thenext

EG sedan. I am pretty sure the previous owner lowered the car but I am not exactly sure how he did it. I was poking around at it today and wondering if I have some ebay coilovers in. I remember hearing someone say that a coilover is adjustable via an allen wrench on the top of the strut tower. I noticed that there is a spot on the top for an allen wrench. Is this how they all come or is it a coilover?

Here is a pic:

Wrona

Those r definetly stock

thenext

Hooray, looks like I have some chopped springs to replace!

ozh_hawaiian

and that allen wrench hole is the hold the piston so you can remove that nut which holds the spring/shock assembly together.... and if you had ebay coilovers, there would be a threaded sleeve around the shock body with locking rings that you either tighten or loosen to raise or lower the car that is where the adjustability is

98civdx

how did you determin that?

This is a stupid question, if that is the only picture you can provide.

Wrona

uhh maybe the rust deposits the top hat washer the nut is all messed up and looks exactly like the struts that i have in my garage those r definetly stock maybe have been replaced before but not by high quality struts... liek koni cause of the rust those look like oe replacement or even original struts

toolow69

def look like stock. look at strut/ spring to know for sure

99civ

Why not post a real picture of the full strut?

98civdx

Rust doesn't mean ****, Koni's have had issues with their coating, and rusting.

You may be right, but you can't judge that buy a picture of the upper mount.

Remember, you CAN run OEM top mounts/hats on aftermarket shocks. We NEED to see the actual shock! You cannot say that car has stock shocks by just looking at the top mount, period.

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Fixed, and exactly.

99civ

and here is a good point... Progress USES STOCK OEM TOPHATS for their coilovers!

apexi_rsx

^~~~~ makes a very valid point i used stock top hats on my dropzone gas shocks and they definitely are not stock shocks. so you verified the top hat is stock but like 98civdx said we need pictures of the shock. quit being lazy and take a wheel off and show us a inner wheel well shot.