Hey guys, so today i got the car dropped with the help of a friend, but the ride is totally horrible.The parts were Illumina and s-techs and i used everything that came in the boxes along with the needed parts from the stock setup.

The problem so far is in the rear, the ride is very bouncy with lots of different sounds coming from the back when going through bumpy roads and from even going in and out of my garage. Its as if im riding on springs alone or i have a blown strut, and neither of those are true. Along with the bounce is a slight saddle from left to right in the rear of the car after coming out of a bump/sink in pavement.

At the moment, i have absolutely no clue whats happening. The job was done according to the instructions from Tokico and as i said before all parts were used up. I made a video from in the trunk of what goes on when the car is manually pumped up and down. Along with the video are two pictures i took of the strut mount in the trunk(See red arrow drawn),hoping that these will kind of explain more to you guys of what exactly is happening and if anyone has experience this with their cars.

Video

Pics
RIGHT SIDE
LEFT SIDE

 

oh boy, something doesn't look right. Are you sure you got the right struts?

 

Youre missing something. did the strut have the metal piece the bump stop rests on? It goes oem bump stop/boot, metal cup washer, star bushing, upper mount, bushing, washer, nut.

 

no boots were installed as the oem ones were all torn up and no good incluuding the bump stop/bushing section of the boot. everything else was tho

 

No boots/Bump stop was installed. Could this ALONE, cause this mess that im in.? Could someone kindly post what a bumpstop looks like or their entire setup if it will help. Thanx!!

 

Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa......

Something is not right at all bro. I dont know if not having the bumpstops there would cause that, but i'd go get 2 from an autoparts store just incase.

Take out the rear setup and disasemble it then re-asemble it. Make a checklist of each step. There should be a suspension diagram somewhere. Something is either upside down, in the wrong order, or just not there at all.

 

I kno bro...i feel so effed up right now. But from stutters message...all thats missing is the bumpstop....but i have no clue what this looks like.Apart from the bumpstop everything else is there. I must admit, there is not dust boot/cover either.

 

and the dust boots come with bumpstops attatched to them..

 

http://forums.maxima.org/6637273-post39.html

 

Exactly what I was lookin for.

 

ok so the problem was easily figured out!!! thanks to all for the quick responses. this will be taken care of first thing tomorrow!!.thanks again.

 

Thanx alot my Brothers.!!!!

 

So these are what i totally didnt use and im assuming numbers 7 ON TOP OF 1 and 6 are needed.(I did get a new number 8 and did use it...INCORRECTLY.

 

Glad you figured it out. Let us know what happens after you guys fix it.

 

Thanx Alot man.^^ This will be dealt with tomorrow Sharp!!! THANX ALOT PEOPLE.!!

 

well good thing you didn't throw any of those stock components away.
let us know how it goes

 

luckily it was the rears, those are a lot easier imo, u should be done within an hour and a half

 

air tools, so less than that lol

 

^^

 

wow thats horriable def fail sauce lol.. Glad you figured it out.. Thats one of those problems you gotta fix asap.. Def post complete pics when you are finished of the drop and all... Good luck

 

ya you definitly need those parts lol

 

Yea I had the same problem lol. I couldn't get off the old ones so I didn't use them because a friend said I didn't need to. Sadly I would hear some bad noises on bumps. I ordered new ones from the dealer and got them installed asap.

 

Nice, beat me to it...

 

You definately need number 7, you can actually see on the top where the bushing, #8 was resting on it, its the only clean section.
Buy a new number 2 if you havent already. The one pictured is ruined.
Also, what you have pictured as one, isnt. Number one is actually a metal washer that sits below the nut and an top of the bushing, number 2.
All those other pieces appear to be the remains of the boot and bumpstop.

 

1,3,4,5,6 are all part of the bellow aka bump stop and boot.

8 and 2 should come with new Tokicos.

You need to reuse 7, thats where you went wrong. It holds the shaft in place with the mount.

Id stick 6 back on trimmed since you are lowered. Its already pretty much trimmed for you.

wrong, 1 is the top of the boot, the metal washer you are implying is not shown.

 

I was refering to the #1 shown in the actual diagram of the suspension setup from the link posted earlier, not the pic with torn up pieces.
http://forums.maxima.org/6637273-post39.html
If the Tokicos come with new bushings thats awesome, out of all the struts Ive purchased none have come with anything but the nut on the top of the piston.

 

o my b

 

you definitely need #7 in that assembly...

 

All went well guys. Yep number 7's and 1's did the trick. I have spent enough on this drop and only wanted it to go well and last me. So question.....what does new bumpstops change for me at the moment.? I wanna make sure all is well under there before going for an alignment(another load of hustling).

 

bumpstops are for when your car bottoms out which it will since you are using oem length struts and tein s tech springs which are too low like j sutter says the only struts you should use with s techs are shortened konis

 

Fixed. lol

 

pics of new drop?

 

its not done yet. I still havent gotten dustboots and bumpstop. I want to know if new ones are needed or will the old crappy ones work the same way.then do an alignment.

 

Hope you get it right this time bro I know how frustrating it can be.

 

plz someone.....direct me.!!!....all i wanna do is be happy with the $$ spent.

 

Old crappy ones are fine....I used them on my Accord when I installed the Toicko's....The shocks has a label that tells you to use the used OEM parts...You'll be fine.

 

Old ones should work fine, but if it were me Id go with all new parts just just to get it done with.

 

darron the car is fine man. you dont NEED to get the new dustboots. its all on how picky u are although they do help keep dirt away from thwe cyinder

 

i'd say take it apart and try it again, the boots missing would not cause what you are describing, give a try again, see if everything matches up this time.

 

im just making sure bro....