quick question. im lowering my car today
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quick question. im lowering my car today
alright im lowering my car today but i still have to take a ride to home depot and get the rubber hosing for the springs. wut is this thing called so i know what im looking for. and if anyone knows in wut area i would find it in i would greatly appreaciate that too.
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I went to the drinking water section, also the section with sprinklers and drip irrigation. I got clear drinking water tubing. It's much thicker and durable than wire loom (i dunno what rubber hose you're refering too). Here's what's on the label of the hose I bought
Clear Vinyl Tubing
10 feet
7/8" outside diamter
5/8" inside diamter (fits front Sprint springs snug... rear coils are smaller diameter)
Use for:
*low pressure
*food/water uses
*do not use with ice makers
You'll hafta get creative for the rears cuz the end of the coil is welded to the coil above it. I got mine snug. I had enuf tubing to do the tops of the coils too. good luck.
Jae
Clear Vinyl Tubing
10 feet
7/8" outside diamter
5/8" inside diamter (fits front Sprint springs snug... rear coils are smaller diameter)
Use for:
*low pressure
*food/water uses
*do not use with ice makers
You'll hafta get creative for the rears cuz the end of the coil is welded to the coil above it. I got mine snug. I had enuf tubing to do the tops of the coils too. good luck.
Jae
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Cool deal. The only spiral wrap @ my local hardware store was thin an weak, so I skipped it. Should work tho, and since it's spiral, easy to fit to any size spring.
Those who posted about vinyl tubing sliced through theirs (spiral and longitudinal) ... I didn't on mine. I tried that at first, but it sucked cuz it looked crappy, no matter how straight my cuts were, and if I sliced in sections, it just looked cheezy. So I measured the diameter w/calipers and bought the diameter I needed.
You can be creative with this stuff. I was gonna dip mine in the rubber stuff that you coat tool handles with... I may do that later.
Jae
Those who posted about vinyl tubing sliced through theirs (spiral and longitudinal) ... I didn't on mine. I tried that at first, but it sucked cuz it looked crappy, no matter how straight my cuts were, and if I sliced in sections, it just looked cheezy. So I measured the diameter w/calipers and bought the diameter I needed.
You can be creative with this stuff. I was gonna dip mine in the rubber stuff that you coat tool handles with... I may do that later.
Jae
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Reuse the OEM spring isolators that are on your springs. They usually come right off and clean up for reuse on your sport springs. You can use some rubber cement to hold them in place on your new set of springs.
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