So i'm driving home from work......

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icantdrift
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So i'm driving home from work......

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i'm rounding this fun little right hander on one of the back roads between work and my house, and all of the sudden i hear *PING*...*CLUNK* and the front left corner of my car drops about 6" all of the sudden. well this ends up pretty much taking away any steering ability i had and now i find myself in the oncoming lane. so i get the bitch back over into the correct lane and pull into the conviniently placed gas station that was nearby. i jack up the car and take one look and my heart just sank :oops: . my world sports coilover has snapped off at the top of the shock rod, pretty much level with the top spring plate.

so now i have to figure out what to do... slap down a grip on some new coilovers (i'd planned on getting something nicer in the future, just not so soon), or try to con apexi into sending me an all new set, which i will promptly sell and buy something different anyway.

so teins, silkroads, or maybe some JIC's... guess we'll see what i can get a good deal on through the shop. hopefully i can pick up some HE's for a decent price.
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Post by jo »

oh man that sucks:( One of the good things about Tein's is that they are fully reparable. I hear a lot of great stuff about the silkroads as well, too.
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i'm pretty sure i'll get the teins, my cost on them will be under 1k shipped so they beat everyone else in price for sure. then hopefully apexi will warranty my broken shit so i can sell it all off as a set and make some money back on it.
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never heard of silkroads... are they any good?
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Prince Nismo wrote:never heard of silkroads... are they any good?
pretty nice........ and pretty expensive.
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i wanna see a pic of how it broke..... that's pretty weird.... i run silkroads i like them alot
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Dayom!
That sounds intense!! I'm glad you weren't hurt!!!
I'd love to see pics as well. It sounds crazy!
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i'll try to get some pics up soon, as i'll need to send them to apexi as well.
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Definitely!
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Post by HATERDAN »

vosko you sure do get around the forums buddy ;)
I've driven i coulple different cars with slikroads and i like them
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