Wachuko

I get it, I get it, I get it!! But after breaking a few hard to reach bolts you can’t blame me for being paranoid… cutting that nut looked a heck of a lot less work than the, incorrect, thought of risking breaking more bolts… plus I did not know if removing everything was going to be easier or a pita later to install… now I know!

Funny you mentioned the hose issue… same thing happen with mine… at 20psi just when I had finished doing the last one...

Good thing my father-in-law was there and I had placed a towel under everything... no harm done... but now looking for a better quality hose to replace it.

Seems some of the replacement parts will take awhile to arrive... that and work related travel will sit the car in the garage for a few weeks...

dfinnegan

Someone here had the bright idea of putting a pneumatic coupler in the line to the cap. I've adopted that idea and am very pleased with the result. Put the coupler close to the cap. That way, there is less air loss from each de-coupling. And, you get a whole new hose and hose clamps to secure more tightly to each of the fittings.

MitchB

My issue was the bleeder was just old. Four years old. My fault for not recognizing it.
Easy solution for me is to simply replace - say every two years. At fifty bucks, it's worth it...

Wachuko

No need to replace it all just for a broken hose... Nothing a new piece of hose and two hose clamps can't fix. I also suggest you do the mod recommended. I did, and it is great!. Two air hose adapters Quick connect/disconnect if you have different adapters and even if you have just one, screwing the cap is easier and then you plug it to the bleeder.

ThunderC4S

Did you use bumpstops for the Bilstein front struts or did you leave them out ?

ThunderC4S (John)

Wachuko

Front came with those...

Marc Shaw

Jaime - I have not forgotten you but I have not found'em yet.....

Marc

ljugete

Oye Watchuko,

Please let me know what you think of this suspension set up and results. I want to do the same for mine. Did you change the strut bars too?

Buena suerte!

Wachuko

Thank you Marc. I am still waiting for parts from Sunset. Seems the dust covers are coming from Germany...

I just got back home and heading out to San Francisco tomorrow (will be there all week). So not much work happening anyway.

Just keep looking, just keep looking, looking, looking, looking... (trying my best impression of Dori from the movie Finding Nemo)

Wachuko

Gracias! Please be aware that it looks like at least two or three weeks before it will be back on the road with time for me to provide some feedback. But if you query (search) this forum you will find some recent threads on the subject. Reason I went with this was based on the feedback from the forum members that have a similar setup. The overall feedback was that it was a great setup for the street but not that great if you do a lot of track days with your car (but ok enough for a DE here and there...).

Only changing the shocks and springs... no changes to the bars. This car will not see a track. I just wanted a better ride since the suspension felt tired and gone...

ljugete

Gracias!

Wachuko

Marc,

Package arrived today! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! Dinner on the Diaz's next time you are in Orlando!!



Also, everything else came in Friday. So we are set to go