Destroyed my front coilovers!!!!
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So I took my car in to the shop today to get the intercooler installed and found out that my front two HKS LS+ coilovers are leaking whatever fluid is in them. The left one was leaking VERY badly and the right one was beginning to leak.
The head mechanic told me that whoever installed the coilovers had used those power impact wrenches to tighten the nuts/bolts. This caused "overturning" at the top strut mount and probably was what destroyed the coilovers.
This is pretty messed up considering I babied these coilovers and barely drove 1000km on them. Thank goodness my dealer was kind enough to take them back (even though he didn't install them) and claim warranty with HKS Japan.
What really stinks is that this whole fiasco will cause me yet another 4-5 months of being coilover-less and I decided to put stock shocks with the H&R springs up front for now to tide me by till I get my coilovers back....
*Sigh* anyone had similar experience???
The head mechanic told me that whoever installed the coilovers had used those power impact wrenches to tighten the nuts/bolts. This caused "overturning" at the top strut mount and probably was what destroyed the coilovers.
This is pretty messed up considering I babied these coilovers and barely drove 1000km on them. Thank goodness my dealer was kind enough to take them back (even though he didn't install them) and claim warranty with HKS Japan.
What really stinks is that this whole fiasco will cause me yet another 4-5 months of being coilover-less and I decided to put stock shocks with the H&R springs up front for now to tide me by till I get my coilovers back....
*Sigh* anyone had similar experience???
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ouch that sucks dood.. lucky u had a cool dealership.. i gotta be sure to mention that to my mechanic to NOT use impact wrench to tighten the shocks.. it also states in the manual..
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Jon -
So sorry to hear about your coilovers....that really sux BIG TIME....esp. cuz you were "on a roll" installing stuff.
Props to your HKS dealer. I would let the installer know what happened + you will go elsewhere for future installations cuz they are idiots.
Now....have another shop check your rear coilovers. Cross your fingers that they're OK.
Pete
So sorry to hear about your coilovers....that really sux BIG TIME....esp. cuz you were "on a roll" installing stuff.
Props to your HKS dealer. I would let the installer know what happened + you will go elsewhere for future installations cuz they are idiots.
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Now....have another shop check your rear coilovers. Cross your fingers that they're OK.
Pete
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Originally posted by jtanoyo1
What really stinks is that this whole fiasco will cause me yet another 4-5 months of being coilover-less and I decided to put stock shocks with the H&R springs up front for now to tide me by till I get my coilovers back...
What really stinks is that this whole fiasco will cause me yet another 4-5 months of being coilover-less and I decided to put stock shocks with the H&R springs up front for now to tide me by till I get my coilovers back...
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Well my HKS dealer will want to use the cheapest means possible to ship the coilovers back to Japan, and that means by sea. HKS is also known to be very slow to respond with repairs, etc, so I give that another month, then it will be another month or two to ship them back here along with a week or so for customs clearance.....
...so yeah, 4-5 months are actually a very conservative estimate...... *hiks*
...so yeah, 4-5 months are actually a very conservative estimate...... *hiks*
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right! HKS is slow. They try to do what is efficient for them, not what customers require. (most JDM companies are like that).
Most of the time I specially order HKS parts from Japan, I need to wait 4 - 6 weeks.
Most of the time I specially order HKS parts from Japan, I need to wait 4 - 6 weeks.
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joko..sorry to hear that..
actually on most high-end JDM car parts, like the coils, they are made to order..like the wheels. such is simply due to the fact that there are waayyy too many car mods in jdm market, and most mfg as well as retail shops prefer not to stock them. also keep in mind that most shops in japan is not a large carparts store like some of the ones in the US, their shelve spaces are quite limited.
on less expensive items, like brake pads, sslines, springs, they can be obtained in a shorter time frame
actually on most high-end JDM car parts, like the coils, they are made to order..like the wheels. such is simply due to the fact that there are waayyy too many car mods in jdm market, and most mfg as well as retail shops prefer not to stock them. also keep in mind that most shops in japan is not a large carparts store like some of the ones in the US, their shelve spaces are quite limited.
on less expensive items, like brake pads, sslines, springs, they can be obtained in a shorter time frame
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Originally posted by PHML
Now....have another shop check your rear coilovers. Cross your fingers that they're OK.
Pete
Now....have another shop check your rear coilovers. Cross your fingers that they're OK.
Pete
Pete made a good point, have they checked the rears also?
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Originally posted by bitkahuna
4-5 *months*? Sorry to hear that... why will it take so long?
4-5 *months*? Sorry to hear that... why will it take so long?
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Thanks for the concern guys. My HKS supplier told me now that HKS Japan will want to "control" the broken coils first to see if they are defect (their fault) or installed wrongly (my fault). If they for some reason surmise that they were installed wrongly (which they were, truthfully), then I would have to pay for the cost of the two new front coils or at least pay for the repair bills.
My HKS supplier went out of his way and told me that he will "lie for me" and told HKS Japan that they were installed by him personally (even though I went somewhere else.....) and that these coils shouldn't leaking/destroyed this bad in just a couple of months of babied use (which is the truth!!!)
What really stinks is that right now, i am at the pinnacle of my tuning stage and I am about ready to *cough* debut *cough* my car on CL in the coming couple of weeks with all the new parts installed. But I don't think that will be happening now since I will be forced to go back to stock front shocks with my old H&R springs. The mechanic told me this wouldn't be too much problems, just don't try to track or slalom the car around too much because the front and rear stiffness rate would be "quite a bit" different. I think he meant "a lot" different, but he was trying to be nice.....![](http://www.corvetteforum.cc/zeroimg/smilies/banghead.gif)
But, my rear coilovers are given the clean bill of health this morning. He said the reason they are not busted are because the rear coils are not as "technologically intricate" as the fronts because their main purpose really is just to go up and down, while there are a lot more things involved up front......
Either way I am hella pissed, but my car will be done with the rest of the mods next week, albeit the coilover fiasco, but this should tide me over for a while till I get back these coils.....
My HKS supplier went out of his way and told me that he will "lie for me" and told HKS Japan that they were installed by him personally (even though I went somewhere else.....) and that these coils shouldn't leaking/destroyed this bad in just a couple of months of babied use (which is the truth!!!)
What really stinks is that right now, i am at the pinnacle of my tuning stage and I am about ready to *cough* debut *cough* my car on CL in the coming couple of weeks with all the new parts installed. But I don't think that will be happening now since I will be forced to go back to stock front shocks with my old H&R springs. The mechanic told me this wouldn't be too much problems, just don't try to track or slalom the car around too much because the front and rear stiffness rate would be "quite a bit" different. I think he meant "a lot" different, but he was trying to be nice.....
![](http://www.corvetteforum.cc/zeroimg/smilies/banghead.gif)
But, my rear coilovers are given the clean bill of health this morning. He said the reason they are not busted are because the rear coils are not as "technologically intricate" as the fronts because their main purpose really is just to go up and down, while there are a lot more things involved up front......
Either way I am hella pissed, but my car will be done with the rest of the mods next week, albeit the coilover fiasco, but this should tide me over for a while till I get back these coils.....