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Help with identifying blown struts.

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    Help with identifying blown struts.

    I'm having some major issues with my front end and i'm trying to figure out if one or both struts might be blown. I have skunk2 struts and springs, and with the springs being so stiff whats the best way to determine if they are infact blown?
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    Easiest way is to go to each corner of the car and start pushing down trying to get it to bounce, after you get it going and let go it should stop after like 1 bounce. If a strut is blown it will go a few times, you should be able to tell the difference just by bouncing it though.

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      The simple fact that you have Skunk2 springs and struts leads me to believe that they're blown. Skunk2's crappy struts aren't properly matched to the insanely high spring rate of their springs, and they're known to blow. I think the only person on this site that hasn't complained about Skunk2 suspension crap blowing on them is TypeG, but something tells me he drives his car as carefully as he maintains it!

      The only ways to really tell, other than removing the struts. is to: 1) look at them. If they are covered in oil, they've popped. 2) Press down rapidly on each corner of the car. A blown strut will result in a very bouncy feel.
      If you remove the strut, you'll see that it doesn't offer much resistance when you press it down by hand.

      I would replace those things ASAP anyway. Get some Koni Yellows if you can afford them, or at the very least Koni STR.T (though they may not be up to Skunk2's insane spring rate either...)






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        i have the older, softer version of skunk2 coilovers. probably bought them in 1999. from my understanding, skunk2 suspensions are more for drag racing, which would explain why they are stiff. seems their springs have gotten stiffer over time. later.
        Avoiding dirt at all costs

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          Brian, do you have the Skunk2 shocks as well, or just the coilover sleeves?

          Usually when I say Skunk2's suspensions are crap, I'm referring mainly to their "matched" spring/shock combo... which isn't matched at all.

          Stiff springs aren't a bad thing, when used with proper shocks, on a car that will be making use of them (drag, autox, road racing, etc...)






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