beems240sx

my Stance GR+ coilovers on my s14 decided they wanted to rust and seize up in 2 years. i wanted to go lower but i couldnt budge the collars. so heres how i did it and it was very easy.

tools:
-PB Blaster
-BFH
-flat tipped chisel
- anti seize
-17,14 socket. 19 wrench



1. soaked the living crap out of the tread in PB blaster and let it sit for a day.
2.take the coilover off the car.
3. turn it upside down and spray in the thread of the bracket and let it soak.





4. place the chisel in the collar and beat the shit out of it.



5. set the coilover on the ground and place the chisel on the weld for the brake line bracket.



6. this would be the step where i plan to completely disassemble the coilover and repaint everything. but its under 30 degrees out so that will wait until summer.

7. use a lot of anti seize



8. slam it



9. repeat 3 more times!

no pictures of it installed slammed because i either have to tub it or get smaller tires. it was hitting the inner metal. so i had to raise it back to where it was but whatever its unseized.

chiboy002

you should remove the collars and throw a bike inner tube there. Keep it clean

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Sumslapper

Mine seized up like that but I could not get it to budge what so ever. JDM salt seized it all up so I dremeled a slit into the collar and hammered it off. Works great now and I have an extra 1/2 inch to go lower lol

ILoveMyRHS13

I put anti-seize on the threads before I installed them. It's held up for a year and a half now with no issues. But this is a good write up for people who didn't have the foresight to prep them.

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omgRWDgoodness!

A spanner wrench attached to a breaker bar works wonders.

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buri_chan

Nice, I did the same thing a few years ago, except I actually broke some teeth off the collars in the process ><

dreaMervaj

How long did you soak these things? I've soaked mines for a good hour or so and used the spanner wrench and a hammer to try and get the collar to move but no luck. I don't think I could get them to budge even if I toke them off!?

negrosx13

Bracket is seized tho

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vtund777

I had this same issue. I need new collars. I took a flattened head screw driver and a hammer to loosen mine w/ some liquid wrench.

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beems240sx

I would say I let then soak for 7 hours. The spanner wrenchs are garbage. Mine broke from the force. It's easier to loosen them up with the chisel. You need to shock the metal not put constant pressure on it. Yeah the collars might get chewed up but they are still useable.

I'm running a 17x9.5 +12 and I want to max the coilovers out as it is no longer my daily. I work at discount tire so I pick up used tires all the time and the most common size is 235/45/17. I can get a set of 215/45's, will these clear the inner metal on a full lock turn? Not the fender those are rolled. The inner part in the engine bay is where it rubs.

wh0aitznic0

Stance maxed out in the front? Won't be TOO TOO low. But a 215/45 will probably rub all day.

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nathanong87

u need to move at one of those collars to the underside of the bracket. c'mon

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beems240sx

What coilovers are ever designed like that? Well looks like ill have to tub it and put my 255's on

dreaMervaj

I'm gonna try to attack this once again in a few days. Would it be easier to do it while the coilovers are still on the car since I don't have a bench clamp?

CleanAndLegit

hammer the shit out the inner tub and your straight (: i did and yeah i plan on tubbing later on when i get my welding on pointttt

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vtund777

I say keep the coils on and bolted. If it's off and not clamped to anything, then the entire coilover is going to want to turn with the collar when you try to hit it. I tried and it just kept pissing me off.

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jamg

damnit...

i just installed my coilovers on.

i really dont want to take them off, and put a bike tube through it... or even put anti-seize on them.

so much workkkkk

beems240sx

trust me, take them off and do it right. im SO pissed off about spending a grand on some shit suspension that rusted to all hell. even if i would had done a tube and anti seize from the start the brackets still would had rusted. coilovers are gay, i should just weld poles on the damn thing.

waxball88

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Or a long pole for that matter. Kids these days don't go to school enough :P

Leverage is win

harangatang

Anyone figured out how to unseize the rear brackets on the GR+ pros? I tried PB Blaster and a mallet to knock them loose. Several times. No such luck...

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beems240sx

ill be doing it soon, ill let you know how i figure it out

s13superstar

beat the living shit out of my coils! they got low alright!

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sincity_sil80

pardon my ignorance.. but what do you guys mean when you say put a bike tube in the coilover to prevent it from seizing?

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StryfeS13

^ What does that mean?

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Matej

Everyone should do that.
Put anti-seize or lithium grease on the threads before installing them, and every time they are being tinkered with.
Doing so, one will never have to deal with this.

Quail

Taking a screwdriver and hammer to my Hipermax Pros was very, very painful.

Their replacements will be getting lubed up on a regular basis.

Also interested in the bike inner tube thing? I've seen coilover covers, but not sure how effective they are.

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KOUKIboy

Its because you live in an area where it snows, also that salt they put on the roads to melt the snow also spells disaster for Coils, meaning they're gonna rust to hell, but yeah this is a good idea, and PB blaster works wonders...

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joeapple8

When I got my coil overs the previous owner used thread locker on the fucking coilovers, he said it would loosen them selves and adjust by them self, so he thread locked them.

So I got a friend and each one of us used these and turned the opposite way on the collars and it worked fine, after I got every thing loose, I got a wire wheel and cleaned the threads on every thing, and I used anti seize on the threads.

Farkel

Seems like lathering on anti-sieze all over the threads would cause dirt and grime to stick to them over time, no?

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Irresistible

That's where the bike tube comes in. It keeps them dirt free.



I personally just threw some grease on mine, and whenever I have the car jacked up, I move the collars around. Worked for a year. But then again, I've only had the car for a year and never driven it in snow/salt.

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