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My coilovers are pretty blown and it takes 3-4 weeks for Tein to over haul them. In the mean time I'd need some suspension as this car is also my daily driver and i think I threw my OEM struts away... thinking the coilovers would last me 50,000+ (yeah right)

 
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to bad u dont have an 03-05. u could have used my stock suspension....

 
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thanks a lot though...

 
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no problem man......

 
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i think i have the worse car modding luck...
can't seem to do anything right the first time around...
(the basics are actually my third suspension)

 
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i know u had stechs before, wuts the other set u had??

 
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H techs...
i got a bad set... they actually raised the car instead of lowering it..
luckily tein let me swap them for s techs

 
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ic, wuts the drop on the h techs suppose to be??

 
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a little less than an inch...
IMO they are kind of waste - but I didnt know any better back then...(last year)

 
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wow, that is a waste....

 
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i found this guy selling his stock suspension on craigslist http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/751616202.html

 
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i have front struts and springs

my back stock shocks are stripped

 
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hey thanks sicma, but i was looking for someone local to just lend me their stock suspension for a few weeks...

 
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well not interested in buying, maybe renting for 3-4 weeks...

 
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oh i see. no prob. lol
sorry i couldnt be more help
good luck with it tho

 
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is it okay if I put on blown OEM struts and drive on them for 3-4 weeks?

do i need the bump stops?
If I recall I cut them in half when I installed the S techs, anything wrong with putting no bump stops on OEM springs?

 
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i only got oem springs :/

 
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my rubber boot actually got torn up on the left side, so im still wondering if thats ok with s techs xD and too bad my stock struts got blown and gave them away... it wouldv'e become handy right now =\

 
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anyone know if i can use blown OEM struts + tein basics coilover springs??

 
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i wouldn't try it....

 
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luckily my dad kept my struts, even though I told him to throw them out
and it's the same story for the springs. YAY!

The struts are blown though without any bump stops - will that be a problem?

 
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how do you know your shocks are blown? are they leaking? i've had mine for over 80K now

 
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i do not notice any leakage but i barely have to apply any force to the rear trunk and its as if its on rubber or on hydrolics. the ride quality has become so soft and bouncy. I know this is not normal because i recall a time when it was a lot stiffer.
i think it could be that my mechanic did not install the bump stops and perhaps several big bumps without these bump stops have caused my shocks to blow prematurely.
I'm not sure if the front are blown but they are actually making noise while I drive and all 4 shocks make noise when i go over speed bumps and it wasnt like that before...