Seized Tein's

[AndyD]

For those of you who don't know i just picked up series 2 1999 stagea it came with adjustable teins not quite sure which model yet but while the compliancer was doing the roady he found the rear shocks were seized and could not be adjusted the car is stupid low in the front but have been adjusted up to legal but the rear sits lower now cos of no adjustment . I was wondering anywhere in melbourne to get these repaired or can i buy tein rear only from somewhere? Any help greatly appreciated.

[godzl1975]

i think fulcrum can do what your after

[PSI Parts]

Yes, Fulcrum are the only authorised Tein repair service in the country as far as I'm aware, however thats not to say that there aren't good quality suspension shops that couldn't do it.

[AndyD]

Thanx for the directions guys found a tein authorised repairer 40 km's from my house which is f$%kin rare when your in central vic, but then again bendigo is the hoon capital of Victoria more cars seized under the new hoon laws than anywhere else in vic not bad cosidering they have a population smaller than geelong.

[BHDave]

so the shocks aren't seized, it's just the height adjustment?

Any mechanic with half a clue and a set of C spanners should be able to sort it if he has some decent penetrating oil or a big enough hammer.

[AndyD]

so the shocks aren't seized, it's just the height adjustment?

Any mechanic with half a clue and a set of C spanners should be able to sort it if he has some decent penetrating oil or a big enough hammer.

Yeah just the hieght adjustment part of it

That was my thought but APPARENTLY they will not budge obviously they dont have enough wd40 and big enough hammers in their workshop LOL

[robbieraver]

your shocks will be sent to fulcrum in preston melbourne, they will be the only place that should rebuild them, dont go any where else.....

[Duncan]

hahah anything can be fixed with a big enough hammer

[nisskid]

so the thread is seized? why would u need a suspension specialist to do this?

[AndyD]

Well A)I cant get them out myself B) It needs to be done for roadworthy and the compliance shop cant do it. So in order for me to pass roady and get plates the height of the rear needs to be lifted since the jap owner had it stupid low and now it's seized in that position which is about 80mm of the ground.

[SDEWY5]

If he says he cant get em to budge then hes lazy...cant he chuck some stockers in for roadworthy while u sort out the Teins? Also get some pics up of your car, i wana c a slammed Stagea, sounds cool!

[some_cs_student]

Well A)I cant get them out myself B) It needs to be done for roadworthy and the compliance shop cant do it. So in order for me to pass roady and get plates the height of the rear needs to be lifted since the jap owner had it stupid low and now it's seized in that position which is about 80mm of the ground.

If its just for roadworthy you've probably got more chance taking the springs out of the car and working on them.

My compliance shop was going to throw away my Ohlins coilovers (ie. >16 way adjustable and good spring rates) because they told me they were "rusted out" (sand blasting fixed the surface rust).

[AndyD]

Only decent pics of got of it on the ground,car was so low when it was up on the hoist i had a look underneath there is scrape marks on the rear muffler and on the cat as well as every part of the body kit (underside that is)

Edited July 16, 2008 by AndyD

[nisskid]

um, will the teins pass roadworthy anyways? height adjustable shocks are illegal.

[AndyD]

um, will the teins pass roadworthy anyways? height adjustable shocks are illegal.

Since when? ive never seen anyone defected for them the cops would have a field day down chapel st on fri/sat night

[nisskid]

im not sure which state u are in, but height adjustable shocks that allow u to lower the car below stock are against ADR's, they are not legal but u might be able to engineer them which counts for something in some states.

also not to mention the spring rates, im not 100% on this but i beleive u can only increase the spring rate by 75%, im sure someone can correct me if that figure isnt right. AFAIK the teins are a touch below this, even the aus spec ones.