Broken coilover: replace, repair, or else

[mishanja]

so to make long story short, Monday night I broke front driver side coilover in my Mini Cooper S (I have Megan racing coilovers all around) hitting a pothole in downtown Houston the end-link went out as well. I know its a long shot, but anyone knows if there is a way to buy just a single front coilover? if not, how about both fronts? Or anyone knows how to go about fixing the coilover I have (it broke by the plate at the top)? I know there are several vendor guys on the forum sell aftermarket parts, I would really appreciate if you guys chime in. Thanks in advance...

 

[Ed@TunerStore]

Let me see if I can get you the front coilover separately

 

[mishanja]

Not sure if this will help, but for reference

 

[Themechanic]

It looks like the strut broke off of the mount. Could just replace the strut no? If its even available tho.

 

[mishanja]

I am petty sure it's possible, but I don't have a knowledge or tools to do it

 

[la_fx35]

Yep, agreed with Edwin. The strut is a wear and tear part. Replacement should be available. A few of us with Kido Coilovers have replace the front struts.

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Remove the spring,bellow, rubber stop, and adjusting rings. Twist the bottom bracket off the strut body. How is the top plate looking. Can it be reuse?

 

[Ed@TunerStore]

Usually you just need to replace the shock cartridge only. Let me see if they are available for EZ Street Series.

 

[nima]

@mishanja, how long have you had the coilover? How bad was the pothole that broke up the part? I ask only because I was considering Megan Racing C/O for my FX, and given how bad the streets are in Toronto I would have the same concern of something breaking right off if I hit a bad pothole.

 

[Themechanic]

Greaaat! Get this guy a cratridge!:smile (2):

 

[mishanja]

I would say about 20k miles... the hole was pretty bad, and it did not help that I was lowered to the max.... :disapointed::disapointed::disapointed: overall, i would not buy Megan as this is not the first time I hear about these snapping, at least the ones made for Mini Cooper... Infiniti might be different

@mishanja, how long have you had the coilover? How bad was the pothole that broke up the part? I ask only because I was considering Megan Racing C/O for my FX, and given how bad the streets are in Toronto I would have the same concern of something breaking right off if I hit a bad pothole.

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Thanks Z, much appreciated...

Usually you just need to replace the shock cartridge only. Let me see if they are available for EZ Street Series.

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Remove the spring,bellow, rubber stop, and adjusting rings. Twist the bottom bracket off the strut body. How is the top plate looking. Can it be reuse?

Top plate is unscuffed :smile (2): so definitely reusable...

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I'll try to take it appart, see whats up with it internally....

 

[smijus]

This is a pretty amazing failure. You would think that there's not a lot of shear stress on the shock itself. Impressive.

 

[shadow191]

On the front, there can be a decent amount of stress on the shock. On any Macpherson strut suspension, the shock is under lateral and vertical loads. So every time you turn or hit a bump, there is a ton of force transmitted directly to the shock and a lot of it is lateral.

 

[Ed@TunerStore]

Thanks Z, much appreciated...

PM'd you the pricing