civicdabest-foo
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What is the wide black structure onto which the spring rests called?
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Will do! I got to the passenger side today, the hole lined up pretty easily. Then I noticed that the passenger side strut was leaning more towards the back, and the drivers side leaned more towards the front. I measured using reference points and such, and there is a slight difference in strut placement for both sides which I found odd since I do recall bolting everything to spec and things fit nicely. I wished I measured the stock strut placement beforehand. But I did some google search, and I guess we have a slight staggered suspension setup to help with wheel hop? I was expecting everything to be square on both sides, but seems like it's more of a mirror from one side to the other. Interesting.I see you have the HKS Coilovers. Let me know what you think about them/give us a review!
Thank you, saved me after spending a couple hours trying to line it up.Thanks for the input guys. But problem solved! I don’t know how I couldn’t figure this out, might be because it was late yesterday and I just wasn’t thinking. But I basically wedged a metal stake in between the lower arm and the knuckle and just leveraged it in place. Pretty easy actually.
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