birdmandan Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Hey guys, Today i felt like i should sort my car out a little bit so i went to work on the rear bumper because there was a massive gap underneath the rear left light and a few people said it might be some clips snapped off holding the bumper up however on removal of the bumper, there was no clips so i put the bumper back on and now the gap has decreased a fair bit :S i dont understand why but happy with that.. Anyway my first question is this. Now i thought that al cars had some sort of bar within the bumper to absorb impact in crashes so when i saw thsese two holes (shown in pic) i worried, So i was wondering is the glanza meant to have a "bumpBar" there or not?And another problem i have is, i went to lower the back of my car to the max today so got my coilover off and as i went to lower it the FEcker had ceased up, as was the problem me and cookie had when fitting them So yeah i would realy appreciate any help in getting the coilover unceased because i really wanna lower my car but i dont wanna get rid of my D2's as they are a good coily!!Any help would be appreciated thanks guys!! (and gals!)Dan.x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Them holes are fine..don't think there should be a support bar..atleast I havn't got one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birdmandan Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Lol well thats good then i was only wondering because ive seen cars with like a sort of extra bump bar that goes across to absorbs impacts if you get me Any advice or ideas on releasing a ceased coilever?? i really cant afford to get some news ones just yet lol!Dan.x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Glanza Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 D2s are a bitch for seazing.try some good degreasant to clean the threads then its brute force and shere ignorance to get them off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birdmandan Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Yeah they really are a bitch as you say mate! yeah i have tried like half a can of DW40 over the space of an hour. and i just dont seem to have enough brute force to get this thing loose it is really getting on my nerves too because i desperately want to lower the rear of my car!!! GRR!! Any methods of brute force you reccomend?? I was Also thinking using extreme heat on the ceased area, would this be ok or would it damage the coily??Dan.x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Glanza Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Yeah they really are a bitch as you say mate! yeah i have tried like half a can of DW40 over the space of an hour. and i just dont seem to have enough brute force to get this thing loose it is really getting on my nerves too because i desperately want to lower the rear of my car!!! GRR!! Any methods of brute force you reccomend?? I was Also thinking using extreme heat on the ceased area, would this be ok or would it damage the coily??Dan.xdont put heat near it mate.they are gas filled and ull blow the fuckers up or sumin.get u and a mate to each have a c spanner and have a poll in each of them to get better leverage and try to undo them that way.thats how i got my trd ones undone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 right just looked on the toyota epc and there is no rear bump bar, there is on the front though:hope this helpsLuke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birdmandan Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Ah this has helped alot thanks Luke and also thanks for the suggestions on loosening up the coilovers matt!! i will try the spanners again with the pole for extra leverage as you say, but this will be for sometime this week now i might just purchase some new coilovers to be honest Getting sick of trying to loosen it up!! GRR!Dan.x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raz Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 IF the about doesn't work mate, try taking weight off the coilies, should take some stress of them. Hope you understand what i'm trying to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birdmandan Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 By taking weight off the coilies you mean taking them off the car and doing it?? sorry lol im a bit of a newb at all this DiY shit but i need to learn to save myself all that silly labour cost garages charge ya!! I am refusing to pay them any longer lol!! So yeah please elaborate my friend Dan.x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raz Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 By taking weight off the coilies you mean taking them off the car and doing it??Yes, thats what i mean. Often things won't budge, untill you take stress of them. This might be the case with the coilies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
birdmandan Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Yeah i have tried Releasing it both whilst on and off the car matey i had it ina vice also and tried more brute force to get it undone but that still didnt work the only other thing i can think of is using extreme heat but as previously mentioned that could cause it to explode and i dont want that lol!! Is it possible to strip these things down completely or???Dan.x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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