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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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Icon2 illuminas shocks won't compress. Plz help

I just placed tokico illuminas + GC on my eg. I have adjusted the gc to the ride height that i want, but after i set everything up and placed the wheels on the ground, the illuminas won't compress down to the height of the gc. Right now the car riding on pure shocks with out any coilover support. The coilovers a sitting freely on the shaft of the illuminas about an inch and a half away from the boot head. What did i miss while doing the set up? What should I do.

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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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All 4 of them?
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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Please i'm asking if anyone can help me out. My car is sitting outside in need of assistance and i don't want to go spend $100 buck for some mechanic to fix it.
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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only the two in the front are giving me problems
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by B16a_95_cIvIc
only the two in the front are giving me problems
Post up some pictures (and no "macro" photography where we have to figure out what is being shot). Sounds like a strange issue - I can't imagine anything preventing the shocks from compressing other than a bent shock rod, but on two? And brand new? Strange.
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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aight cool i'm gonna take some pics and post them in a couple of minutes.
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 08:46 AM
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my camara battery is dead i'm gonna have to charge it and put up some pics later.
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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did you try to use the stock dust covers?

take them off.
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