coilover install party?

[BaggedGLI]

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So how those coilovers in K-country coming along?

[MechEngg]

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I'm not heading out there til 3, he doesn't have access to the shop til 4:30

[martin13]

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Dan, I have some 15mm spacers as well as 10mm at my house if you wanna try em out!

[Danaldson]

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oh really martin? that would be sick, but then again I'm not too sure how its gonna work out with the special lugs i have......

[MechEngg]

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Yeah they wont work unless he gets extended tuner lugs. Even for a test fit they wont work

[Danaldson]

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these are the guys I'm gonna need right? i do know my pattern is 5/100, just a little confused about the hubcentric part

http://store.concept1.ca/store/produ...rs-5-100-05mm/

[jaysleeves]

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yep those will work! hubcentric just has the ring built in so you know you're centered when you mount the wheels. you could just throw 5mm spacers on the back too that way you can use your existing bolts and it should look pretty good!

[MechEngg]

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Those ones work!

[Danaldson]

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alright, on my way down now, i can't thank you guys enough with all the help you gave me yesterday, you too eric! ill post some pics up once I'm finished with the drop

[Geobmx4life]

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No low till next week for me...beau-coupe snow here in K-Cuntry!!!

[eric909]

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ok dan, lets see it! and that jack of yours

[Danaldson]

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haha, oh god, i really don't wanna explain this story. o well. but first here are the before and afters!

Before:


After:


and a fancy little iPhone pic haha


and heres the jack..........


okay, so as you can see by the super bent threads in the picture above, here is the story of how i almost died...... so the first 3 spacers went on perfectly smooth and i adjusted the coils. as for the rear left tire went, not so good. as i began to jack the tire up so it sat just above the ground, the car moved just a teeny tiny little bit. (i now know why: because my e brake is only working on my rear right) this caused the jack to fail, crash down and bust the jack. but LUCKILY not on my hub, but even more importantly any part of my body. somehow the jack stayed under the car and high enough so that no damage was done to the car. eric came to the rescue with jay's jack and everything seemed to be okay. but HOLY S*** did it scare the life out of me. i was only so lucky that i was not reaching my hand underneath the car at the time that it came down.

[nismodrifter]

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Theres a reason they call it "the widow maker".

Had a tire blow out on Crowchild last year, went to change it..........and the damn thing failed. Wheel was still on at the time thank god. I now carry a real jack + wood blocks in both MK4's.

[BaggedGLI]

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Wow! That sucks, thats why A) I never use that widowmaker when I'm doing anything on the car and B) why I always leave my car in gear as well as setting the ebrake!

Good to hear your fine though!

[Ur0Drivr]

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Glad to hear you're ok! Car is looking much nicer now!!