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Old 10-10-2006, 05:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
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shocks~! need help

hey i have a friend that has tokico's 4way adjustable shocks but 1 came with a bent piston would it all right just to put it in or should he return to the previous owner?.......
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Old 10-10-2006, 10:39 AM   #2 (permalink)
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hey i have a friend that has tokico's 4way adjustable shocks but 1 came with a bent piston would it all right just to put it in or should he return to the previous owner?.......
think about what a piston is:

its a bar, that moves in and out of a little barrel. if the barrel isnt straight, then the bar isnt gonna go in.

simple answer: return them
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I wouldn't run on tokico in general, let alone a broken tokico. I'd return them for better ones
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Old 10-12-2006, 11:20 AM   #4 (permalink)
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yeah thas what i told me friend... for me i went tein ss coilovers.. hehe fun ride=]
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