[s-cars] Am I crazy or is this just f'd up?

[brian hoeft]

when I, Just(december) did the springs I only replaced the strut
tops/bushings. Koni's are fine by me, nothing apparently/drastically
different than previously.

But in august I replaced the control arms, sub-bushings,tie-rod ends, and
windshield sealed the gaps in my tranny mounts.

Jason @ AMD kindly sent me some things for being patient since I needed to
pass inspection&drive cross country and he couldnt supply the special
sub-mounts,control arms,coilovers, etc yet.  so my requirements are maybe
different than yours.

If things are worn,youve got the time money patience etc, I 'd rather do it
all at once of course, really notice the better handling and not have to
deal with the `control arm `ball joint `strut housing ?fun

I dealt directly with H&R. they initially wanted me to purchase a set, send
my beat ones back, 'inspect' them whatever, but when I called back later
that day, the mood changed and they just sent me new ones with little
question.  in fact I still have my beat ones boxed, they didnt even want
them back in the end and I forgot about them, till now..

good luck




On 1/31/08, Elvis Palombizio <elvis.palombizio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wow, I had no idea it was this commonplace.. Maybe I should read more of
> the list email!! God, I would have definitely gone with eibach or anyone
> else... bummer.
>
> H&R / Tirerack was kind of a pain to deal with. They wanted me to purchase
> a new set of springs at retail first (not a big deal), but I had originally
> purchased my springs at a dealer cost, so when I returned the defective
> springs to Tirerack, they were only going to credit me that dealer cost,
> leaving me out some money... not to mention having to wait for springs,
> either putting them on myself or paying someone.
>
> Did you replace your struts as well when you put on your new springs? I
> have to imagine my poor koni's are done since they were holding up my car
> for so long.
>
> Anything else I should replace while I'm "there"? I am going to put on my
> ECS camber plates during the job but would love to replace whatever I should
> so I can be done with it.
>
> thanks for the feedback!
>
> E
>
> On Jan 30, 2008 11:39 PM, brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > aw mine were wAy worse :)
> >
> > just dealt with that about a month ago. both fronts cracked in 2 places.
> >
> > luckily H&R was very good about it all.
> >
> > had them within a week of my inquiry and with the torsion bar off an old
> > domestic i was able to replace both front springs in a little over an hour
> > by myself even. but without that 6 foot bar there would have been at least
> > one friend involved and probably some cursing like the last time around.
> >
> > good luck, you should be fine if youre the original purchaser. H&R was
> > very responsive.
> >
> >
> >  On 1/28/08, Elvis Palombizio <palombizio at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >    These are what my H&R springs looked like after 5 years of use and
> > > a
> > > little over 50k miles.
> > >
> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/elvis.palombizio/1995AudiS6
> > >
> > > Whats wrong in these pictures?
> > >
> > > Has ANYONE seen this happen before?
> > >
> > > thx,
> > > E
> > >
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