Suspension help on my Ek Hatch
08-23-2009, 04:51 PM
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Suspension help on my Ek Hatch
So just upgraded my suspension today. 4 month old Ground Controls W/Tokico Blues. I'm have a problem with my driver-side top-hat/middle bolt area.... it's higher. Haven't driven the car,because i don't want anything to go wrong with it if its defected. Little rubber piece gets pushed up and the whole shock/coils have play. idk if these pictures do any justice..thanks in advance.
08-23-2009, 05:08 PM
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Re: Suspension help on my Ek Hatch
That washer is supposed to to UNDER the top hat/shock mount. There should be a weld or perch on the shock rod itself that supports the washer.
08-23-2009, 05:19 PM
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The washer will have an indent on it. Those Tokicos should have came with it, so you should have some extra ones.
Oh and GC with Tokico Blues???? Come on dude, you should know better than that.
08-23-2009, 05:34 PM
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08-24-2009, 04:59 AM
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Re: Suspension help on my Ek Hatch
If you have the washer in the correct place in this pic, then either the shock rod has no mounting perch or the washer is too big or the wrong one. Hard to say. You should take it apart and reassemble. No offense, but have you installed shocks/springs before?
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08-24-2009, 06:54 AM
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Re: Suspension help on my Ek Hatch
and unfortunetly this IS MY first time assembling shock/coilovers by myself. :/
08-25-2009, 05:51 AM
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Re: Suspension help on my Ek Hatch
You're missing the other piece of rubber. You should have 2 of the little black ones. When putting it together, the bump stop goes in (you're leaving it out it seems), then there's a washer, then a black piece of rubber (pointy end down), then the "tophat", then the metal tube, the other piece of rubber(pointy end up), then the washer, then the nut torqued to 22 ft Lbs.
Don't know if I have another one of those laying in my parts bin. I can look if you need it.
Oh, and I liked your gold wheels better LOL
Don't know if I have another one of those laying in my parts bin. I can look if you need it.
Oh, and I liked your gold wheels better LOL
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