These are going in this weekend. It was supposed to be done Friday, but the car is so old that the rust on the rear passenger spindle fused the metal together. We ordered a new part and it'll be complete on Monday. My car is currently in Fort Lee living on the lift until the part comes in... however the rest of the suspension is in.

Rondy is getting his SC put in at the same place, and he said he tried to remove the part with the mechanic and no luck. And it's not even like it has a lot of miles on it. It's a 97 2.2 CL with 49k on it! I'll keep you guys updated as to what happens with this.

 

very very nice, i'm sure we'll see some after pictures...

 

John, where in Fort Lee do u get your work done? Got a 97 3.0

 

Mileage doesn't matter, you're in NY. Salt happens

 

This place off of US-1, which is near the end of the GWB.


True man. I go to school in Rochester (RIT), that's snow hell up there bro..

 

So..here's the update.

Since the part is coming in Monday, they needed the lift my car was on for working on a Lexus. They put a temporary bolt to hold the components where the spindle usually is and moved my car.

Hours after they started to work on the Lexus, it rained so hard that the concrete ceiling collapsed onto the car, basically destroying it. Feat of luck?

 

^Jesus christ Batman, that's luck right there.

True story there.

 

Are you serious? Holy hell

 

damn

i can't believe that

 

Yeah man...talk about luck.

My car would have been done. Destroyed/totaled and would have never driven it again...but instead I'll be picking my car up this week in one piece...=]

 

God's looking out man... For you... haha

 

either you got a monsoon or it was a very weak ceiling. That is crazy, atleast your car wasnt there.

 

i just finished putting in my tein s techs yesterday it took me a whole month b/c that lower rear strut bolt was fused to the bushing and i had to get it pressed out good luck to ya.

 

Went through that saga already. The part should be coming in today or tomorrow...btw, it was the rear passenger bolt for me.

 

where did you find that busing and collar piece for sale? I thought they whole spindle was sold as one piece, with the bushing pre-pressed in?

Also, the location was a little old, but these things happen. I was there the day Johns car was being worked on, they cranked out 3 wheels in about 2 hours, then the last one took 5=6 hours to try to get the bolt free. We trried everything till the rubber finaslly gave out. even after it was no point, we tried to press it out with a huge havey duty table mounted clap, and it just warped the metal. Insane, I mean NASA could use this metal fusing method to build spaceships, it was the stronges jammed bolt I ever seen.

 

Yep, these things happen. Old buildings fall apart, old cars rust away....it's just all expected.

 

Yep, my brother was telling me how much of a pain in the ass that was.

 

yea i had to tear both knuckles out and send them to a machine shop i also needed to get new rear upper control arms tryin to get these springs in was a pain in the ass but it turned out good in the end because i pretty much got a whole new suspension

 

^Which is always nice.

My brother worked on it all night and eventually he got it done. Thankfully. It was worth the wait though.

 

Suspension Installed!


Before





After Please excuse the shitty pictures...just got the car back 3 hours ago and decided to take a few shots. Better pics coming soon...

If you look close, you can see the hole in the roof I was talking about, above my sunroof.





This is the spindle piece that was causing all the problems. So fused together!




The ride is amazing, and not too hard. Perfect combination with no noise. Just need to get rear strut and sways...Special thanks to my boy Jae who did a great job. Thanks kid.

Also just ordered a flip-up DVD touchscreen head unit from Jansen. That's the next project.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

Wow looks good! similar to my drop. Damn that bolt looks like it brought hell to you guys lol. Im gonna go to Jae to get some of my stuff done too. is a great help w/modding ur car in the NY/NJ/Conn area...even PA if u can make it to the correct spots lol! (shameless crew plug haha)

 

That drop makes those RJ's look 10 times better

 

Bout time that piece came in...I was over there on Saturday just staring at the car still sitting on the lift. Looks great

 

Thanks, Ray!

Yeah, it rides pretty nice. Just gotta get rear struts/sway bars....

BTW: I didn't forget about the web page for , just mad busy right now. I'll keep you up to date bro.

 

Looks great man. That was much needed!

 

Thanks, no more 4x4 CL....=]