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Originally posted by Stry-ped:
Originally posted by tour96se:
when times are tight you run what you've got...i had to run coilovers on used svt struts...its been about three months who knows the mileage on them..mark could tell me..but there still fine i would assume 50k+...know that i have some extra money i'll be running eibachs...and bat struts..and MSDS.. and sweet ass paint... and new rims... and a SVT motor... and a platinum plated grill/mesh... and I'm gettin' my grille all platinumed up and it's gonna say "Nasty Tour" on the top and "Tour Nasty" on the bottom. Blang blang west side Fity cent, w00t!
WOW! Nice!  
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Originally posted by Stry-ped:
Originally posted by tour96se:
when times are tight you run what you've got...i had to run coilovers on used svt struts...its been about three months who knows the mileage on them..mark could tell me..but there still fine i would assume 50k+...know that i have some extra money i'll be running eibachs...and bat struts..and MSDS.. and sweet ass paint... and new rims... and a SVT motor... and a platinum plated grill/mesh... and I'm gettin' my grille all platinumed up and it's gonna say "Nasty Tour" on the top and "Tour Nasty" on the bottom. Blang blang west side Fity cent, w00t!
WOW! Nice!
??? nice ,very nice..although i really do like the "Tour Nasty" plate idea  ...pre98 no grill to get platinumed up..
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Originally posted by liquidX:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I went about 2 months on svt struts that had 50k miles on them with roush springs before they completely blew (which doesn't mean I couldn't drive on them, which is what anyone that says svt struts + lowering springs are fine are doing). Roush is like the highest lowering spring. So 2 months w/ the least drop available. I imagine new struts will last a bit longer. So in 4 months.........
Shows much knowledge about the average suspension knowledge in this place... I thought it was spring rates that primarily killed shocks, now it's spring height  . For the records, if you are speaking of suspension travel, it is probably a 30% factor of strut affection. After that it's the spring rates that play a major role in a strut's life. Also, the actual coil's height has nothing to do with the ride height. It's the amount of dead coils and spring rate of the "stiff" coils that determine ride height (When struts are assembled they are always the same height regardless of the type of spring, and it's when you put the car down that you mean business). Also on a side note, my B & G Autobahn springs were slightly taller than even stock springs, thus helping my point.
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Originally posted by Stry-ped:
....Isn't "Spax" struts *basically* the same as the stockers? I know qutie a few guys are running those.
Nope. They are made for lowering springs with better valving and a shorter shaft. You're thinking about the kyb's or whatever they are.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Ok, lowest spring rate. Happy?
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by Stry-ped:
....Isn't "Spax" struts *basically* the same as the stockers? I know qutie a few guys are running those.
Nope. They are made for lowering springs with better valving and a shorter shaft. You're thinking about the kyb's or whatever they are.
KYB's.. thats what I was thinking. 
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Originally posted by pole120:
Originally posted by Matty K:
About 30k on stockers with Ground Controls.... bouncy
it's bouncy BEAUSE the struts are blown... 
Dude, that's [censored] amazing! You just diagnosed my car from over a thousand miles away, without even seeing it! Are you some kind of psychic? Creeeeeeepy.....
Bounce does not blown strut make. I know, because I've had blown struts. These are not they. Get me? Admittedly, the SVT struts don't like the GC's much, but I don't have the finances lined up at the moment to swap to something new. Ah, the joys of e-thugging blanket statements.....
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Originally posted by Matty K:
Bounce does not blown strut make. I know, because I've had blown struts. These are not they. Get me?
I don't. You talk funny. Bounces do make svt strut with roush spring my car blown. They are these. Me get?
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Quite. Care for a spot of tea?
edit: I'll clarify: bounce does not NECESSARILY blown strut make. Fiddlysticks.
Last edited by Matty K; 08/17/05 04:01 AM.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by Matty K:
Bounces do make svt strut with roush spring my car blown.
So your car was bouncing and you got blown? 
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