Saturday, April 5, 2014

Working with Rust on Coilovers :'(

I mean, it is a blog, why not talk about everything?

Part of the reason why I was not able to complete the work for the track day was that I lost about 20hrs fooling with this....



Yup, a bit of rust can go a long way when it comes to removing parts from coilovers.

Took quite some time and work to get it off as detailed in the videos below:


After I broke it loose a bit I moved forward without the hammer and used leverage to turn the coilover instead of impact force as detailed below:


And the final results!



Don't worry there is sunlight at the end of the tunnel, I used one of my struts from my 4th gen for the time being (using the 5th gen lower mount) and I ordered replacement collars (WHICH TOOK FOREVER TO ARRIVE) to replace the ones I chewed up during this process.

Anywho, the videos should have covered everything you would need to know, and as usual if you have any questions just drop a comment!

Braking Test Results

Just posting some numbers of our little experiment.
70mph to 0 mph braking distances*:

2012 Kia Sorento sx 143 ft


2003 Infiniti I35 6mt 147 ft

1995 Nissan Maxima gxe 169 ft

Each car was in average shape for their age and mileage.

I will come back with the upgraded dual piston brake caliper #'s soon.