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Old 06-02-2010 | 05:24 PM
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these photos are of the rear coil over
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Old 06-02-2010 | 05:25 PM
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these are of the front
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Old 06-02-2010 | 05:26 PM
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"The rear coil overs are pushing the back panel up behind the rear seats... this is nuts."

do you have a picture of this?
Old 06-02-2010 | 05:26 PM
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All of a sudden while driving this wreck home I heard a bunch of loud pops and this is the damage that the rear coil overs did pushing up the back panel behind the seats
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wow! these were brand new? looks like your installer screwed something up big time! i'm going to guess that he over tightened the 3 screws on the tophat.
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And the f'in video...-- loading to you tube now...
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this is just one issue... oh god... front coilover are slammed and dont function... it is set at the max setting - if you look at the photos from last night you can see how slammed it is.


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wow! these were brand new? looks like your installer screwed something up big time! i'm going to guess that he over tightened the 3 screws on the tophat.
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i dont see how you can tell how slammed it is. the tape measures dont tell me anything

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this is just one issue... oh god... front coilover are slammed and dont function... it is set at the max setting - if you look at the photos from last night you can see how slammed it is.
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here are the photos from before

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i dont see how you can tell how slammed it is. the tape measures dont tell me anything
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Old 06-02-2010 | 05:39 PM
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and after?


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