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long story short, i have a r33 skyline with coilovers all way round.

noticed this morning when i went over a bit of a bump, it made a loud noise on the passenger side, popped the bonnet to have a look and noticed this

photos of in the engine bay on drivers and passenger side.

is it safe to drive the car like this until its fixed. and were can i get this fixed.

drivers side, everything seems fine

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passenger side (side that made the noise)

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long story short, i have a r33 skyline with coilovers all way round.

noticed this morning when i went over a bit of a bump, it made a loud noise on the passenger side, popped the bonnet to have a look and noticed this

photos of in the engine bay on drivers and passenger side.

is it safe to drive the car like this until its fixed. and were can i get this fixed.

drivers side, everything seems fine

post-65779-1262742526_thumb.jpg

passenger side (side that made the noise)

post-65779-1262742541_thumb.jpg

mate, i would say from the photos it looks like the top nut has come off which holds the top plate to the spring and shocker.

I wouldnt drive around, I would try and find that missing nut which by the sounds of it wouldnt be an option?

that bang might be the spring bouncing, or the shock dropping an coming back up..

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it looks like other than just the top nut a couple of parts are simply missing, do you know what brand the coils are?

you might be able to get a replacement nut and what ever other parts are needed from the manufacturer and easily fix it that way. at the same time though you've been driving around on it like that, I would be concerned if anything was damaged - but this can be easily checked by removing the coil and inspecting.

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needing an option to fix this today as i have a very important interview tomorrow which ill need to drive to.

would putting a rubber ring down and then replacing the silver nut/washer be a solution?

if it were me I would get the replacement parts and fix it the proper way, you dont know what damage you could cause to not just the shocker but the car.

i could be wrong mate, but it does look like the top nut is missing. if they are tein and your in melbourne you can contact centreline suspension and they maybe able to help you out, otherwise fulcrum in queensland should be able to i'm pretty sure they are the distributor for tein in aus.

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