My new mod, but not really

[stirfriedferret]

Did this happen intentionally ? Or was it an accident ? You tell me.  I'll tell you after a few posts.


And some recent pics of my friend's car (not honda safe);








Driving a built camaro; sorta looks like that ^ when you're riding shotgun.

Also, I apologize for not being so active lately.  Forgive me for having the wrong birth date on my profile.  I didn't realize until some people personally contacted me and told me about it.  My birthday was actually on Feb. 3.  I was way past 21 on March 3rd.  I've been way busy with school and trying to fix my benz, so again, my apologies.  Here's some pics of that thing (camera phone);

[slipkord]

You have more pics of the camaro/benz than your honda...that's blasphemy! Looks low....I like it.

[Milan]

That Samsung takes amazing photos!  Almost makes owning a P&S redundant for daytime photos.

[CYANiDE]

Nice Benz. I like your rims too.

[stirfriedferret]

Ahah.  Yeah.  I have nothing new on the accord, so I haven't taken many pictures of them.  So, the story on the accord is that the spring perch clip (only used on Koni yellows for height adjustability) bent as a result of a big dip on the freeway and my blown struts.  The perch then fell through and ended up sitting on top of the upper A arm.  More pics:








The culprit:

[skizot]

Not the first time I've seen a Koni slip. Their design is terrible in this regard. Not safe at all.

[sherker55]

My friend has a 2002 Camaro that is a 11 second car...complete sleeper...exterior is bone stock...

[Knocturnal84]

when i installed them i knew  that that would be the weak link in the set up cause really the who damn car is resting on that one piece.

thank go everthing is safe though

[Milan]

when i installed them i knew  that that would be the weak link in the set up cause really the who damn car is resting on that one piece.

thank go everthing is safe though

Haha, I was thinking the same thing but never really worried about it since I never saw anyone that had an issue with this.  Now I'm  :wtf:

[Asim]

it bent because the struts were blown and the dip?

or the struts blew and it bent because of the dip?

[Mike]

it bent because the struts were blown and the dip?

or the struts blew and it bent because of the dip?

I would assume that the struts were worn, and the excess movement cause the spring perch to bend.

[stirfriedferret]

Mike is right.   The struts were blown (to the point where oil was leaking out of the adjusters) and that along with the big dip caused the spring perch to fail.  I believe that in other circumstances, the perch would not have failed because the strut would have absorbed the shock.  Good times, though.

[Milan]

How many miles you have on those Konis? I thought they were supposed to handle all kinds of abuse.

[stirfriedferret]

I have no idea. I bought them used.  I just bought a new pair of konis to replace them, so now everything is in good order.