Lol yeah I know here in pa I live by like 5 or 6 yards and they always have a bunch of js in them with plenty of parts to choose from I even picked up some ls sport skirts and rear bumper for one of the members on here that was looking for em for awhile
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No more lift kit, eh Jhand!?
Took ya long enough! Lol
Car looks and runs good in person, just get that exhaust fix *holds head* and it'll be golden!
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Im in Gainesville and there are like ten j's in the yard at most times ,hit me up if you want me to keep lookout.Car looks good otherwise.Dig the headlights.
Yeah Mike, we could def use a set of foglight housings and a few other small pieces, like rear speaker connectors, bumper lenses socket. We've been so busy with moving over the last couple of weeks that I haven't had the chance to hit any yards.
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If you are on coilovers, like it appears in this pic, the bottom perch needs to be gone, especially in the front. I hope its not the same way up front since the perches are on an angle.
Yup, I will see if I can dig up my pics I have of this. I roll pics of the whole process a couple years ago for a full write, but never did it. Funnily enough, it was with ground controls and dropzones. Lol
Well whatcha know? Found them relatively quickly.
Fronts:
You are going to start with this. Im pointing at the weld that needs to stay.
Start by cutting most of the perch off, thats just so its out of the way, then cut one straight up like this. WATCH HOW DEEP YOU CUT! You do NOT want to cut right into the tube.
Then go around the strut cutting right above the weld, I cut very shallow and went over it a couple times, slowly.
When you are getting close, start to pry with a screwdriver or small pry bar, you will know when its ready to come off.
This is what you will be left with.
This is how the sleeve sits when done.
You can see the height difference with and without the perch. The previous owner of this set rode around with the perches and actually damaged the sleeve on one side, it took alot for me to fix it and make it driveable again. So I hope you guys havent put too much mileage on the car with them already.
As for the rears, I THINK I was just able to beat the perches off without having to cut, but like I said, its been a couple years since I did this.
This is after I removed the perch, I dont see any cut lines in the strut, so I think I just beat them upwards.
This is how the sleeve fits on, there is a lip on the inside of it that sits on the strut, you can see it sits ALOT lower without the perch.
Hope this helped. PLEASE do this asap. I used a grinder with a cutoff wheel, like I said, working VERY slowly when cutting.
what is the point of doing this? to lower it more? cause I'm still sitting on stock wheels (Rotas are still inpaint)
May the odds be ever in you favor.....
Read what I wrote between the pics. It damages the coilovers. They aren't designed to sit on the perches. The wheels you have right now have nothing to do with it.
Let me get this straight...
Darren goes through the trouble of explaining everything with pictures and...
Sinh doesn't bother to read or understand it. Some people really shouldn't be modifying their cars...
Get em done asap. Hopefully the sleeves are still in good condition.
Nice write up Darren! Hopefully it helps them with the project!
Like I said, when you have the funds the local yard has 95-99 fogs for $23ish bucks.
Its coming along nicely.