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Help!!! Why are my new springs is bent is the front


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  On 6/1/2018 at 5:13 PM, Lumens said:

Looks to me that maybe the top insulator flat is not turned to the shock threaded flat.

Thus not seated all the way. But then could you even get the nut started on the threads?

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Plenty of space for the nut to thread in on top of the mounting point.  

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  On 6/1/2018 at 12:11 PM, Diseazd said:

Interesting. I would think that would have to be a shock problem. Both are KYB shocks.....is there a misalignment in the shock shaft. Seems like that would have to be the culprit. IMO

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Now thinking of it, might be a disalightment since the shaft is not center in the spring. 

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  On 6/1/2018 at 10:38 AM, Martzedcars said:

I would go back and ask then to take a look at these bended parts!  Did they use Original KYB's ?  or chinese knock-off's ??  they look very bended!  even in the urantha bump stops you can clearly see that the rod is not in the middle..   btw, were did you get those rubber bump-stops?

Also.. the orig. KYB's and a lot more aftermarket shock's  have much thinner shafts than the Original from nissan ...

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Didn’t know there were fake KYB, but I did purchase them from a reputable seller on eBay. 

The bump stops are from engergy. 

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  On 6/1/2018 at 6:12 PM, Magicstick said:

Didn’t know there were fake KYB

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We never know what "they" are copying in china or india or....   was it sayd that it are KYB's , does it say so on the bill..  or they sayd it was KYB?  

  On 6/1/2018 at 6:12 PM, Magicstick said:

bump stops are from engergy.

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Thanks!!  (can't find them overhere , computer... thinks it's a miswrite.. (energy)  :facepalm:)

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Easier to make fake Eibach's than KYB's.

There are many stories on the internet about Eibach problems.  It looks like somebody bought the name and is just putting the Eibach stamp on some new manufacturer's spring.  People have to do extra work to make the car sit right.  I'm surprised that people still buy them.  No offense.

https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/57267-eibach-progressive-springs/?tab=comments#comment-515491

 

 

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  On 6/2/2018 at 5:12 PM, Zed Head said:

Easier to make fake Eibach's than KYB's.

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That could also be the case, Eibach was/is a German brand for as far i know but it's no longer?  i'm no user of aftermarket stuff..  (prefer the Original Nissan parts, nothing else.)   Original is often more expensive, but in the 18 years that i drive my 240z it only stopt ones.. because there was not enough petrol in it.. :ph34r:

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  On 6/1/2018 at 4:13 PM, Zed Head said:

Is the bottom of the spring rotated so that the end of the spring is at the end of the groove?  The top perch will rotate.  Might straighten things up a bit.

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I'm with you.  In the second picture, it doesn't look like the coil is properly located in the bottom perch.  The coil needs to be rotated so the spring end fits into the perch correctly.  The top is correct, bottom doesn't seem to be from that picture.

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