YYZ springs
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09-08-2015, 04:36 PM
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Finally got around to wrapping my rear YYZ's this last Holiday weekend.
I had a feeling that at least some of my clunks were coming from the springs, and after cleaning them off a bit, it soon because clear by the marks on them that they were indeed hitting on the dead coils:
Now I know that Powell offers sleeving to deal with this issue, but I like to tinker and come up with my own solutions every now and then
My plan was to use a thin wall clear hose or black vinyl sleeving, but it turned out to be near impossible to get either one over the tiny first coil at each end of the spring. I then thought of trying some of that nylon expandable braided sleeving that is used on hoses and wiring under the hood a lot. I had access to various sizes and it turned out that 1/2" was the sweet spot. I secured the sleeving with zip ties on both ends:
I just made a test drive on my lunch break and it makes a HUGE difference! When I was hoping to get rid of some of the clunking at best, it in fact pretty much resolved all of it. I don't think my car has ever been this quiet driving on our bad Colorado roads
Time will tell how long these sleeves will last, or how good they will look once they get some road grime on them, but for now I'm extremely happy with this "mod".
I had a feeling that at least some of my clunks were coming from the springs, and after cleaning them off a bit, it soon because clear by the marks on them that they were indeed hitting on the dead coils:
Now I know that Powell offers sleeving to deal with this issue, but I like to tinker and come up with my own solutions every now and then
My plan was to use a thin wall clear hose or black vinyl sleeving, but it turned out to be near impossible to get either one over the tiny first coil at each end of the spring. I then thought of trying some of that nylon expandable braided sleeving that is used on hoses and wiring under the hood a lot. I had access to various sizes and it turned out that 1/2" was the sweet spot. I secured the sleeving with zip ties on both ends:
I just made a test drive on my lunch break and it makes a HUGE difference! When I was hoping to get rid of some of the clunking at best, it in fact pretty much resolved all of it. I don't think my car has ever been this quiet driving on our bad Colorado roads
Time will tell how long these sleeves will last, or how good they will look once they get some road grime on them, but for now I'm extremely happy with this "mod".
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Wow, i've been out of the loop way too long... Didn't even know John made these.. 
sportlines busted last week.. Tom, putting an order today for these and the strut package.
Tom, John, you guys are the best. Yay for being able to spend money on my car again!
sportlines busted last week.. Tom, putting an order today for these and the strut package.
Tom, John, you guys are the best. Yay for being able to spend money on my car again!
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