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Offline Screech16v

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AVO coilover sheared off
« on: 04 August 2012, 19:44 »
Bought some s/h avo coilovers from the auto jumble at gti inters,some may have seen them they were the red and yellow ones a bit old but good condition,put them on straight away and they have been good up to now,well they could have killed me today lucky i was only doing 30 when suddenly the shaft snapped just under the top mount where the thread ends making the car violently swerve right into oncoming traffic :shocked:,didnt hit anything thank god but only moments before i was doing x amount of speed so i thank my lucky stars it happend when it did ,havnt got a clue why it did this though  :undecided: :shocked:
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Offline mcgee9t2

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #1 on: 05 August 2012, 12:16 »
Ouch. yeah think i saw them. they were on a stall next to the strip towards the end?

glad it didnt end worse. coilovers can be replced lifes cant

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #2 on: 05 August 2012, 12:48 »
ouch. just glad ya ok fella  :smiley:

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #3 on: 05 August 2012, 17:27 »
Ouch. yeah think i saw them. they were on a stall next to the strip towards the end?

glad it didnt end worse. coilovers can be replced lifes cant

Yeah they were the ones, even though it was a low speed incident it was a change yer pants moment  :laugh:

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #4 on: 05 August 2012, 17:30 »
ouch. just glad ya ok fella  :smiley:

Cheers mate  could have been a different story  moments before on a fast Aroad  :smiley:

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #5 on: 06 August 2012, 19:01 »
Should of bought joms  :lipsrsealed:


Maybe they was for sale because the car they where originally on was wrote off and had bad damage but unseen to the eye

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #6 on: 07 August 2012, 00:06 »
Glad you and the people around you were OK.  :smiley:

Maybe the lesson here is not to buy second hand suspension.  You've certainly put me off the idea.

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Re: AVO coilover sheared off
« Reply #7 on: 07 August 2012, 17:56 »
Glad you and the people around you were OK.  :smiley:

Maybe the lesson here is not to buy second hand suspension.  You've certainly put me off the idea.

Will defo make me think twice mate.