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Old Jul 15, 2002
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Getting New Struts!!

I put in my car at the dealer to see whats up with my shocks and struts and found out that the left rear strut is blown. They are suppose to call me whenever the get the struts in. And they are also ordering parts for the rear deck rattling soloution. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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Old Jul 16, 2002
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i'd love to take mine in and get the struts replaced, but since i've had the car lowered before, the bumpstops are cut, and because the bumpstops are cut, i highly doubt, honda will warranty squat :/
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You can forget about Honda warranting your struts. I did the same thing. Lowered the car and cut the bumber stops. I blew the front left shock. Honda wanted $70 just to look at it. Pepboys wouldn't touch the car because of the lowered springs. Everybody else would do the work but refused to warranty it. So I said screw it, bought the struts and put them on my self. I saved $200 that way. If for some reason I blow another one, I'm still mony ahead.

What's bad, is I only have the Goldline sport springs. 1.25" drop. It's been realigned back to the factory specs, but that didn't matter to anybody I talked to.
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With the amount of problems people are having with the factory struts on these cars, I'd think long and hard before modding them. That's just one area I wouldn't mess with.
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[hr]Originally posted by: lemoncivic
With the amount of problems people are having with the factory struts on these cars, I'd think long and hard before modding them. That's just one area I wouldn't mess with.[hr]
That's for sure. If you're gonna put aftermarket springs with these struts, you better look into getting aftermarket struts at the same time... cuz your stock ones won't last very long with the new springs.

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