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Old May 28, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Those with coilovers...

Can you please post a picture like this of your rear springs and sleeve?


I need to determine something...


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Old May 28, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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I would post a pic of mine....but i havent seen my car in a week haha
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Old May 28, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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why does that coil look jacked up.
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Old May 28, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by PlaysWitCars
I would post a pic of mine....but i havent seen my car in a week haha
sucks...I need to see how your sleeves sit back there compared to mine

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why does that coil look jacked up.
I'm guessing the spring perch is jacked up to hold the spring in place...not my car though. They don't look much different though when they're slammed all the way
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Old May 28, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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hopefully i get my car back by the weekend but ill post pics when i get it back
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Old May 28, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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good deal, thanks

hopefully I'll have it figured out before then

my rear sleeves don't fit on my spring perch so thats why i wanted to see how your guys looked
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Old May 28, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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i remember someone else having trouble and i cant remember for the life of me who it was and how my setup was haha
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Old May 28, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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my rear sleeve sits like this...its not all the way flush

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Old May 29, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Old May 29, 2008 | 09:34 AM
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did you try fliping them to ontop?
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Old May 29, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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did you try fliping them to ontop?
nope but I think I'm gonna try that next...if I can ever get the damn things off.

thats why I wanted to see how the Cobalt ones were installed...I figured mine would need to be installed the same way. i'm gonna try that next though...
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Old May 29, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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for some reason i think mine is on top....i get my car back saturday..so let me know if you still need me to check
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Old May 30, 2008 | 09:41 AM
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yeah if you could that'd be great...i wont get to this til the weekend anyway
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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heres mine
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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i wont see my car til i get back from the beach sooo it will be awhile
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Old Jun 6, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by nybull05
heres mine
ahhh okay so after you removed that additional dust cover...did you also have to remove that black piece that mine is sitting on or was it bare metal like how yours sit now?

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i wont see my car til i get back from the beach sooo it will be awhile

ahh that sucks, its alright looks like nybull came through
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Old Jun 6, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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i had other springs in there before sowhat ever was there was removed. so now its just sitting there.
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Old Jun 6, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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alright so I'm just gonna assume this other piece is removeable.

man its so ****** hot around here right now I'm dreading doing this...should've just thought a little bit and did the **** right the first time.

ah oh well, thanks for your help guys
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