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03-18-2010, 12:10 PM
| | Please dont BAN me | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wilmington NC
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| | newb suspension question Ok guys i know this is going to sound stupid but I just put some used tokico struts and eibach springs on my 95 civic. When I got to the back I didnt really know which side went where so I just put the sticker facing outward. Is there anyway u can mix the rear struts up? Everything went in fine and drove find but Im just wondering.
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03-18-2010, 01:21 PM
|  | resident sol dr. | | Join Date: Nov 2007
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| | yes the sticker determines the shock rotation its very important! | 
03-18-2010, 01:22 PM
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| | haha fuck u and thanks for the insightful tech info, Now get to work on ur stupid brakes lol.
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03-18-2010, 01:24 PM
|  | resident sol dr. | | Join Date: Nov 2007
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| | hahaha sorry had to be an ass, and which set lol im doing the legend conversion on a civic and making my own for an electric car :P | 
03-18-2010, 01:29 PM
| | Please dont BAN me | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wilmington NC
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| | It doesnt matter ur still gay and cant answer my question.
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03-18-2010, 04:29 PM
|  | fo-do ho fo sho | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: the backseat of your truck with duct tape stretched out (SJAFB)
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| | no, it doesnt matter. i always install them so that the welded nut on the bottom of the strut faces the front of the car, meaning the long bolt goes in from the rear. | 
03-18-2010, 05:45 PM
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| | Yeah thats what I did (same way they came off) but u can still use either strut to accomplish this. Thanks for the unsmart ass answer to my newb question.
I went to get it aligned today and of course the guy told me i needed camber adjusters. Iv talked to a bunch of auto x guys and they have always told me to just align the toe and If they say u need camber plates then go somewhere else. I left it there and told him to just zero out the toe all the way around. He suggested that i get some horshoe shims from autozone so he could at least adjust the camber in the back. I still told him to just align the toe. What do u think? will my tires wear out within a week?
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03-18-2010, 08:32 PM
|  | fo-do ho fo sho | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: the backseat of your truck with duct tape stretched out (SJAFB)
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| | i dont run them on mine, and my camber is about -2.8º in front and around -2.2º in the rear. toe gets set once a year, and my tires dont wear too awful bad. a little more than usual, but they are directional, so they need to be flipped every now and then anyway to get proper rotation out of them.
oh, and the rears can be done using washers (and slightly longer bolts.) | 
03-18-2010, 08:38 PM
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| | Its lowered 1.8 in front and 1.6 in the rear, i think. How bad do u think the camber will b off by? I have directional dunlop star specs that i really dont want to eat up. Should i put my bobo delly rims with all season tires on it? IS it worth it to do the rear camber?
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03-18-2010, 09:01 PM
|  | sup bish? | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: fayetteville, nc
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| | ur def not gonna use your tires out in a week haha
if you set the toe to zero you should be alright
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