ih8vtec13 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 So i hit a pothole on the highway the other night in the left lane and the strut basically exploded. I got the car across the highway to the right lane with the tire squealing the whole way. The car is fine other then an axle and the coilover so dont worry. Some pics on the flat bed. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0002.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0002.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0004.jpg This is all tat is left of the coilover that came off the car in the shop. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0894.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0895.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0896.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0897.jpg http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e131/ih8vtec13/Coilover%20death/IMG_0900.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneskiian Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 YIKES! Glad to hear you (and the car) are OK otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravisS Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Totally didn't expect it to be Megan Racing. Oh wait, yes I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katalyst Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 ^ ohhh snap hahaha wow man, wow..........that is a brutal pothole, glad nothing else happened at least. where did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbc84 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 With that big of a hit, i wonder if youll need a new wheel bearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Here is the thing, the pothole really was not that big, the car does drive fine even though its limping on 3 coilovers and a stock strut, but coilovers are on the way and will be here tomorow and installed friday with some rotors and pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimakf7 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Goddamn... that is slammed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Damn, that's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Should have my car back to itself on friday w00t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonLGT Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I hope you didn't replace them with another set of Megans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 HELL NO!!!! Would not trust Megan Racing for suspension parts again. I have a set of Stance on the way. Some of my friends have them and they totally love them. Earl at Stance really took time to help me pick out spring rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolksey85 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 HELL NO!!!! Would not trust Megan Racing for suspension parts again. I have a set of Stance on the way. Some of my friends have them and they totally love them. Earl at Stance really took time to help me pick out spring rate I wouldn't have trusted Megan's to begin with, but, that's me. I took 2 rides in a Honda that was on them and hated every last second. My stomach felt like it was in a rock tumbler the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPLGT Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Totally didn't expect it to be Megan Racing. Oh wait, yes I did Booo you beat me to it! Rehab is for quitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 They are really harsh and they get to you when you drive 50 miles each way to work. I have a friend that got a set of Stance Coilovers and according to him with 12k and 10k springs they ride better then my Megans did, big part of the reason I dont care that my Megan shit itself. I am pretty stoked that it happened close to home, right after construction so i had a great spot to pull over after I dodged traffic, and that the only other thing that broke was an axle. The car really does feel fine even on 1 stock strut and 3 Megans, but thats nothing that wont be remedied tomorrow. The DBA rotors will help a little more next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexster Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 so the pothole was big enough to grenade the coilover but the rim is fine? that's messed up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 well you should come visit NY sometime, please drive here Seriously our roads suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsnoops Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 chicago roads suck more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolksey85 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 All Pennsylvania residents are also up for that argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsnoops Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 i guess where it snows alot they all suck in terms of roads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawl Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 i know some hellaflush dingdongs would love to have some of that wrong fitment style car for sale. PM me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFromPA Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I guess whereever the sub-strata of the roads is only 2 feet deep the roads suck? C'mon people, roads suck everywhere except where the states actually have people proud of what they do and paid to do it right. That being said, everytime I take my 06 Civic SI into Jersey City (exit 14C IIRC off the Jersey Turnpike/95 North), I think I'm going to have a strut blowout. I literally watched an SUV skitter across the roadway going a normal speed because the road surface overwhelmed the suspension's ability to handle it. Parts of Philly can be like that too. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsnoops Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 im sure they dont suck that much in cali or the sunny states to be general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well in colder states the change in temp cause the roads to expand and contract. Also the salt doesnt help, and neither does the water getting into a crack in the road and expanding causing the crack to grow. When Drift Monkey came up this way he understood why some of us on this site though that 17s were too big in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urfsin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Sucks to hear about your Megan's man. East Coast Roads FTL.... That being said, there was a thread recently over on NASIOC in the motorsports section on how some guy killed his JIC "not so magic" strut in a similar way. Slide It Sideways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 That is what i friend of mine said, weird right. Seriously i thin that the tire should at least blow before the coilover explodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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