Busted_Blue
08-06-2005, 06:17 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6574Small.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6573Small.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6572Small.jpg
For comparision..here is the Tein side jacked up and the picture below is the Tokicos... look at the 3inch height difference....
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6568Small.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6569Small.jpg
Basically the Tein strut body is too short. You can extend the shock body with some custom welding but..I do not have the extra money to customize everything.
That being said...at least I know that the struts in the rear wont work. the front will definitely work..without major modifications.
and I scrapped the project before I even got the rear down. Everyone knows that when you jack up a car, the wheels go down a bit..but the lack of arm travel because it is 3inches too short, I refused to drive my car like that. Normally the LCA points downwards when on a jack..but with these, the LCA were paralel to the ground. Of course that means that the car will have it's LCA point to the sky when it is lower. Because of this and also my swaybar hits the LCA at that height. Too much to lose and make it work for me right now so I'm scrapping the project.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6573Small.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6572Small.jpg
For comparision..here is the Tein side jacked up and the picture below is the Tokicos... look at the 3inch height difference....
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6568Small.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Tein%20Failure/IMG_6569Small.jpg
Basically the Tein strut body is too short. You can extend the shock body with some custom welding but..I do not have the extra money to customize everything.
That being said...at least I know that the struts in the rear wont work. the front will definitely work..without major modifications.
and I scrapped the project before I even got the rear down. Everyone knows that when you jack up a car, the wheels go down a bit..but the lack of arm travel because it is 3inches too short, I refused to drive my car like that. Normally the LCA points downwards when on a jack..but with these, the LCA were paralel to the ground. Of course that means that the car will have it's LCA point to the sky when it is lower. Because of this and also my swaybar hits the LCA at that height. Too much to lose and make it work for me right now so I'm scrapping the project.