Bent bracket on coilover?
- Thread starter wacko_jacko
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erm...i dont think so, but you can always bend it back with a molegrip...i think mine was bent but that was because i smacked it with a sledge to get it out of the hub 
well yes it is quite pot holey but the car seems to bounce even on the smallest bumps...those drop links were only fitted yestarday so have no idea whats going on? Is that mechanically bad to be bent like that? what effect will it have?
so have no idea whats going on? Is that mechanically bad to be bent like that? what effect will it have?
it's not potholes......
raise your car, get it checked by a professional - whoever's fitted that suspension is clearly a twat.
if you're lucky you've just bent the strut & link. if you're not you've bent the driveshaft & ARB
raise your car, get it checked by a professional - whoever's fitted that suspension is clearly a twat.
if you're lucky you've just bent the strut & link. if you're not you've bent the driveshaft & ARB
S**T not a happy bunny as it was fitted by a modding garage who have been good in the past..thanks for the info i will be heading straight back up there and making them put it right...is it alrite to drive on? Funny creaking noises when i drive happen too?
trouble is i gotta get to college, brands on sunday then 50 miles to get to the garage...they better fit me in quickly though
What would have caused it to bend like that though? Surely it's got nothing to do with the shorter droplinks?
this is whats worrying me cos standard ones hit the drive shaft so i was told that it was important to shorten them so i did and then asked if the size was right and they said yes and there supposed to be professionals who hadnt heard of this happening before so i dunno...? any ideas
and raise the car...
just because a 'professional' has never heard of it doesn't mean it's never happened sadly
just because a 'professional' has never heard of it doesn't mean it's never happened sadly
true, just annoyed as they were the ones who ordered those specific drop links so i have to make another journey up cos they c***ed it up
That's certainly what it looks like cos the droplink is really pulling down on the strut by the looks on the pics....
yeah thats wot it does look like just the thing that annoys me is that F***ing garage ordering that specific size
Specialist garages aren't necessarily all they're cracked up to be. I took my car to a VAG garage down here for my clutch, took ages, ordered the wrong one but fitted it anyway. Then when I asked them to put the right one in they wanted another £700 for fitting the new clutch that they should've ordered in the first place!
Hope it doesn't cost too much for you buddy.
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