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Old May 8, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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sorry if this has been posted, I've searched
i hit a few hard bumps tonight, my car is pretty low, noticed the front drvr side is evan lower? so i took the wheel out and saw lots of grease pouring from the top part, and the rubber thats supposed to be held on the top portion i guess is all broke up

where can i get these fixxed? is it evan broken?

whatr do i do? please help
oh also theres no more air , i checked through the valves on the shocks
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Old May 8, 2010 | 11:01 PM
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grease? air? o_O shocks use gas/oil from what i know.

grease could be from your tie rod/ball joints/steering boot n what not right??

Get some pics to show whats going on down there
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Old May 9, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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sorry for the late reply,
will take pics 2marrow,
well the air- is from the air valve on the shock which i filled when i first got em,
grease/oil, whatever it is is comming from the top of the shocks, not the ball joints or tie rod , checked that

any other suggestions would help
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Old May 9, 2010 | 10:23 PM
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bring it by the shop foo!!!
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Old May 9, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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what shop, foo? who in houston works on coilovers?
btw this chino?
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Old May 10, 2010 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by AsGs300
what shop, foo? who in houston works on coilovers?
btw this chino?
judging by his sn (chinogs)....i would say yes its chino
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Old May 10, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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ya.... i was being sarcastic,-- he just recently bought a GS3, and i got him to check out our forum

back to topic, dude Carson wants me to ship them to them than they will ship them to Japan, one is blown but they do them by the pair, all in all I'm lookin at about $650 guesstimate............ should i just buy some new ones
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Old May 10, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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buy new ones foo! ur a baller...... then u can let me have ur old setup. lol btw i check my springs today and it says ltuned on them..... lol
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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try checking a local performance shop that does track vehicles.. im perdy sure they will know where to direct you to get ire re-valved and built.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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thats not a bad idea,
ChinoGS- L-Tuned aint bad, but your car still doesnt have that stance
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Old May 11, 2010 | 12:39 AM
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yea i kno..... im think bout getting megans soon. i mean real soon. freakin boss-man keeps tryin to sell me those ace wheels!!!
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Old Jun 4, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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As I posted in another thread Tom's wants $1800 to send you their B-stock from Japan rather than rebuilding yours.
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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ya whats up with that ? I'd think for what they cost we could have a better "service" or something! what did you end up doing?
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