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I wish I could say that having the wrong coilovers was my only issue that day. But there were a few other hiccups.



Let's go back a month earlier...

My car was starting to feel "not right" while I was driving it. It felt as if the front end was not "attached" to the wheels and the car was going to float away. I was told that my suspension was going bad, by some car friends, and that is when I decided to get coilovers. The car had also started making a "popping" sound in the drivers side rear wheel area, and I thought it was best not to drive the car until I could fix these things. So the car sat... for a month.

So when it came time to move the car into the garage on coil-over day, the drivers side rear wheel was completely seized and would NOT move. In fact it made a terrible metal grinding sound when I tried to move it. (It was not just rust on the rotors.) It was the E Break. I had been having trouble with the E Brake staying engaged even after I had released the lever. I had already purchased all the parts to replace the it several months earlier, knowing that I would get to that project eventually.

E-brake Parts


So in the pouring rain we took apart the E Brake, just so we could get the car into the garage. By then we're both soaking wet!





My friend brought over an impact gun, and I wanted to try it! Oooh, the POWER! I got a few tires off in no time, it was great!

Then disaster struck. I have lug locks, and I didn't have it lined up properly, and I shredded the lock key and the lug. Oops!



We spent hours, and hours, and more hours trying to get this thing off.



We decided to move on and removed 3 of the 4 struts. This is when I realize I have the wrong BC coils.





So, after roughly 10 hours of work on the car, we decided to call it a day.

It wasn't until a day later, that boyfriend managed to get the locking lug completely off.



The stud is broken, but we've punched that out and have plans to get a new one.

Dad and Bae


At the moment all 4 old struts are out. E-Brake is in pieces. And there's lot of work to do. (I do like your "to do" list suggestions Bitter, hopefully I can get some of those done.)

I've also made some other purchases.

GT-4 end links (Thank you Chee La!)


3pt TRD strut bar (Thank you Jonathan)


I'm forever grateful to the 6gc community for all of their help along the way. I've made several FB posts and gotten lots of assistance in the 6gc FB group. Special shout out to Chee La, AJ, & Ted, for answering billions of my questions. To Dillion, for bringing over all your tools and knowledge. To Jake, my boyfriend, for supporting my crazy love of this car. And to Jonathan for the strut bar. You all have been so amazing to me, and I know this is just the beginning, but I couldn't do this without you.

This post has been edited by NetsToy: Sep 10, 2018 - 11:59 PM