GS300Rich

I was cleaning out my engine bay tonight and noticed something strange with the Tein CS coilover on the passenger side. There is a nut under the edfc that sits on top of a washer. Under the washer is a rubber gromet or something of that nature. On the passenger side this rubber piece is eroded and the washer moves up and down freely. Has anyone heard of this and does anyone know what causes it and what can be done to fix it? I have noticed lately that when I go over bumps there is a sort of clanging noise coming from that side and I am almost positive now that this is what its coming from. I hope there isnt something seriously wrong with my coilover. Any help would be appreciated. I wont be able to post pics until tomorrow night because my girl has my dig camera. Mods could you please leave it here for a while.

chuckb

that sucks Rich. Good luck. How long have you had them? how many miles?

GS300Rich

about a year and a half but they were off the car for 6 months when I had the airride on the car. I have put about 12k miles on them since the purchase. I dont think there is any damage to the coilover I just think that the rubber piece that has been eroded needs to be replaced and it will be fine. I just dont know if this needs to be sent back to TEIN or if I can do it. Anyone know if I can just order a new coilover for the passenger front? I will post up some pics today or tommorow and hopefully get more help with this problem, Thanks for the reply chuck

GS300Rich

Nobody can help?

rominl

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personally i don't have any good suggestion so that's why i didn't reply

maybe you can just email tein or call them up? i heard they are pretty responsive

GS300Rich

I figured if anyone knew what was wrong it would be you henry. I guess I will have to call them up and see what the deal is. Anyone know if I would be able to purchase just one coilover since the other ones are fine? I dont really want to send it out to be repaired as that would probably take a while.

chuckb

I'd call em up. maybe they will just send you replacement part.

rominl

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man i don't think i have had coilover long enough to see that, sorry

but yeah, i hitnk if you do custom order you can get just one coilover i suppose

but worst come to worst, you can just get the bad one rebuilt?

GS300Rich

I would get it rebuilt but then I would have to take the coilover off the car, put the stock unit back on with the eibach spring and hope that they are close in height. THen wait who knows how long to get it back. Honestly without all that hassle I would just rather shell out the money and get a new one. I mean 1/4 of 1200 is 300 so it shouldnt be much more than that

rominl

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yeah that's very true. but it will probably be more than 300 if you buy them separate, no clue how much though. keep us posted, i am sure people wanna know too

GS300Rich

I emailed steve to see if he knew what was wrong and see if he could help. I am sure he is in touch with Tein pretty often so I hope he can contact them and find out if this is something that can be replaced or what. If he cant get me any info I will contact tein myself and see what needs to be done. Hopefully I can just replace the rubber piece without a major overhaul of the coilover. I will let you know what happens

chuckb

hey Rich, Does Tein not have a # you can just call them at directly? also, maybe they can give you a damage replacement discount for a new one if need be?

chuckb

just bumped into this, if it helps.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=126479



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GS300Rich

Thanks for the find chuck. I am talking to steve now about this. I dont think my coilover needs revalved so Im not sure if the cost and turnaround time would be the same for me. Once I hear from steve I will go from there.

GS300Rich

I just sent a pic to Steve of the problems and he is going to forward the pics and info to Tein for me and let me know what can be done. He said if it is just a replacement piece it wont be hard to get. Hopefully it wont be more than that. I uploaded some pics to my gallery. I will see if I can bring them in here