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davec495
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14th Jul 08 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is there any thing i can do to fix it i over tightend one of the bolts on top of my suspension and it snapped the threads are just say poking out the hole now thanks if anyone can help
Gareth F
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14th Jul 08 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is it one of the two small ones or is it the big middle one?
*rewritten*

[Edited on 14-07-2008 by munk3yrac3r]
davec495
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14th Jul 08 at 13:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
one of the smaller ones m8
Gareth F
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14th Jul 08 at 13:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lucky for you then. Your suspension is ok, do you still have the top mounts on your old suspension? The top mounts on a kit i just got were shagged so just swapped them for my old ones on the standard suspension.
Gareth F
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14th Jul 08 at 13:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Like my mate said to me, chocolate metal....... dont tighten to much as they snap
davec495
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14th Jul 08 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ic ic thanks a lot m8 think am gona stop using me halfords ratchet lol al ways kills bolts
Dave A
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14th Jul 08 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
easy to fix, drill out the stud and replace it with a nut and bolt.
davec495
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14th Jul 08 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks dave al gan and av a look at it in a moment
Gareth F
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14th Jul 08 at 13:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Or as Dave A said lol. I was using a Halfords ratchet aswell lost the adjuster arm out of it and have to use a key now
Ste L
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14th Jul 08 at 13:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just go scrap yard and get a new top mount...
davec495
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14th Jul 08 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
al use my origional top mount if it will go on still got the back to lower yet aswell thanks for ya help people
Gareth F
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14th Jul 08 at 13:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Back sus is easy to do aslong as you have a helping hand. To get the rear bolts undone you might need a mate to crush the black plastic cover onto the piston rod with some mole grips to stop it from spinning. Lowering is easy but if you have coilovers it takes just aslong to get them set up! What i spent saturday doing......
davec495
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that looks nice cant drop mine that far wheels are wrong offset being et38 so will have to do the arches aswell the backs only have damper adjusters on so its going down 60mil
Gareth F
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14th Jul 08 at 14:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines got nova rear springs 80ish drop and adjustable dampners. I had et38 wheels and dint even think of lowering untill i got some decent et49's your gunna have alot of trouble. Cut 8" off your rear arch as high as you can and remove the bolts and stick the arches back on (very short version but have a look into it) the top bolt will shred your tires in a day so take that straight out

 
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