Mike Wrote:Sijray21 Wrote:sucks about the shock Mike (if it is indeed blown) - what kind of shock is it? can you just get it revalved?
buddy club. they want $150 to rebuild it. i don't think i liked them enough to pay that... i'd send all 4 in since it's just a matter of time... $600? i can get PICs or koni race shocks for $900ish brand new. apparently blown buddy clubs sell to ricers for $500 or so.
or pay the $150 to have it rebuilt and sell the kit for like $1000 or something
1994 Ford Ranger
2004 Honda S2000
2007 BMW X3
the other rear is showing serious signs of being dead soon. $300 plus effort plus no car for a while isn't worth it.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
buy koni "race" shocks (lol..) put them on your car. get buddy crubs rebuilt. clean them up. sell to ricer.
I assume you'll buy new shocks to replace them, its not like it'll be without shocks the entire time you rebuild then sell. You go buy your Koni Races for $900, plunk down $150 for the rebuild of the one that is blown, sell BC set for $1000, buyer is now responsible for whatever happens to the other rear, you just paid $50 for a set of Koni Races and a very small increase in effort over what you would've already had to have done.
I mean, what are you gonna do with the BCs now?
edit - Evan Wrote:buy koni "race" shocks (lol..) put them on your car. get buddy crubs rebuilt. clean them up. sell to ricer.
yeah, what he said
1994 Ford Ranger
2004 Honda S2000
2007 BMW X3
blehhhh... too much effort.
evan Wrote:buy koni "race" shocks (lol..)
lol?
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Evan thinks the Koni race-valving shocks are just tarted up street shocks.... which they are.
Never mind they're reasonably priced and work really well 
parts all just came in. woot!
decided i'm just going to send the rears to get rebuilt for now. fuck this economy... i don't want to afford buying new shit.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
so i pulled the shocks off tonight. does either look blown to you? i was unable to compress either by hand:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.iammike.org/gallery/?dir=my_rides/civic/shocks/">http://www.iammike.org/gallery/?dir=my_ ... ic/shocks/</a><!-- m -->
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
It looks like the seal is weeping a little bit, but that doesnt mean its "blown". The gas charge shouldnt be held in by that seal.
How does it drive? I'd be inclined to clean them up, and then keep an eye on it.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
how does it drive? like a street car with 750lb/in springs in the rear... the suspension doesn't really move. my butt is telling me it's jumpy in the rear, but i've got nothing scientific.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Do you have some nancy springs you can swap in to see if you can get a better idea of what the shocks are doing?
Street driving may not tell you much anyways, low speeds and bumpy ass roads.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
i might have something close to nancy to pop on... or i may swap sides.
regardless, i think i might as well get it rebuilt. if there's fluid, it's only gonna get worse.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Mike let me know where you get it built and how much they charged you.
2020 Ford Raptor
2009 Z06
1986.5 Porsche 928S
i'll be sending them to buddy club usa. they quoted a 2 day turnaround and $150/ea.
going to swap sides tonight.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
my cuscos leaked a bit but were in fine shape. and they worked great for the guy i sold them to
i swapped them around tonight (i'm 95% certain i labeled them correctly last night) and the nasty clunkin was muffled quite a bit, but still existed, and in the same side. things that make you go "hrmmmm." i then thought it might be the upper mounts so i went to swap those, but accidentally had the impact set to tighten and TEARRR i ripped one of the bolts. luckily, they're replaceable and i was planning on the car being out of commission for a bit.
so i gave up on that...
then i moved to installing the asr swaybar and brace. looks like the sway won't clear my muffler, but i can't tell for sure because with only one person i couldn't hold it all up. sure, i could bolt it all together, but the guy i bought it from seems to have left out all the fastening hardware.
JOY! so i dig around the boxes, am tossing shit around, and then *clang* *clang* *clang* "wtf was that!?" oh, the type r shift knob i forgot was in these boxes. 10 minutes of polishing later, all the burrs are off it. 10 layers of skin later, it's installed.
bad night.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
sry about your night ...
are you going to make it out to a few events this season? I have yet to meet you as well.
2005 White STi
kcook Wrote:are you going to make it out to a few events this season?
Track santa comes out once a year :lol:
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
....sometimes never, if you're Jewish.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
kcook Wrote:I have yet to meet you as well.
You aren't missing much.
|
