Saggin' Transverse Spring

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

notice underneath ALL the cars in the JY? no cats ever. unless they huntin mice and pissin on tires.

[robertisaar]

true on all of that. i've seen plugged cats get sold for ~40 each.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

technically there is no such thing as a high flow cat... anything magnaflow makes flows the same, and as long as you watch your inlet/outlet sizes it wont really matter about brand either. they all flow the same. (this comes from the magnaflow rep guy i talked to) lol one of the shops i deal with on a regular basis that is prying for my employment sells nothing but magnaflow, and he happened to be there when i dropped my car off for a test pipe. i have two bottle style MF mufflers, 2 3/4" pipe from front to back, one resonator in the middle. then a Y pipe, the two mufflers and two chrome tips to fit the dual openings on the Z34 bumper. it sounds good. but i keep forgetting to drop it off for the final fitting cuz it sits WAY too low. the tips stick out to far... but other than that it sounds good!! haha get us some vids after you get yours all done lets here how she sounds!! (anything flows better than a plugged old cat too, but dont throw it out. it has PLATINUM in it!)

[Sonyman]

Thanks team for the info. By the way, i just got my Magnaflow high-flow catalytic converter today! Here's where the fun begins!

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

its how one of the guys i worked with 'used to do them all the time back in the day' and charged 3 hours per side worth of labour and had them finished in less than 15 mins per car.

[gpse3400]

if you use vicegrips this job can be accomplished in minutes. just jack the car up vice grip the spring up and scrape the pad off as best you can (i wouldnt be using my fingernails in there... maybe a paint scrapper and a flathead?) slide the new one on and let the spring down. i wouldnt bother taking the wheel off the car or anything. why waste the time??


plus by putting the car on jack stands, and jacking up on the spring your are risking an unbalanced car, the risk is minimal. but just as bad as vice gripping the spring up i guess.

Not a bad idea if you had a vice grip big enough. I would add insulate the vice grip from the spring so that it does not become nicked by the vice grip.

[gpse3400]

i wonder why they went with the stupid unileaf shit on these cars anyhow.

It is extremly light and it acts as a natural stabilizer.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

if you use vicegrips this job can be accomplished in minutes. just jack the car up vice grip the spring up and scrape the pad off as best you can (i wouldnt be using my fingernails in there... maybe a paint scrapper and a flathead?) slide the new one on and let the spring down. i wouldnt bother taking the wheel off the car or anything. why waste the time??


plus by putting the car on jack stands, and jacking up on the spring your are risking an unbalanced car, the risk is minimal. but just as bad as vice gripping the spring up i guess.

[gpse3400]

Yes new gas charged struts and the Moog spring helpers/isolators/tips will raise the back end some. To install the new "tips" have the rear of the car on jack stands, get a stable floor jack ana piece of wood that can fit in between the lateral links. Position the floor jack with the wood block under the spring and as close to the knuckle as you can and start raising the jack, eventually contacting the spring. Lift the spring as high as you can, then you can go to work with removing the remains of the old rubber tip, slide in the new "tips" and lower the spring. You might want to remove the brake rotor to make viewing and acess easier.

[Sonyman]

i know thats right, i freakin' leaf!

[robertisaar]

corvettes of the same year have it...

IIRC the current ones do as well...

still a lot better than what the smaller cars got...

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

i wonder why they went with the stupid unileaf shit on these cars anyhow.

[Sonyman]

thanks "94gtp" i'll be waiting unless i beat you to it and thanks also "Sofar". These were the responses i needed not to say the other's weren't. I listens to all and decides afterwards.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

what brand makes the thickest pads for this application? so far MOOG is sounding like the best, but i havent actually went out to look at the individual parts.

[Cidacious]

Sofa King is right, Put the car rear on jack stands and use a jack to jack up the spring at the wheel hub assembly as close as you can. BE VERY CAREFUL!!!! You can lose a finger, don't get your fingers in there, easier said than done, I had to push really really hard to get it in there but finally it popped in. The instructions don't cover this but the block is shaped like this [ the legs fit on each side of the spindle and the spring rides on the flat part and the legs hug the spindle. Make sure you clean up the old rubber bushing off of the spring first and don't chip stuff of the spring if you can avoid it, also don't get chemicals on it. My rear lifted up what seemed like an inch, it made a big difference.