evil's slow and steady build

[theevilm]

Lmao yeah it is nice to have it i love it. and thanks for your comment!

It looks so good when its waxed and in the sun!! And you're welcome, anytime!

we do have the same head unit! are those subs 10's? i have 2 kenwood 10's in my boot too

They're polk audio 12's, db series I think if that means anything.

 

[Brains]

we have an electric impact wrench- it's awesome. No more broken bolts... or, at least not as much. One of those will help you a lot.
Sometimes endlinks need to be cut off- we had to cut the ones that were on my car off when we first changed them.
If you lower your car won't you need different endlinks?

 

[xtreme velocity]

I had to cut my front end links off, replaced with 2002 ford escape end links.

 

[theevilm]

One of the threads mentioned that you had to have longer links when you went lower.

 

[CiviCity]

To answer the endlink questions, yes and no lol. The front one stay the same length. 10.5", so the ford escape ones are a great alternative. For the rear ones, u have to take shorter ones. U need 7.5" that come from the msp.

 

[theevilm]

To answer the endlink questions, yes and no lol. The front one stay the same length. 10.5", so the ford escape ones are a great alternative. For the rear ones, u have to take shorter ones. U need 7.5" that come from the msp.

Do you have the ford escape links? I was looking at them on a couple different websites and I didn't know which was best.

 

[bwalt]

Do you have the ford escape links? I was looking at them on a couple different websites and I didn't know which was best.

I put the escape links on mine after lowering and they work great. They're pretty much all the same just make you get one's with grease fittings, it'll help with longevity.

 

[CiviCity]

Do you have the ford escape links? I was looking at them on a couple different websites and I didn't know which was best.

Yeah I do. There was a difference of like 5$ between the mazda ones and the ford.

 

[theevilm]

I'll have to get them today then.

 

[theevilm]

Hoping to put my springs in tomorrow.

 

[theevilm]

Got half of the work done today. Here's the pictures.

Before the drop


Right after I put everything back in

 

[theevilm]

Stock suspenion setup


I drove home without the link connected from my mechanic.


Got it out after some trial and error


Stock strut and spring


Tein's vs stock




Mounted




New wheel gap

 

[stivine6]

nice nice need more shots of the car overall!

how many miles/km on sock sruts?

 

[theevilm]

nice nice need more shots of the car overall!

how many miles/km on sock sruts?

Haha I didn't put more shots up on purpose. I couldn't do the rear today so its pretty raked right now. And there's about 80k miles on the stock struts.

 

[theevilm]

And now I have the infamous clunking sound in the driver side. What do I have to do to fix that?? I really hate sounds like that

 

[bwalt]

And now I have the infamous clunking sound in the driver side. What do I have to do to fix that?? I really hate sounds like that

Did you install new sway bar links when you did the springs?

 

[theevilm]

Did you install new sway bar links when you did the springs?

I did not, I meant to pick up the ones from the ford escape. Will that solve it?

 

[bwalt]

That's the most common thing. I'd start there.

 

[xtreme velocity]

I had to cut my fronts off due to same reason. Sad but true, but escape links are way better anyway!

 

[theevilm]

I guess I'll pick them up when I can and hope that it solves the problem. Thank you!