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post Aug 6, 2010 - 4:03 PM
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So I lowered my car on tien springs about 4 months ago.
I kept them on the struts that were on the car, i don't think they were still from factory.
I changed out my endlinks last weekend with the twos rus cause my stock ones were work out. I just kept them the same length as teh stock ones.

No yesturday i noticed that in the rear, the driver side is a bit lower than the passenger side.(about a finger width or so lower.)

Now i don't know if this problem was before teh endlinks or after, i didn't really notice. But anyways what could have caused this? Did I do something wrong with the endlinks, or are my struts on their way out?

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

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post Aug 6, 2010 - 4:57 PM
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yea it wasn't the best idea, but i know the struts were replaced about two years ago, and i though kyb made the only oem replacement for toyota. and it was an old lady who ahd the car so should probably wouldn't have known about bilstien or things like that.

But anyways, if one side was worn out wouldn't the other be worn too? or does that mean that its slowly on its way out?

Is there any other way to tell if the strut is blown either then the bounce test and listening for clunking. cause my strut mounts have been worn out for a while and have clunked ever since, but i knew it was just the mounts. thanks for the fast reply guys.


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Posts in this topic
- jordisonjr   Blown struts?   Aug 6, 2010 - 4:03 PM
- - Spider77   I would wager your struts. When I put my springs ...   Aug 6, 2010 - 4:06 PM
- - Johnnyny   im thinking blown strut even if it wasnt oem it wa...   Aug 6, 2010 - 4:09 PM
- - jordisonjr   yea it wasn't the best idea, but i know the st...   Aug 6, 2010 - 4:57 PM
- - Johnnyny   there is no time frame per se as when they will bl...   Aug 6, 2010 - 5:02 PM
- - jordisonjr   alright i thought there may be like a certain amou...   Aug 6, 2010 - 5:16 PM
- - Spider77   For reals though, replace your struts when you cha...   Aug 6, 2010 - 5:47 PM
- - azian_advanced   oil residues around the bottom of the struts mean ...   Aug 6, 2010 - 6:46 PM
- - krom8   QUOTE (azian_advanced @ Aug 6, 2010 - 7...   Aug 6, 2010 - 9:35 PM
- - jordisonjr   Spider77: telling me what I should have done doesn...   Aug 6, 2010 - 11:55 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Aug 6, 2010 - 11...   Aug 7, 2010 - 1:38 AM
- - SwissFerdi   The gas tank is also located more toward the drive...   Aug 7, 2010 - 1:43 AM
- - jordisonjr   DEfinately didn't think about that one. I thin...   Aug 7, 2010 - 11:25 AM
- - Spider77   I was doing some looking around, and you can get a...   Aug 7, 2010 - 11:46 AM
- - jordisonjr   Yea the mounts are bad. They've been bad basic...   Aug 8, 2010 - 12:30 AM
|- - dubb_head   QUOTE (jordisonjr @ Aug 8, 2010 - 1...   Aug 8, 2010 - 8:15 AM
|- - RockyMountainCelica   QUOTE (dubb_head @ Aug 8, 2010 - 8:1...   Aug 11, 2010 - 7:11 PM
- - jordisonjr   Wow thanks a lot man. Thats definately cheaper the...   Aug 8, 2010 - 7:53 PM
- - jordisonjr   alright so me and a buddy pulled the strut off and...   Aug 9, 2010 - 11:05 PM
- - Spider77   how easy was it to depress the strut? like one ha...   Aug 10, 2010 - 4:39 AM
- - jordisonjr   quite a bit, like two hands could push it. I also ...   Aug 10, 2010 - 12:22 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Not blown then.   Aug 10, 2010 - 1:38 PM
- - Spider77   Are you still sitting at that slant?   Aug 10, 2010 - 4:51 PM
- - jordisonjr   I just ran out and cheked an I'm not. But befo...   Aug 10, 2010 - 6:32 PM
- - Spider77   Yeah, let us know for sure if you got that "l...   Aug 10, 2010 - 6:35 PM
- - jordisonjr   Well i took it for a quick ride, and it apperas to...   Aug 10, 2010 - 10:08 PM
- - Spider77   Weird.....   Aug 11, 2010 - 4:06 PM


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