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Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Tue May 10, 2011 5:29 pm

not a good day to be me im afraid. on my way to work today and im guessing what I thought may be a simple bush problem ended up being a rear shocker away. gunna chech with a mechanic 2moro but near sure. guess that the perfect excuse for 4 new gas shocks.... ho hum de dum. so much for me getting a set of std alloys and a trip to amsterdam this year. near chocked at the price of them
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Re: not the happiest of campers

Postby paul2508 » Tue May 10, 2011 5:37 pm

what were the symptoms mate. just hard on the road? or
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Re: not the happiest of campers

Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Tue May 10, 2011 5:44 pm

paul2508 wrote:what were the symptoms mate. just hard on the road? or

hard as hell on the road, wont really turn into a corner properly as in the tail will fly out on a roundabout. the big give away tho is the crappy gunk now all over my spring
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Re: not the happiest of campers

Postby Muad_dib77 » Wed May 11, 2011 5:33 pm

MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:
paul2508 wrote:what were the symptoms mate. just hard on the road? or

hard as hell on the road, wont really turn into a corner properly as in the tail will fly out on a roundabout. the big give away tho is the crappy gunk now all over my spring



Crappy gunk would be a key indicator alright.

Now would be an awesome time to upgrade shocks all around.
I have positive experiences with the adjustable KYBs from Camskill but I hear that the non adjustables are very good as well.
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Re: not the happiest of campers

Postby MY-JAP-MISTRESS » Wed May 11, 2011 9:02 pm

Muad_dib77 wrote:
MY-JAP-MISTRESS wrote:
paul2508 wrote:what were the symptoms mate. just hard on the road? or

hard as hell on the road, wont really turn into a corner properly as in the tail will fly out on a roundabout. the big give away tho is the crappy gunk now all over my spring



Crappy gunk would be a key indicator alright.

Now would be an awesome time to upgrade shocks all around.
I have positive experiences with the adjustable KYBs from Camskill but I hear that the non adjustables are very good as well.


just got them orderd from camskill aswell as new track rod ends, since im going to get an alinement done again after... so should be all sorted by next weekend. untill then its an adventurous drive and a maxed out credit card lol
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