welshboy Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hi Guys, Wonder if any of you could shed some light on this issue for me please. I've just noticed that the offside rear of my car sits lower than the N/S. This happened before to the front of my GT4 and the cause was a broken spring. So I jacked the car up to check and all looks well, no cracks or visible leaks. I also checked for play on the wheel, there was none, and couldn't see anything glaringly wrong with the drop links etc. After setting it back down, I noticed that the gap was now back to normal. A few bounces on the door sill saw it return to it's lower position. So it seems as though shock is getting stuck when it's compressed. As far as I am aware, the suspension is all stock. So does this point to a broken shock? If so, are you able to get stock shocks refurbished? Or would it be a call to Keron to get a replacement one? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Gareth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hi Gareth hope the car is still treating you well otherwise.....and yes I would say the shock is shot. I think they are stock black ones? if so I'd advise you to get a pair of rear ones, not necessarily stock but stock KYB etc replacements or you could go for the yellow Bilsteins but then you'd probably want to do all four at once for balance. The Bilstein are sometimes rebuilt the more basic ones it isn't really cost effective to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hi Scott, It's been spot on other than that! Most reliable car I've owned to date. Yeh they are stock black ones. Ah thought that might be the case. I'll look into sorting some replacements then. Is there anything else that would be worth replacing at the same time? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Id take a guess and say shock is done. Heres a test, just push down on the arch after a drive when it levels of and see if it drops instead of being firm and returning to normal height. Another things is a constant wobbling from the suspect shock. Replace both of them, I went for Kayaba (KYB) KYB 551070 Ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KYB-Rear-Shock-Absorber-fit-SUPRA-551070-/301449142130?hash=item462fc4df72:g:bJQAAOSw0vBUldjH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Is there anything else that would be worth replacing at the same time? Cheers Not sure when you last had one, but id be going to check the alignment/ geometry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Cheers for the link, will get them ordered Just checking that there is no difference for these when it comes to N/A and TT? I had planned on getting it booked in for alignment/ geometry, as it doesn't quit feel 'right'. So will get that sorted at the same time. Thanks for the help chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Mines N/A and these fitted, not 100% sure if tt and na are the same, I guess they would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Mine is an N/A too, so all good. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Glad it's still treating you well, during last summer I regretted selling it I'd check out the rubber shock covers, if the accordion bits are all broken it may pay to get those too, about £30 each from memory http://www.tcbparts.co.uk/ supra and suspension, they do KYB rear shocks as well as the 'rear strut dust covers' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Ah I had the roof off as often as I could! Nothing beats driving around in a supra with the roof off and sun beaming down on you. Hope your latest one is going well. The dust cover is ripped apart on the dodgy side, so was definitely going to be ordering some new ones. So cheers for that. Managed to get some photos of it whilst I had it jacked up. Excuse the state of it, it's in need of some waxoil treatment! The top of the spring doesn't look right: Any thoughts? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Ah I had the roof off as often as I could! Nothing beats driving around in a supra with the roof off and sun beaming down on you. Hope your latest one is going well. The dust cover is ripped apart on the dodgy side, so was definitely going to be ordering some new ones. So cheers for that. Managed to get some photos of it whilst I had it jacked up. Excuse the state of it, it's in need of some waxoil treatment! The top of the spring doesn't look right: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/xtremechaos2k5/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpeg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/xtremechaos2k5/Mobile%20Uploads/image_1.jpeg Any thoughts? Many thanks That orange colour usually means something is rusted. A loose bolt thats been rusting over time? Top mount centre bolt? Go in at the top...can you pull the cover off to see the bolt in he middle? Cant remember but that should lead you to it...im guessing top mount...like a rubber mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshboy Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 I'll have a good look at it on the weekend and suss out what's what. Be good to get a full list of what I need to replace, before I take a shock off and realise I need a lot more haha! Feeling a little nervous as it is, as replacing a shock will be the biggest job I've undertaken on a car. Luckily it rarely gets used in case things go wrong.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I'll have a good look at it on the weekend and suss out what's what. Be good to get a full list of what I need to replace, before I take a shock off and realise I need a lot more haha! Feeling a little nervous as it is, as replacing a shock will be the biggest job I've undertaken on a car. Luckily it rarely gets used in case things go wrong.. I remember being quoted a stupid price to change my shocks when one popped, I just got my shocks and then was literally shocked to hear £150 for fitting. Nipped into Halfords as I remember, got me the laser spring compressors for £40 and a 17mm vanadium spanner for £10 and did the job with my dad -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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