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RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:02 PM
I have been having tokico d-spec struts and tenzo r springs for awhile now and I am tired of the wheel gap!, I just bought some BRAND NEW rk sport coil overs (without struts).
I heard people say that you have to use the 95-99 front strut mounts? Is this true because I have 00-05 front mounts....

Now I found the directions for the rk sport install but the 95-99 mounts were used so I dunno if I gotta buy them or if there is a different way of installing them with the 00_05 mounts? Thanks guys... http://www.rksport.com/pdf/02032515.pdf



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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:37 AM
BUMP

Sorry for the quick bump, but I'm gonna get started on the install here shortly and would like to know if the 00-05 mounts will work.



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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:37 AM
I'm sure they do BUT the 95-99 mounts dont wear out as fast. Solid upper mounts would be the best and i assure you, you'll have no regrets with them.


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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:24 AM
Ok guys I'm having a hard time with the back struts now, I took the perch off and the dust cover then put the red spacer piece on and the collar but now the dust boot that goes on the end wont reach????



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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:28 PM
Hey guys I'm still having problems with my 00-05 front strut mounts, I'm just wondering how I should mount the spring on the strut mount itself. The spring is smaller and wont go on the bearing itself, Here are some pics of what I'm talking about.....

Is there any way of making these work or am I going to have to get 95-99 mounts?














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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Friday, January 28, 2011 12:33 AM
Never mind guys I figured it out, thanks for the help though.....lol



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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Friday, January 28, 2011 12:40 AM
no problem.... lol. Glad we all could help. How did you solve the problem... just wondering.









Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Friday, January 28, 2011 10:36 PM
Had to break that one cup apart and flip it upside down ect ect....



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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:32 PM
02cavcruzin wrote:Had to break that one cup apart and flip it upside down ect ect....


Yes. that's all you needed to do.. Curious though.. Did the rear coilover sleeve fit over the rear Dspec shock? My rear Ground Control sleeves will not. It appears the rear Dspec body is thicker than the other brands.







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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:03 AM
Qwik2k2z24 wrote:
02cavcruzin wrote:Had to break that one cup apart and flip it upside down ect ect....


Yes. that's all you needed to do.. Curious though.. Did the rear coilover sleeve fit over the rear Dspec shock? My rear Ground Control sleeves will not. It appears the rear Dspec body is thicker than the other brands.


you have to get the sleeve ment for the dspec.. i know Gc have different ones for each brand of shocks



Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Sunday, February 06, 2011 12:31 PM
Well the rear sleeve's had a spacer that was included in the kit that I ended up not needing. Other then a few bangs with the hammer everything went into place. I had to sand the shock body down a little bit to make it fit also....



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Re: RK sport coilovers + Tokico D-spec.
Sunday, February 13, 2011 8:27 PM
azncav wrote:
Qwik2k2z24 wrote:
02cavcruzin wrote:Had to break that one cup apart and flip it upside down ect ect....


Yes. that's all you needed to do.. Curious though.. Did the rear coilover sleeve fit over the rear Dspec shock? My rear Ground Control sleeves will not. It appears the rear Dspec body is thicker than the other brands.


you have to get the sleeve ment for the dspec.. i know Gc have different ones for each brand of shocks


I didn't see the Dspec option when ordering so I went with the GC's for stock struts/shocks. That would be my issue.

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