Seattle Locals w Coilovers, need a favor... - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

NemeGuero · 11-08-2013, 05:02 PM

Anyone in the Seattle area want to do me a huge favor?

I'll need your car.. well your rear coilovers for a few hours.

You come over, let me remove your rear coilovers and put them on my car for 5 minutes to eliminate a variable in my troubleshooting. Then I swap them back onto your car and you're done!

Thats it! I will do all the work and will have beer and can buy lunch afterwards.

Anyone who would be willing to help me out, let me know. It'd be much appreciated.

Thanks.
Evan

ramiram1984 · 11-08-2013, 05:24 PM

How about gas?? Haha

NemeGuero · 11-08-2013, 05:27 PM

gas/ lunch.. i'm negotiable. haha

stockysnail · 11-09-2013, 03:59 AM

Too bad you aren't in the Portland area. I have a rear OEM set sitting in my garage.

Touge_ninja · 11-09-2013, 06:40 AM

I also got oem struts sitting in my basement

NemeGuero · 11-09-2013, 05:33 PM

i have my stock stuff. I want to test it with coilovers.

NemeGuero · 11-09-2013, 08:47 PM

Basically, I have a noise that goes away when I put the stock stuff on.
I've had 2 sets of coilovers make the same noise.

I want to have someone with coilovers who DOESN'T have the noise, put them on my car and see if it stays there.

If it goes away, I've been unlucky enough to have 2 sets of brand new coilovers with bad pillow mounts.

If the noise is still there I have subframe/diff noise that comes from the added stress of lowering the car.

So yah.. I need clunkless coilovers to borrow.

NemeGuero · 11-12-2013, 03:45 PM

Anybody?

John.Hong · 11-12-2013, 09:52 PM

It might help if you pay for their alignment as well.

NemeGuero · 11-13-2013, 12:38 PM

For what?
I'm not going to adjust the height of the coilovers at all. They won't need an alignment.

John.Hong · 11-13-2013, 03:02 PM

You're still taking off the coilovers. This will cause the suspension to be misaligned.

NemeGuero · 11-20-2013, 05:16 PM

Yes, technically but nothing that would be noticed or cause for concern or realignment.

None of the bolts are slotted. Its the same distance between mounting locations. I'm not disconnecting the LCA. The change would be exactly the same as the suspension becoming 100% unloaded.

I'm not saying you aren't right, I'm just saying the change would hardly be worth attention. But thanks for scaring people away from helping.

Touge_ninja · 11-21-2013, 03:26 PM

Gotta agree with john, any time coilovers are installed/removed it's not going to be aligned with the ones that were not removed. That's probably why no one has stepped up to help.

NemeGuero · 11-21-2013, 04:03 PM

I didn't say he was wrong. What I said was the amount of "off alignment" is miniscule.

the only difference is the tolerance of my torque wrench versus whoever did the install the first time... or how much more or less the threads are squeezed.

99% of alignment techs won't even waste their time to get your settings tight enough to notice the difference it'd make
fraction of a thread.. better get aligned!

thanks anyways, i'll figure something else out.

11-08-2013, 05:02 PM	#1
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Seattle Locals w Coilovers, need a favor... Anyone in the Seattle area want to do me a huge favor? I'll need your car.. well your rear coilovers for a few hours. You come over, let me remove your rear coilovers and put them on my car for 5 minutes to eliminate a variable in my troubleshooting. Then I swap them back onto your car and you're done! Thats it! I will do all the work and will have beer and can buy lunch afterwards. Anyone who would be willing to help me out, let me know. It'd be much appreciated. Thanks. Evan

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11-08-2013, 05:27 PM	#3
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	gas/ lunch.. i'm negotiable. haha

11-09-2013, 06:40 AM	#5
Touge_ninja Sending rods to their doo Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 700HP STi Location: Seattle WA Posts: 1,926 Thanks: 169 Thanked 541 Times in 369 Posts Mentioned: 49 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I also got oem struts sitting in my basement

11-09-2013, 05:33 PM	#6
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i have my stock stuff. I want to test it with coilovers.

11-09-2013, 08:47 PM	#7
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Basically, I have a noise that goes away when I put the stock stuff on. I've had 2 sets of coilovers make the same noise. I want to have someone with coilovers who DOESN'T have the noise, put them on my car and see if it stays there. If it goes away, I've been unlucky enough to have 2 sets of brand new coilovers with bad pillow mounts. If the noise is still there I have subframe/diff noise that comes from the added stress of lowering the car. So yah.. I need clunkless coilovers to borrow.

11-12-2013, 03:45 PM	#8
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Anybody?

11-12-2013, 09:52 PM	#9
John.Hong Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 Ultramarine Frs Location: Washington Posts: 125 Thanks: 80 Thanked 35 Times in 21 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It might help if you pay for their alignment as well.

11-13-2013, 12:38 PM	#10
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	For what? I'm not going to adjust the height of the coilovers at all. They won't need an alignment.

11-13-2013, 03:02 PM	#11
John.Hong Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 Ultramarine Frs Location: Washington Posts: 125 Thanks: 80 Thanked 35 Times in 21 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You're still taking off the coilovers. This will cause the suspension to be misaligned.

11-20-2013, 05:16 PM	#12
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yes, technically but nothing that would be noticed or cause for concern or realignment. None of the bolts are slotted. Its the same distance between mounting locations. I'm not disconnecting the LCA. The change would be exactly the same as the suspension becoming 100% unloaded. I'm not saying you aren't right, I'm just saying the change would hardly be worth attention. But thanks for scaring people away from helping.

11-21-2013, 03:26 PM	#13
Touge_ninja Sending rods to their doo Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 700HP STi Location: Seattle WA Posts: 1,926 Thanks: 169 Thanked 541 Times in 369 Posts Mentioned: 49 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Gotta agree with john, any time coilovers are installed/removed it's not going to be aligned with the ones that were not removed. That's probably why no one has stepped up to help.

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11-21-2013, 04:03 PM	#14
NemeGuero Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 459 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I didn't say he was wrong. What I said was the amount of "off alignment" is miniscule. the only difference is the tolerance of my torque wrench versus whoever did the install the first time... or how much more or less the threads are squeezed. 99% of alignment techs won't even waste their time to get your settings tight enough to notice the difference it'd make fraction of a thread.. better get aligned! thanks anyways, i'll figure something else out.