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well the car is fixed. it's on one stock strut for now, we're gonna contact gravana jim and see what the deal is. the coilover was almost salvagable except the threads were damaged pretty crappily. so the car is a teensy bit lop sided for maybe a week. but toby's ok and mommy's happy.
pictures later, pj will post them.
wow. that sucks the 27th is good, 31st is drifing at etown!
i'll do this later
alright guys so here's the story
I got to mandys and saw the car for the first time.. it looked a LOT worse in person...
Oh yea sick camber...
That bolt should be straight.. this is no good
Finally up on the jack... Oh boy... lets get the wheel off
That USED to be a fender liner
Wheel off, same angle... only takes a few seconds for the tire to burn thru the plastic.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the failure... coilover seperation
Some monkey came and stole mandys lip when we weren't looking (I managed to get this picture of him tho.. its shawn btw)
The damage a little closer
closer still...
top strut rod was bent
threads damaged from impact with inside fender wall
Threads damaged from impacting steering knuckle
close up of the same
the peice that connects from the knuckle to the coilover bottom also has damaged threads
same
same again.. three places in a triangle formation damaged
stock strut donated from the skwirl in place
car back on its feet by 730pm.. as predicted by yours truly
tomorrow we go thru the process of getting a new coilover from gravana. everything will be back 100% before you know it.
and btw the car sits relatively level, and its difficult to know that only one corner is stock.
we took it for a spin and altho crippled, toby is ready to speed walk, but not run around town for mandy to work and such.
boy im glad i didnt get those
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
wait, so it was just the coilover, no control arm failure (why i'm posting this i don't know because pj will be at work to explain it to me in like 20 minutes, but whatever).... you had better not pay gravana a red cent for a new one, they should be replacing that on their own damn dime...
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sorry to hear about the damage mandy. so what exactly caused the coilover to come apart like that? did it just twist itself right out of the base? now i'm worried about mine, granted i don't have an uber fast car or anything like mandy, but wow. thats not supposed to happen. i definitely wouldn't be paying gravana a cent for a replacement. that should be free of charge.
well, we had the bottom into the threads maybe about an inch, an inch and a half at the most.
that coilover was always binding, so i'm assuming a fraction of a turn by a fractiion of a turn it was just maybe loosening or whatever, and then launching the crap out of it all the time, just ...put it on its last thread, literally.
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boy im glad i didnt get those
its a good product I didnt' insall it correctly and set it up properly. we were missing a peice and I made a replacement and I think that had to do with the problem
I think the coilover ended up backing out about half way (half an inch) and then the drag racing just took it the rest of the way apart.
needless to say, mandys car is going to be lower in the front now since we're going to engage about 2-2.5" of thread this time and lock the F out of it.
plus with the replacement coilover, we're getting the peice we were missing.
It was my neglegence that caused the failure, not the coilover.
i think we have a mandatory coilover inspection before track days from now on though
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good idea jay
the whole thing could have been prevented if we would have checked them out as it would have been pretty obvious the coil was backing out
oh well, like i said its my fault but Jim is being gracious enough to work with mandy and I on the cost of a replacement (in other words hes gonna cut us a deal)
the gravana coilovers are still the best set up available for the Jbody IMO and I will upgrade to them and get rid of my prostreets as soon as I have the spare cash (and get tired of spitting out the fillings that keep getting knocked out of my teeth everytime i go over a rock)
wow. thats pretty beat. but it's not too bad. i've seen worse but it still sucks big time.
i'll do this later
pj & mandy , make sure you get the pics i sent gravana on the way they should be asembled
it looks to me like something else was missing , there was a change in the 00-05 mounts , it was a different nut , and a spacer
some of the 00-05 had a small nut and a spacer , and some had a nut with the spacer built into it , and from the looks of her's , she might have had the nut with the spacer built in
so it leaves a large gap
Mandy thats SUCKS! Hey I feel ya hun, 2 weeks ago I was racing another modded Cobalt SS\SC and aaaaaa yea I accidently shifted from 2nd back into 1st at the TOP of 2nd gear and basiclly grenaded the head!! Got her back today with a new head, valve train and cams.
Modds:
GM Stage 2 with SFPHQ 2.8 pulley
Injen Intake
GM Dual Pass Aftercooler w15psi Surge Tank
GMPP Exhaust Manifold
CTi 3" Downpipe and Cat
Custom 3" Cat Back with Dynomax Super Turbo Muffler
ZZ Engine Mount
ZZ Front Trans Mount
B&M Shifter
NGK BKR7E Plugs
DC Strut Tower Brace
Soon to be installed:
2.6 pulley, Siemens 60lbs Injectors, NGK 2 Step Colder Plugs
Tune Time Custom Dyno Tune
East05CSS wrote:Mandy thats SUCKS! Hey I feel ya hun, 2 weeks ago I was racing another modded Cobalt SS\SC and aaaaaa yea I accidently shifted from 2nd back into 1st at the TOP of 2nd gear and basiclly grenaded the head!! Got her back today with a new head, valve train and cams.
lol knucklehead....
i think we need to build you a WRC-style gear indicator lol
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sorry to hear that mandy!
Yea LOL Jay I feel like such an rookie havin done that, but hey they covered it under warrenty baby!
Modds:
GM Stage 2 with SFPHQ 2.8 pulley
Injen Intake
GM Dual Pass Aftercooler w15psi Surge Tank
GMPP Exhaust Manifold
CTi 3" Downpipe and Cat
Custom 3" Cat Back with Dynomax Super Turbo Muffler
ZZ Engine Mount
ZZ Front Trans Mount
B&M Shifter
NGK BKR7E Plugs
DC Strut Tower Brace
Soon to be installed:
2.6 pulley, Siemens 60lbs Injectors, NGK 2 Step Colder Plugs
Tune Time Custom Dyno Tune
Ok so interesting enough we didn't plan a meet yet. Is it finalized is everyone satisfied with may 27th? If so I don't know what time I will be there. PJ and Jeff will have to keep everything together until I show up.
I'm obnoxious enough to the point that when i speak people will hear me
if they listen or not is another matter entirely however
^
I remember a time at white castle when I got everyone's attention in the lot and told everyone where to go and what to do but I think we all ended up getting split up anyway thats what i was talking about lol
hey guys, i've got a new aim s/n but i don't want everyone in the world to have it so if you want it pm me
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