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The pic comes from Harbor Freight, but mine are from a tool truck back when I was wrenching on airplanes (so maybe ~1999?) The silver safety bars help, and I have a chain I wrap around the whole deal so if one pops off under pressure it doesn't launch into orbit.
I had a minor oopsie moment with spring compressors many many years ago and right then and there I decided that if I need to change them on a strut, I will take them to a shop to get done. One of the few things I don't want to do myself and I'll gladly pay the price. Not worth it to me
The pic comes from Harbor Freight, but mine are from a tool truck back when I was wrenching on airplanes (so maybe ~1999?) The silver safety bars help, and I have a chain I wrap around the whole deal so if one pops off under pressure it doesn't launch into orbit.
You would need to have both on opposite sides of the spring to keep it compressed evenly, correct?
Yes. The chain around the whole thing keeps them from flying off if something slips - never happened to me, but I've seen it happen so. Chain.
For *some* cars, you can just unbolt the top hat attached to the car, jack the car up and let the car itself decompress the springs. Of course, you may run into the issue that there's not enough suspension travel to fully decompress the spring which leaves you stuck. Not that that has ever happened to me, no sir.
The 2 pairs of sway bar links come with the Whiteline sway bar kit.
There are no tie rod ends in that picture.
Ahh ok, just saw the two pairs and assumed they were both for the front end. Spaced on the fact that you got both sway bars.
I know the beefed up sway bars "stiffen things up", but can someone explain in noob terms what it does to the driving dynamics? lol Like do they effect the ride, body roll, etc..
Sway bars only work to stiffen up the spring rate while turning. You'll also feel extra harshness when going over bumps because it stiffens up the connection from 1 side of the car to the other. They will reduce body roll when turning. You can also buy adjustable sways to fine tune your understeer / oversteer balance. This is my understanding which may not be 100% accurate.
In that thread I linked, they basically say that a racecar will use stiffer springs and small / no sways. For a DD, you'll want to only stiffen the springs up to the point that you can tolerate for comfort.. but you can do more of this with sways for a less overall harsh ride.
Been stupid cold in Texas for a few days now and it's only getting worse and the x has just been sitting for a few days. Decided to go see what it says and of course it didn't say anything. Battery has kind of been on the fritz ever since I bought it, but looks like this cold weather finally did it in. Put a charger on it for a quick charge and it barely came to life. Guess it's time for a new one... Pretty sure it's at least three years old anyway.
Been stupid cold in Texas for a few days now and it's only getting worse and the x has just been sitting for a few days. Decided to go see what it says and of course it didn't say anything. Battery has kind of been on the fritz ever since I bought it, but looks like this cold weather finally did it in. Put a charger on it for a quick charge and it barely came to life. Guess it's time for a new one... Pretty sure it's at least three years old anyway.
A car battery should last for more than just a few years... Did it sit for a long time or something? As in weeks or months?
A car battery should last for more than just a few years... Did it sit for a long time or something? As in weeks or months?
In Texas the average life cycle of a car battery is around 4 years. Heat kills them here more than cold, actually. I only bought the car earlier this year and I think I saw date code of early/mid-2017 on it.
You know what else kills a battery after a year or two? When normal ownership means having the car sit for weeks on end while parasitic things like a remote starter or a theft system slowly suck the life out of it.
Haha! Hell yeah they will. Modern vehicles never really sleep, anyway. Mine never sit weeks on end, though. The G sat for maybe 4-5 days and sure, maybe there's some parasitic loss somewhere, but the battery is also old-ish, so time for a new one.
You know what else kills a battery after a year or two? When normal ownership means having the car sit for weeks on end while parasitic things like a remote starter or a theft system slowly suck the life out of it.
That's true. Did you use those examples because you have those on your G? I know you've mentioned especially now during winter your G is garaged a lot of the time.
Originally Posted by tsuintx
In Texas the average life cycle of a car battery is around 4 years. Heat kills them here more than cold, actually. I only bought the car earlier this year and I think I saw date code of early early mid-2017 on it.
I'm in Indiana so I didn't know about the heat killing batteries. Makes sense though. Makes me want to move to Tennessee or the Carolinas even more knowing that lol
