Dropped and BBS Rims ON!!!!

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:46 am

Just tighten the endlinks till the bushings get a lil bit squished that should be enough and thrust me it doesnt take long

latief · Post by **latief** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:21 pm

Update:

So i took the strut apart today (again) inspected everything and put it back together.....everything seems fine, yet the moment i drove the car i got the squeek noise again. i am at loss on this one........

ideas? it is driving me crazy, and i have spent so much time under the car it is not even funny any more !!!

thttxboy · Post by **thttxboy** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:36 pm

umm try giving them like a week to break in and see if maybe the sqeek goes away. But on a side note i had a squeeking sound coming from the rear a few days ago and turns out it was my exhuast where the mid section meets the end it came loose and once i tightened it down it went away.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:50 am

Can you duplicate it by bouncing the rear, or does it have to be driven to hear the noise?
My GF's Sundance makes a ringing/whisyle sound, but you can only get it to do it at less than 35 mph, and it will not do it at a stop. It is in the suspesion, As I have sprayed to crap out of all the joints with WD-40 and it will go away for a bit. But I have yet to pin point it, because it will not go away immediately.
That, and the car is really not worth putting that much effort into.
16 year old Ohio car FTL! Being that she doesn't do anything but drive it doesn't help either. The only attention it gets is when I look at it.

latief · Post by **latief** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:02 am

occasional demons wrote:Can you duplicate it by bouncing the rear, or does it have to be driven to hear the noise?
My GF's Sundance makes a ringing/whisyle sound, but you can only get it to do it at less than 35 mph, and it will not do it at a stop. It is in the suspesion, As I have sprayed to crap out of all the joints with WD-40 and it will go away for a bit. But I have yet to pin point it, because it will not go away immediately.
That, and the car is really not worth putting that much effort into.
16 year old Ohio car FTL! Being that she doesn't do anything but drive it doesn't help either. The only attention it gets is when I look at it.

here is the fun part.....

when you bounce the car at standstill, you hear nothing. when you drive it you hear the noise over road variations and speed bumps, so i am thinking about hanging from the exhaust while my wife drives to figure out where this is coming from

J/K

seriously, i have never had anything like this before, i feel it is coming from somewhere around the strut tower. as i said i inspected the thing again yesterday and nothing looks out of the ordinary. i even disassembled the strut/ spring and put them together again to be sure. you can imagine how much fun that was ........

man i am tired of these project-spoilers.......this should have gone smooth as the whole idea of getting these tokicos was to get some peace of mind..... that did not happen !

latief · Post by **latief** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:51 pm

Problem SOLVED!!!

It was the e-brake bracket that connects to the trailing arm...it came a bit loose due to taking the strut apart a couple of times.....it was rubbing a bit when the car was driving froward. also the the e-brake cable itself was rubbing against the knuckle .....it was so hard to diagnose since it only showed up while the car was driven......

Man, what a relief...i thought I needed another new(new) strut ......

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:03 pm

latief wrote:Problem SOLVED!!!

It was the e-brake bracket that connects to the trailing arm...it came a bit loose due to taking the strut apart a couple of times.....it was rubbing a bit when the car was driving froward. also the the e-brake cable itself was rubbing against the knuckle .....it was so hard to diagnose since it only showed up while the car was driven......

Man, what a relief...i thought I needed another new(new) strut ......

Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh... now have a celebratory beer...

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:25 pm

latief · Post by **latief** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:21 pm

New rims are on!!!

The pictures are not great since the sun is so bright and casting shade, but they look much better in person, although i hate skinny tires, i think i can handle these for a while

good thing i dropped the car though.....i have received 4 compliments from people at random about the rims since yesterday. hopefully they will not get stolen

what do you think????

This was from yesterday when the tire pressure was super low..

Rear, also pressure super low. they were in storage for a year!!

Sabersoul · Post by **Sabersoul** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:47 pm

I like them. Very clean.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:48 pm

Me likey!

I'll trade ya a busted ass Kaminari front for 'em!

latief · Post by **latief** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:58 pm

occasional demons wrote:Me likey!

I'll trade ya a busted ass Kaminari front for 'em!

2005.Neon.SXT · Post by **2005.Neon.SXT** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:21 pm

Damn those rims look nice

randomZERO · Post by **randomZERO** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:16 pm

another inch lower front and rear and flushem and I'll go daaayyyuum!! Looks good though, loose the hooter holder

excon · Post by **excon** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:46 pm

those wheels are nice... how much did you pick them up for? It might be worth it to buy locking lugnuts...

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:13 pm

randomZERO wrote: loose the hooter holder

Hey there's nothing wrong with that hooter supporting device. It lets the highbeams shine through nicely. What more could you ask for?

It doesn't look too bad on the car, but i'm not a fan of them due to the high maintenance of keeping them clean underneath. But then I also live in Ohio. The car stays clean for almost 1 day a week.