Mod day - saturday morn

[Cryptic]

finally got everything together. I'll get started in the morning when ever I wake up. (it's 3am now)

lowering springs, struts, sways, trailing arms, and a strut tower brace.


Ohh which btw the GMPP kit below... it comes zip tied together and a shrink wrapped. terrible packaging or lack there of.
http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/part_images/PK124561481.jpg

and the strut tower brace has 4 damn stickers on it that are impossible to peel off. It's going to take longer to peal the stickers and un-goo it then to install the damn thing. (it would look pretty retarded under the hood with all the part # stickers on it)

Also this kit took a whole month be shipped.
F-U GM :flipoff2: you wonder why your your falling in the toliet.


any one feel like wrenching? :thumbsup

[Yooformula]

I gots work until 1pm but I am pretty much free after that.

[Cryptic]

just getting started now... had to located a spring compressor

[Cryptic]

well I almost managed to get everything done. I just have one strut and one trailing arm left to put on. all the other parts are done...

I'm pooped.


I discovered another reason the car was handling like sh!t (besides the struts being toast). My front sway bar had about 2 inches of play where it supposed to be bolted in... and the link was half broken. :wow :eek:

I did the front end first and with just the 2 new springs, struts and front sway the car corners so so so much more flat. It's quiet, no rattles. I can't feel bumps. Everything felt tight. I love my car again :)

[Cryptic]

stock junk replaced.
http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/random/stock_crap.thumb.jpg (http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/random/stock_crap.jpg)

broken sway
http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/random/broken_front_sway.thumb.jpg (http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/random/broken_front_sway.sized.jpg)

stock vs springtech spring
http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/random/springtech_front.thumb.jpg (http://www.crypticvault.com/albums/random/springtech_front.jpg)

[theavenger333]

andy, my swaybar on the driver's side is also cracked just like that, but its managed to stay in place so its not too awful.... i will also be ordering the kit, it better not take no F'in month to ship though

[Scales]

Remind me to call you when I eventually buy a front end kit that my car sooooooooooooooooo badly needs!!!!!

[Cryptic]

first time I ever did any suspension work.. believe me I made mistakes and had to pull sh!t back off an on again.

[Poncho]

springtechs!!

good admin good admin.

I have the exact same setup on my GTP. :thumbsup

did you remember to cut the bumpstops & change the top retainers to the shorter ones?

[Cryptic]

did you remember to cut the bumpstops & change the top retainers to the shorter ones?

I did not cut bump stops... didnt even know about that one.
I did however install 4 new short cups. (anti pogo mod)