FAO those with v maxx coilovers

[tonaz]

hi all.

just had mine fitted today and when i went to re-fit the rear strut brace i found the threads that stick out of the top of the strut are not long enough for the nut to bite back onto when the strut brace is in place.

is it ok to remove the rubber bits etc from the top and just fasten it back down? anyone else had this problem?

also it is rubbing like hell at the minute, do you suggest i just remove the arch liners? what have other people done?

thanks,

tony.

 

[Tucker]

vmaxx arn't designed to be used with a strut brace unfortunately.

if it's rubbing then raise it!

 

[tonaz]

vmaxx arn't designed to be used with a strut brace unfortunately.

if it's rubbing then raise it!

oh i see. i have took the rubbers off the top and fitted it like that. is this a bad idea? what effect will this have?

 

[tonaz]

has anyone removed the arch liners? will this be ok?

 

[richy22]

Remove the arch liners dude if you want..It will make it messy under there though.

 

[tonaz]

hmmm good point. looks like it might need to be raised a touch eh. damn!

 

[Firas]

dont remove the bump stops mate. you need them.also yeh the shocks thread isnt as much as standrd. i took all 4 arch liners out and not had a problem at all.

 

[Greeny.]

The fronts go out so stupidly low, I dont know who would ever be able to run anywhere near the lowest coils tbh. Im 70mm up from the bottom of the coils and the front is still well low.

 

[tonaz]

dont remove the bump stops mate. you need them.also yeh the shocks thread isnt as much as standrd. i took all 4 arch liners out and not had a problem at all.

what happens if i remove them? is there no way of getting a rear strut brace on with these coilovers?

you removed all of the liners completely? not got messy as someone else suggested?

cheers

 

[tonaz]

The fronts go out so stupidly low, I dont know who would ever be able to run anywhere near the lowest coils tbh. Im 70mm up from the bottom of the coils and the front is still well low.

mine's been stripped too and the back is as low as it will go and isn't as low as i had hoped, the front isn't as low as it could go but is a bit too low i think! grrr

 

[Firas]

bump stops prevent your shocks from bottoming out if you have a heavy load in the back. not really. car gets cleaned 3-4 times a week so not really an issue.

 

[sideways danny]

oh i see. i have took the rubbers off the top and fitted it like that. is this a bad idea? what effect will this have?

those are the mounting bushes!!!! jesus christ dont ditch the thing mounting your suspension to the car for a piece of crap strut brace that does nothing but look pretty

 

[tonaz]

those are the mounting bushes!!!! jesus christ dont ditch the thing mounting your suspension to the car for a piece of crap strut brace that does nothing but look pretty

oh i see. didn't really see what purpose they served. oops!

 

[tonaz]

can't get them back on now

 

[Vish]

I've read on here that removing the arch liners completely at the front leaves a risk of hitting one of the belts. I just cut a portion of mine away. You'll see a noticeable bump in the archliner at the front side of the front arches. Just get a junior hacksaw and cut the bit that goes around the bumper bracket (it cut through it easier than a knife through cheese!). Then either bend the lip of the bracket up or angle grind the lip off.

Worth doing as my 205 width tyres rubbed so bad on these. Put 195 on the front and raised a few mm and its all dandy. Think I might be able to lower more so will do so in time. My front left hit the bracket and bent it down so far that I couldn't even do a quarter lock without scrubbing, had to bend it back up in my work's car park.