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nt_a_foz

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So just failed a wof on the carib for hte "suspension springs loose"

He said that the springs can turn inside shock. I jacked the rear up and the springs are captive from what i can feel. Yes they can "spin" but thats it.

Is this ok or not?

Just trying to sort facts as im a bit pissed off I got a pre purchase inspection done last week at the same place and they said there was nothing that would fail a wof and today got a wof there and they pulled it up on heaps of little things. Most are sweet and iv sorted but the suspension im not happy about.

Has been in the car like this for over a year as far as i know.

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go get some spacers to put underneath the springs, get wof then take them back out, my rears in the wrx are the same they are captive but you can spin them slightly if you try, and they do get picked up for a wof.

i can take mine in and out just by jacking the car up lol.

autolign do them. easy fix.

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Iv got spring compressors handy so thats sweet.

Can you just get like rubber spacers is that right???

It wouldnt need much to be tight i guess.

Im just mostly pissed off cause they told me there was nothing wrong with it wof wise .

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 nt_a_foz said:

Iv got spring compressors handy so thats sweet.

Can you just get like rubber spacers is that right???

It wouldnt need much to be tight i guess.

Im just mostly pissed off cause they told me there was nothing wrong with it wof wise .

yea they are rubber or urethane or something, i have 25mm ones(which is why i dont leave them in), can get thinner ones though.

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A friend had a problem like this in his wrx about a year ago, turns out spring was damaged from a previous crash, lol, but when we went to mag and turbo who originally did his springs they said that the warrent officers arent actually aloud to physically touch/move the springs in their warrent checks... Not sure if he was talking shit or what :S

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A friend had a problem like this in his wrx about a year ago, turns out spring was damaged from a previous crash, lol, but when we went to mag and turbo who originally did his springs they said that the warrent officers arent actually aloud to physically touch/move the springs in their warrent checks... Not sure if he was talking s*** or what :S

Bollocks.

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[quote name='chchsti said:

A friend had a problem like this in his wrx about a year ago, turns out spring was damaged from a previous crash, lol, but when we went to mag and turbo who originally did his springs they said that the warrent officers arent actually aloud to physically touch/move the springs in their warrent checks... Not sure if he was talking s*** or what :S

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Bollocks.

they can do what they like, just not dissasemble the car.

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[quote name='chchsti said:

A friend had a problem like this in his wrx about a year ago, turns out spring was damaged from a previous crash, lol, but when we went to mag and turbo who originally did his springs they said that the warrent officers arent actually aloud to physically touch/move the springs in their warrent checks... Not sure if he was talking s*** or what :S

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Bollocks.

they can do what they like, just not dissasemble the car.

The only things we can remove are child seats (to check the seatbelts) and anything in the boot to check the spare wheel security and for warning labels on space savers. Anything else is fair game.

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and the funny thing is, if the boot is full of crap, you can fail it. even if it has a spare thats bolted down but cant check it.

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and the funny thing is, if the boot is full of crap, you can fail it. even if it has a spare thats bolted down but cant check it.

i had this happen, but they were nice enough that if i took the stuff out for them while i was there they would check it

-smurff

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