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Old 2006-06-30, 12:41 PM   #1
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Default Blown strut?

I was changing back to my street wheels today (friday, lazy, yeah. . .) and noticed that the little strip lining my rear passenger fender lip had been rubbed to hell. See pic attached. It's possible that it happened while going over one of the many bumps out here (tons of road construction) with my damping set a little lower, but I hadn't noticed it before, so I'm pretty sure this happened at Stead on Sunday. The thing is, I had my rear struts set to full stiff.

Now, I was under the impression that when you have a coilover strut go bad, it'll dump oil all over and make a ton of noise. I haven't seen this happen yet, and the car felt like it was damped properly in the rear. The tire doesn't seem to have taken any wear, which leads me to believe it was only rubbing lightly.

So what do you think? Blown strut, or should I just not have Mike K ride with me on a course with that many left turns?

Note for Cory and Dean, since you'll know what I'm referring to: this is the side that is sitting 0.25" higher than the other.
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