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May 5 2013 11:35am
changed my rear driver side brake caliper, air filter and did my oil change yesterday. Then i inspected my steering components cuz i hit i giant pot hole on thursday.
i have 2 worn out lower control arm bushing on driver side, and completely busted out shock on passenger, not only the piston itself but the seating braket.

this is wat the correctly seated driver side looks like


this is wat the busted passenger side looks like... an easy 1/2 lower right there that makes for a 3'' drop with my lowering coils


added some protection to my cai as it had signs on splashing on the rear of it from the wheel well vent even togh i had put my original air box as protection, added a cut up windshield washer bottle.




at this point my passenger side is completely fucked as both struts are blown, im considering a set of coil overs but i already have lowering coils and i dont want them to go to waste.

This post was edited by BlueAndWhite on May 5 2013 11:38am
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May 5 2013 11:47am
I would just get new struts. I used springs on my Mazda too and I'm just going to change the shocks/struts. It comes out to near the price of coilovers but at least your springs won't go to waste.
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