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Aug 14, 2009 | 10:37 AM

95lscivic

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coilover blown

my buddies car has been making a strange noise on the drivers side front wheel area so we took off the wheels and the coilovers and found this. Is this normal? or could this be causeing the problem?
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=100_1218.flv

Aug 14, 2009 | 11:26 AM

batallic

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Re: coilover blown

that shock is blown

Aug 14, 2009 | 01:08 PM

STOCK_SOHC_DX

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Re: coilover blown

Is that a Tanabe sustec pro? Another "JDM" shock bites the dust!!!

Aug 14, 2009 | 08:15 PM

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Re: coilover blown

Quote:

Originally Posted by batallic

that shock is blown

Aug 14, 2009 | 10:24 PM

95lscivic

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Re: coilover blown

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that shock is blown

definitely what I was thinking, and yes it's a tanabe.

Aug 15, 2009 | 02:56 PM

famou55TAR

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Re: coilover blown

blown. it should be pretty tough to push in.

Aug 15, 2009 | 06:14 PM

racebum

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Re: coilover blown

you should never test a twin tube upside down. flip it around and do it again. still, i agree with the others, that looks blown. even upside down there should be some rebound.

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