"Echo51" (echo2047)
05/11/2018 at 03:56 • Filed to: None
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"Echo51" (echo2047)
05/11/2018 at 03:56 • Filed to: None | 1
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The impossible happend. The unicorn of rainbows spread aparth thy clouds and entered the human realm. A light shone upon me from the heavens above. Somebody a 2.5hr drive away listed up a set of coilovers, for my Escort. A set of KW even. Had a nagging idea his price would be super high compared to a cheaper brand, but asked anyway.
He suggested 200$. For a pair of 950$ coilovers.
Safe to say, i was ready to goooooo. 5 hours in a car? PSH, no issue. Last 2 longer trips i’ve been on a car broke down? PISSSSSH, who cares, part of roadtripping. I inquire about the missing top spring cap on the rear damper, he doesn’t have them, but it’s barely done any miles/ looks brand new . So i ask if he’s home tomorrow so i can come get them, set up a time and all.
Skip to now, 10 mins before i was supposed to leave, sitting around, printing out the TÜV doc, i look over the image of the coilovers once more.
Why are they missing the top eye. Why isn’t there the bracket on the front struts?
oh yeah, because they’re for a newer Escort ofcourse.
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Oh well. I message him that i spotted they won’t fit, they’re for a newer model, find out KW’s .co.uk website lists the same set for new/old escort(wrong) but their .net site lists correct split in 1995 models(good)
And thus unfolded the story of why i won’t kill underbody parts and oil pans. For now...
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TL;DR: Look twice, compare thrice, measure once for good luck, and stop getting hyped.
E90M3
> Echo51
05/11/2018 at 06:34 |
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What country are you in again?
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Echo51
05/11/2018 at 07:54 |
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just lash out and buy new ones
AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
> Echo51
05/11/2018 at 11:56 |
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Every time I see a set of KWs I get the urge to buy a set. I keep hearing they’re magical and I must find out if that’s true or not.
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Echo51
> AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC
05/11/2018 at 12:34 |
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Same, supposedly rides like on clouds and makes your car grip like it has claws. If i had the money spare and they weren’t worth double the car’s value, i just might..
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Echo51
> E90M3
05/11/2018 at 12:34 |
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Denmark. North of germany, the magical land of 150% import tax on cars
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Echo51
> pip bip - choose Corrour
05/11/2018 at 12:35 |
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Should’ve when i first got the car, but i had no idea to know i’d be keeping it for 6 years. Unsure how much longer i’ll keep it now, and probably hard to sell to somebody else given how few of these cars i see around :/