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Wouldnt you think a new o ring and suitable lube would have been included. I always llube O rings myself for best seating and sealing, and I am probably not the only one to do that? I hope not!
Just put mine on today, and these videos don't do the sound justice. It's the perfect amount of rumble inside and out. Material and craftsmanship is stellar. A must IMO!
Great job on the angling of the exhaust tips. Hate when I see other Tomei’s droop so low. I always noticed the left side hangs lower too so you did a great job on the install!
@6:25 you have plenty of stud for the lug nuts... but you have ZERO hub for your hubcentric rings and wheels😐 You need custom made 10mm spacers that are hub centric to the car and wheel
does yours wobble when idled?? mine wobbles like crazy. i went to a shop, they said when i get a headers it will stop wobbling. but ive seen a couple of videos theirs doesnt wobble like mine but cant find any statements if they’re still stock header
@cedrickescaros8935 its the alignment. I reinstalled it all. Aligned all the hangers. So far so good. And I also removed the left spring of the resonator coz its too close to the heat guard just to be sure.
did you only reinstall just the parts where the mufflers and tips are ? or did you do the pipes as well ? i only notice the mufflers and tips that wobbles but it might be because of the pipes too
I was considering buying this car, but I’ll just get the new mx5 instead. I don’t want any future headaches. It Really suck that the engine screwed this cars rep.
Just installed this, I’m having an issue where the exhaust leaks water at the 2x forward clamp. Tried readjusting / retightening forward to back multiple times but no luck… any helpful tips to get it to stop leaking?
It depends on the vehicle, but yeah the price did jump compared to a few years back. Its happened to all reputable brands unfortunately. Its just going to get higher too as time goes on. But they are totally still worth the money!!
IF CONSUMER WERE WISE AND JUST HELD OFF BUYING COILOVERS FOR A 6 MONTHS OR A YEAR, I GUARANTEE YOU MANUFACTERS WOULD EITHER ADJUST PRICES OR GO OUT OF BUSINESS. SOUNDS LIKE CAR GUYS NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND REFUSE TO PAY EVER INCREASING PRICES. USED TO BE ABLE TO GO ON EBAY AND SEE THOUSANDS OF KNOCK OFF COILOVER BRANDS FOR 250$ AND YEAH THEY WERENT THE BEDT BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY OK. SO THAT TELLS ME THEY ARENT THAT EXPENSIVE TO DESIGN AND WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THE R&D FOR THE GUYS ORDERING CUSTOM SET UPS?
Appreciate the overview of the product, but how did you determine the initial setup? You kind of glazed over that part and didn’t show the ride difference afterwards.
We will have another video going over how the coilovers ride and handle. Basically after we installed it, we lowered in onto the ground and it needed some adjustment. We kind of just estimated the initial setup, and then adjusted after from there. Took a couple go's but you can get it done. But the Initial setup was based on the 70cm that we measured the OEM height at. You just have to keep adjusting it until you are at the ride height you desire. Adjusting is just like how we showed setting it in the video. Loosen the bottom collar and turn the shock (black threaded body) either right or left according to if you need to raise or lower it.
I usually keep a vehicle 10 years+ and I’ve seen issues were we had a turbo compressor drop efficiency 8% in the test cell due to oil fouling. That goes into the intercooler too. The bigger issue is direct injection. Gas engines must mix air and fuel COMPLETELY before combustion. This is super easy to do on a port injected engine because you start injecting when the intake valve opens. With direct injection you have to inject well before BDC on the intake stroke to mix the fuel. No fuel washes down the intake valves on direct injection. Worse , all direct injection engines are challenged to mix and ultimately they are a little sootier than port burn. This is why the oil volume in the pan is 25% more on a DI engine. The advantages of DI is efficiency and response but the fouling of the intake valves and the rings can get ugly on a high power high reving engine. Hence the need for separation of oil from crankcase gases. Bottom line is you dont want oil fouling your turbo and TMIC. And you don’t want oil in your intake. Subie isn’t going to see failures in 3yrs/36k so they skip the AOS due to cost. But long term the oil coming in will require you to raise octane as the oil changes the burn rate. Turbo direct injection high speed high power engines will last longer with a breather. The first DI engines that Chevy made in 2013 (Equinox) didn’t have good mixing and every one of them suddenly went to using a quart per 1000miles. My colleague had Chevy replace his power cylinder for free at 100,000 miles with a new design that didn’t foul.
Accusump is not a good idea. Had an engine blow that poked a hole in a high pressure oil port and the accusump emptied out all the oil that was spraying all over the exhaust and caused a massive fire. Car burned to the ground.
