"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
02/21/2016 at 17:48 • Filed to: None
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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
02/21/2016 at 17:48 • Filed to: None | 7
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I have done it! I have finished the installation of my Flyin Miata Vmaxx Coilovers. It may have taken me 2 arduous days, 2 broken jacks, many small hand cuts, and skipped meals. But I have finally done it! In the same vein as yesterday, the first one took like 3 hours to complete and the second one was done within an hour. Crazy how much you learn by just going at it.
The biggest problem I faced was right here, the interference between the helper spring and the shaft coming from the differential. At the lowest setting, I couldn’t adjust the height without running into that shaft. So I had to raise the height adjuster before installing the assembly. However, this made alignment of the shock into the top hole very difficult. So this means that I cannot put the car any lower than it is. I am good with that though since I plan to raise it more anyways.
This spring from the rear was definitely pretty rusty. Can’t imagine that is too good for it. I didn’t get a picture of the shocks, but the bumpstops were dry rotted to hell and overall were much worse looking than the fronts. Would explain my squirrelly handling. So so much better now!
There was no long bolt in the rear which was nice. Similar but much smaller and not 21mm so removal was simpler. I only had a breaker bar with a 21mm socket (1/2 inch) and a wrench. However, my ratchet is 3/8 so I could not use the 21mm with that. Would be of value to obtain a 1/2 inch ratchet at some point!
I only took a short drive through some local twisties to test it out. Even with my snow tires and a relaxed pace, I can tell that these are going to be fun on mountain roads and autox. And they are comfortable enough for all of my street driving. I cannot wait until I can put on my summer tires around the end of March (I'm moving to Virginia for 2 months, so I'll be escaping winter for sure!).
Shoop
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/21/2016 at 18:09 |
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nice!
AM3R shamefully returns
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/21/2016 at 18:21 |
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Cool, what part of VA?
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> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/21/2016 at 18:36 |
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Nice! I keep going there and filling my cart with bushings, suspension package, and endlinks. Haven’t hit the button yet though.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> AM3R shamefully returns
02/21/2016 at 19:54 |
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Norfolk, I'll be staying at a place right near the airport. Gonna be in the lovely 64 traffic to the base every morning. Hopefully I can find a place for autox not too far away.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> 1111111111111111111111
02/21/2016 at 19:55 |
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Get ready for that shipping bill. I think mine was like $70 to ship. Which is fair considering it was like 36 pounds. But I'm used to Amazon prime lol.
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> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/21/2016 at 19:57 |
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Yeah. Prime has spoiled me. More than 2-3 days and actually paying for shipping!? On top of that Amazon has started delivering on Sunday here through the post office.
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AM3R shamefully returns
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/21/2016 at 20:00 |
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I'm up in NoVa myself. I'm sure you won't have too much trouble finding a place to autox down there, lots of active SCCA guys.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> 1111111111111111111111
02/21/2016 at 20:01 |
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Spoiled for sure! I forgot what it's like to wait 2 days for it even to be shipped out.
gawdzillla
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/21/2016 at 20:27 |
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Should have only taken 2 hours
(jk good work)
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> gawdzillla
02/21/2016 at 21:16 |
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Yeah it really should. I'm just glad I had all of the tools I needed and plenty of extra time. If only I had any idea what I was doing, then it certainly would have gone faster! I bet I could get the whole thing done in like 3 hours tops if I had to do it again. Nothing ever goes as planned lol.