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Old 04-25-16, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by mikersoft
Any recommendation for an adjustment tool or is any kind of pin style spanner wrench (like the pic) ok?

I thought one might be included, but no dice...

-Mike
Yikes - I'll need one too, let us know what you hear or find. Also surprised it didn't include one....
Old 04-25-16, 11:12 AM
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x2 on being surprised that it didn't come with. I would have thought that buying coilovers of this caliber would at least get you an adjustment tool.
Old 04-25-16, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Dnfwm
oh I sure hope I have mine by the end of the week. It's crunch time. I'm very excited to have coilovers in the car and possibly more excited about the usrs. I drove an m3 the other day and it would easily out handle the Lexus (or so it felt).
Feel has little to do with whether the car is fast or not. Maybe driver confidence is a problem, but a talented driver can push a car that doesn't feel good faster than one that does if the feel good setup isn't as fast.
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Originally Posted by redcrxsi
Yikes - I'll need one too, let us know what you hear or find. Also surprised it didn't include one....

Guys, do you realize that the lower single adjusment collar on Penske shocks are different that a double collar where you counter two collars against each other? Penske has moved to a single collar because on non-strut cars, there are no rotation forces on the collar like in a McPherson strut... so they simply use two set screws to hold the lower collar in position.

In order to adjust the lower collar you simply loosen the two set screws, then stick any rod like object into one of the holes (like a bolt, allen wrench, etc) and the lower collar will EASILY turn.

You do not need a spanner wrench.

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Old 04-26-16, 07:26 AM
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^^^^^^^

There you go being all logical on us Rafi.

I didn't know but thanks for clarifying glad we don't need to worry about that.
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Originally Posted by redcrxsi
^^^^^^^

There you go being all logical on us Rafi.

I didn't know but thanks for clarifying glad we don't need to worry about that.
Yeah, thanks for clearing that up. When I looked at that big ol' red spring, I just assumed it's exerting too much force to turn the adjustment ring without some decent leverage.

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Old 04-27-16, 06:34 AM
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Got my Penske's last night but ran into a small problem. It looks like the Penske's wont work with the gen 1Figs Mega Rear lower control arm. It Could work, if you don't mind damage on the Penskes from rubbing the side of the control arm but no way I'm comfortable with that.

I spoke with Mike at Figs last night and he assured me that the Gen 2 was designed to combat this as well as some other enhancements. I ordered another set of mega gen 2 arms and got expedited shipping on them.
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Originally Posted by Biggu
Got my Penske's last night but ran into a small problem. It looks like the Penske's wont work with the gen 1Figs Mega Rear lower control arm. It Could work, if you don't mind damage on the Penskes from rubbing the side of the control arm but no way I'm comfortable with that.

I spoke with Mike at Figs last night and he assured me that the Gen 2 was designed to combat this as well as some other enhancements. I ordered another set of mega gen 2 arms and got expedited shipping on them.
So I imagine the RR USRS shouldn't be a problem?
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Originally Posted by Katin2
So I imagine the RR USRS shouldn't be a problem?
I can't imagine they would be.. The brackets are pretty much the same exact dimensions as the OEM part and I don't think they're even close to the lower shock. Plus, I'm sure Rafi has USRS on his car too..

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Old 04-29-16, 07:13 AM
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the USRS is fine and has no issues, just the rear control arm since I have Figs don't work so well. the Gen 2 are supposed to correct the issue but if you are on stock control arm for the rear lower you will be fine.
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Originally Posted by RRRacing
We managed to get about 1/3 of the orders out on Friday. We should be able to get all the orders out by end of this coming week.

Rafi
Did you get the final orders shipped? I was hoping to install them next week.

Jeff
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Installed mine and Mark's (thegrunt) yesterday.. Whew..long day! The majority the the time was spent figured everything out with my car first.. We were able to get Mark's done in ~3-3.5 hrs.

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Originally Posted by mikersoft
Installed mine and Mark's (thegrunt) yesterday.. Whew..long day! The majority the the time was spent figured everything out with my car first.. We were able to get Mark's done in ~3-3.5 hrs.

-Mike
Nice, looking good! Did you leave ride height about where Rafi had it or change?

Any time saving tips you can share for install or is it more of just having familiarity?

Ride/handing impressions?

Thanks for sharing!
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Originally Posted by wmjeffreyw
Did you get the final orders shipped? I was hoping to install them next week.

Jeff
Received a message yesterday that mine had just shipped.
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My track weekend is this next weekend coming up. I thought for sure when I placed an order at the end of march that I would have them by this upcoming weekend. I guess not.


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