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Old 05-06-2011, 12:44 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How was the wear and tear on your tires after the drop? Also did you install front and rear camber kit and get your cars allignment done again?
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lol, I don't drive enough these days to see ANY tire wear! no more than 200km's since install....
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with the tein s tech springs installed, did you need to get any camber kits installed?
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with the tein s tech springs installed, did you need to get any camber kits installed?
No, no camber kit was needed for me. It does have slightly more camber, but not enough to warrant getting a camber kit.

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He's saying you take the front spring/strut assembly off and take it to them and they'll put the new spring on for that price. Then you mount it back up.
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He's saying you take the front spring/strut assembly off and take it to them and they'll put the new spring on for that price. Then you mount it back up.
Stopped by Sears today, they said they will not do the spring swap as they will not do any work with any product not purchased through Sears...

...but I did goto my local shop and theyre more then willing to do it for me, time pending, Ill be starting this install in a couple hours.
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Can you post some pic after installing the springs plz
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So I finished the other 3 springs today. Part of my problem the first day was a very cheap spring compressor. The thing was eating itself. Rears are way to easy, only small issue is aligning the bolt when reinstalling. GL all :-)
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Not bad. Did Swifts all around. Front passenger side has a popping noise though. Checked bolts over and everything is tight. Wonder if it's that rubber if it's not aligned correctly on the bottom of the spring...
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Ok, I checked that rubber/plastic piece that sits near the bottom of the spring and it's positioned correctly. Not sure where to go from here. Also, it appears that the two front wheels are pointing outward. Thinking that I'll go get that aligned tomorrow. I don't have any camber kit on the car. Just springs and spacers. The spacers I put on last weekend and no noise issues with those.

That popping sound appears to be coming from the passenger side only and I cannot feel it in the steering at all! So I don't believe anything is loose......
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Ok, I checked that rubber/plastic piece that sits near the bottom of the spring and it's positioned correctly. Not sure where to go from here. Also, it appears that the two front wheels are pointing outward. Thinking that I'll go get that aligned tomorrow. I don't have any camber kit on the car. Just springs and spacers. The spacers I put on last weekend and no noise issues with those.

That popping sound appears to be coming from the passenger side only and I cannot feel it in the steering at all! So I don't believe anything is loose......
An alignment sounds like it is in order.
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OK I went with the H&R springs for price mostly. From all the pictures I've seen for comparison I liked the H&Rs. Ordered mine nearly a month ago. They were on back order but came in today. Can't pick up a spring compressor till Saturday so I'm putting the rear on tonight.

Little help Please...with maybe a stupid question here but which way is up on the springs? I've seen photos of Swifts with the tighter coils up and then I've seen other images where it appears they are at the bottom. The OEM springs are evenly spaced coils!
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