Lee in Ottawa
04-25-2008, 06:17 PM
Hey guys, I've never done the whole documenting thing before so forgive me if this sucks. I'm still waiting on parts and have to sudy for a test in June so it may take awhile to finish. I'm in no rush, but will update this as often as I can.
K lets get started, So I got GC's a few years ago and they have never been comfortable, always bottoming out and such. So much so that they blew out one of my koni's. The solution was to call GC up and drop $750 on new shortened "specially valved" konis with some misc stuff and hybrid camber plates.
Here are the goodies.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3919.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3920.jpg
notice how much shorter the new konis are compared to the old.
So I started to tear into the car, and offcourse noticed that all the front bushings that I replaced a few years ago are all f**ked up. So I did some digging on alternatives too the classic 750 and m5 bushings. Also the main problem was that all the boots on the ball joints were torn.
So I came to the conclusion after my research that grunts bushings were worth a try (i'll let you know what they look like if they ever show up and if Paul returns my e-mails). Also found urethane ball joint boots from bmp that i'm gonna try but since ordering them i saw one post that they are no good. Guess we'll see.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3923.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3914.jpg
K lets get started, So I got GC's a few years ago and they have never been comfortable, always bottoming out and such. So much so that they blew out one of my koni's. The solution was to call GC up and drop $750 on new shortened "specially valved" konis with some misc stuff and hybrid camber plates.
Here are the goodies.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3919.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3920.jpg
notice how much shorter the new konis are compared to the old.
So I started to tear into the car, and offcourse noticed that all the front bushings that I replaced a few years ago are all f**ked up. So I did some digging on alternatives too the classic 750 and m5 bushings. Also the main problem was that all the boots on the ball joints were torn.
So I came to the conclusion after my research that grunts bushings were worth a try (i'll let you know what they look like if they ever show up and if Paul returns my e-mails). Also found urethane ball joint boots from bmp that i'm gonna try but since ordering them i saw one post that they are no good. Guess we'll see.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3923.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b10/Leebmwe34/IMG_3914.jpg