Has anyone seen this before?????
 

This happened today while driving 55-60MPH. It made a sharp left (i thought i would have made a right) towards the guardrail. The coilovers have less then 10k on them and i got them back in oct 08 so they aren't that old.
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holy crap!

i would def contact the company and have them pay for that damage what kind of coils? K-sports? there should be a warrenty on them

OH GOD DAMN.

did it just snap on the collar?

Good lord, that would scare the crap outta me. Think they will pay for the CF lip? I would imagine that was pricey.

Not my choice of words but very close

Yes they are k-sports and only 1year warranty. Yes i will be calling Monday morning.

Yes snapped right off

Yes it is not cheap.

Wow, that sucks! Your cars very nice, i'm glad the damage was extremely worse.

Fixed! lol

Yeah that could have been a major catastrophe glad it didn't turn into another "hey tst I wrecked my car today!" thread. Did you get the coilovers directly from K Sport or a website?

No my wife got them for me as a early x-mass gift and she don't remember what site she got them from

well that is just perfect lol

That's insane! glad your ok! luckily it didn't mash your fender atleast.

seen it a bunch of times with subarus. I cannot recall which brand it was but the rear coilover would break at the flange during high g turns (usually on the track).

lol must have got some Vdub dust on your car or something haha

WOW. Your lucky you still have the car. Im sure that could have been much worse.

I've seen Ksports do this before, but not at random like your coilover seems to have done.

It took a high-force impact to do this on a tC in the same manner, one that was strong enough to crack a wheel.

When I get the money, I'll be switching to a proper suspension setup consisting of Koni Yellows and Eibach springs. I've had enough of the issues that surround cheap coilover setups.

Did the threaded piece break in the base or was it just not threaded far enough in and strip out? It's hard to tell from the pics.

If you want some help, give me a call tomorrow. We're an authorized K-Sport distributor and can potentially help you out.

Chris
Good Vibes Autosport
215-675-8204

It looks like it stripped out, not snapped.

Yes I have seen ksports snap like that

Thank you for the offer but i am calling them directly tomorrow. They snapped off there is about 6 inches or so inside the base

It snapped off 6 inches still in the base with fluid in it. The rest of the fluid is all over my rim and car

wow lol but atleast the zip tie is still holding ;)