't tightened down all the way and I had a clunk everytime I went over a bump..

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1805395&postcount=52

It has worked for some people... not so for others..

 

[sickspeed94]

haha, friend and i just thought of that last night... thanks though this is definately the fix i will use... the fronts actually tightened down just fine, but the rears have some SPACE left... lol and the sound of them being blown (or so i thought) was a high pitched squeak from the tire hitting the fender hardcore because of the offset plut the droppedness.

 

[sickspeed94]

pics...


customary kung fu battle before installation
old strut / new strut
no strut
installed strut!

 

[ke20sprinter]

Just to let you know, coil overs voids the warranty on Tokico Shocks (read your warranty info)

WiL

 

[sickspeed94]

thank you... it also states in there thatthe shocks aren't warrantied unless installed by a shop ASC certified technician, which i am far from (however i did get a district gold metal in the florida career education clubs auto mechanics test, and i really only took it messing around.)..


wow i used prodigy's fix and now the car SCREAMS through corners...

 

[CustomMSP]

Looks good...but it hurts me to see those beautiful struts with the coilovers on them set to the lowest drop. You'll basically have no suspension travel once the car is off of the jack stands, and the struts will not last too long from bottoming out all the time. Did you re-install the stock bump-stops?

Later.

 

[ke20sprinter]

thank you... it also states in there thatthe shocks aren't warrantied unless installed by a shop ASC certified technician, which i am far from (however i did get a district gold metal in the florida career education clubs auto mechanics test, and i really only took it messing around.)..


wow i used prodigy's fix and now the car SCREAMS through corners...

They do warranty it if you install it yourself, their website doesn't say anything about ASC certification, and even the company I bought it from stated Tokico has a warranty, as long as you don't damage the strut shaft.

WiL

 

[Prodigy]

I'm glad I could help..
I was just about to shoot a PM your way.


this is the first time I've had internet in 3 days...

 

[sickspeed94]

yeah i'm actually contimplating raising them back up... it's just that all the people i hang with are honda boys... and man the car looks SOO good with the drop... by the way the fronts are down all the way, the rears are about 1.5 inches up, which actially only = a 2.5 inch drop and with such hard spring rates i haven't even come close to bottoming out... the car hugs sooo well... but alas i believe they will be raised up soon. maybe even tomorrow. any suggestions on optimal drop point for low center of grav plus sus. travel? i love my slammed MSP :-(