As mentioned in the "Official Latest Pic of My Ride" thread, guess who finally put on new suspension bits? This guy!
Due to lack of space, we only put on Bilstein B8 struts and shocks. But I'm happy to report that the wheel no longer hops or shakes violently, bumps aren't jarring, and it rides pretty nice. Unfortunately autox is full, otherwise I'd give it a test.
Shoutout to 325isMSPORT for the last minute part runs and making sure i don't kill myself and ACCL teaching me how to do the work (and mostly doing all the work tbh).
Laid out suspension bits according to geometry
The damn sway bar links couldn't come loose. It was spinning the joint and we didn't have enough space to counter spin. Ended up taking off the caliper, all the sensors and lines, and then finally the whole strut, spring and sway bars out.
Left: dusty regular old rear shock absorber, still has some damping
Right: blown. position on car: rear left
Well... that's not supposed to happen. This is front right strut.
Doing the rears was annoying. I got lazy and just jacked up the left rear corner, but forgot it would be easier to just use the jack to support the trailing arm. Ended up having to deadlift the rear wheel + RTA + other bits. That's was ridiculously heavy.