JLop
05-10-2016, 05:20 AM
Good morning all,
I have had this hatch since October. It is my first and I have replaced a lot of components on it so far just to maintain it. It still needs some work because it is my daily driver. When I bought the car, the previous owner had the car way too low for my liking. I was low on money so I installed some raceland coilovers and basically maxed out their ride height. Not a big mistake but I drove through winter with the ride height as high as I could get it. The front ride height is really the problem because it is still too low. I have a shitty driveway and I scrape going up it. Other issues include deteriorating strut mounts, axle seal leak, abs light for abs wheel sensor, srs light for seat belts, check engine light for cats, and needs new front brake pads and rotors. It also grinds third gear if I try to push it too hard and it grinds second gear if I try to push it really hard. There is also some weird stuff going on with the transmission. Everytime I take my foot off the gas the car almost violently jolts at low speeds. So far the work I have done includes replacing the old coilovers, replacing outer tie rod ends, replacing radiator, replacing an abs wheel sensor, replacing a rear wheel bearing, oil changing every 3000 and it is sitting on a set of Sport Edition A10's (16x6.5) wrapped in Yokohama S.Drives. I have replaced a variety of other components like windshield wiper bolt covers (front and back), side mirrors and both front fender liners.
Since the strut mounts are bad, my suspension knocks and I want to install a camber kit for better alignment, I would like to replace the coilovers again with something closer to stock and do it all at once. I was wondering if anyone has the stock suspension or something similar for sale? As for the rest of the problems I think I can deal with them all except for the bad cats. I bought a defouler for the cats. I really want new suspension. Is there anywhere else I can I look? This is my first time wrenching on a a car so I am just trying to learn.
This is my first post and I can't seem to upload an image. Every time I try I get an error saying that the upload failed but it doesn't say why it failed. Any thoughts? Is the file size too large?
Thanks for reading.
I have had this hatch since October. It is my first and I have replaced a lot of components on it so far just to maintain it. It still needs some work because it is my daily driver. When I bought the car, the previous owner had the car way too low for my liking. I was low on money so I installed some raceland coilovers and basically maxed out their ride height. Not a big mistake but I drove through winter with the ride height as high as I could get it. The front ride height is really the problem because it is still too low. I have a shitty driveway and I scrape going up it. Other issues include deteriorating strut mounts, axle seal leak, abs light for abs wheel sensor, srs light for seat belts, check engine light for cats, and needs new front brake pads and rotors. It also grinds third gear if I try to push it too hard and it grinds second gear if I try to push it really hard. There is also some weird stuff going on with the transmission. Everytime I take my foot off the gas the car almost violently jolts at low speeds. So far the work I have done includes replacing the old coilovers, replacing outer tie rod ends, replacing radiator, replacing an abs wheel sensor, replacing a rear wheel bearing, oil changing every 3000 and it is sitting on a set of Sport Edition A10's (16x6.5) wrapped in Yokohama S.Drives. I have replaced a variety of other components like windshield wiper bolt covers (front and back), side mirrors and both front fender liners.
Since the strut mounts are bad, my suspension knocks and I want to install a camber kit for better alignment, I would like to replace the coilovers again with something closer to stock and do it all at once. I was wondering if anyone has the stock suspension or something similar for sale? As for the rest of the problems I think I can deal with them all except for the bad cats. I bought a defouler for the cats. I really want new suspension. Is there anywhere else I can I look? This is my first time wrenching on a a car so I am just trying to learn.
This is my first post and I can't seem to upload an image. Every time I try I get an error saying that the upload failed but it doesn't say why it failed. Any thoughts? Is the file size too large?
Thanks for reading.