Help! need some air tools - stupid ball joints

[twizhimself]

I started swapping out my stock control arms with the aluminum sti ones i got..and i came accross one big snag, i cant remove my drivers side ball joint from the hub. Anyone wanna come up to NoHo and give me a hand? (this is prolly mostly directed to anson..lol) basically i sprayed the snot out of the thing with PB Blaster and tried to get rid of as much rust as i could, The thing is spinning in the perch so its free...but for some reason, it just wont pop outta the hub...(the pass side popped out with just a little bit of hammering.


the car is drivable sort of...like the ball join has a tear and most of the grease is gone (it was torn to begin with and more obviously when i tried to pop it out...and failed).

[ansonowicz]

it just wont pop outta the hub...(the pass side popped out with just a little bit of hammering.

Sometimes a pickle fork will do it, but I hope the air hammer works out.  I'm lending my car out to a friend so I'll be rockin' a Tacoma Prerunner.

C'mon, where's the rain?! I need to get diiiiirty.

[ansonowicz]

it just wont pop outta the hub...(the pass side popped out with just a little bit of hammering.

Oh, i just realized something.  Was the swaybar completely disconnected at the time?

[twizhimself]

yea everything was disconnected from the control arm...sans the hub..

[Luxirie]

got my suspension fixed last night, No more knocking noise!!!!
getting new springs in a cpl weeks.... watcha guys think bout some Tanabe springs?

[hytek714]

got my suspension fixed last night, No more knocking noise!!!!
getting new springs in a cpl weeks.... watcha guys think bout some Tanabe springs?

do you have an sti?

[Luxirie]

yup, she's an 05 STI

[hytek714]

yup, she's an 05 STI

i have an 05 too, was it the clunking noise in the rear?

[Luxirie]

yup, the famous clunkin noise... I got a 05sti stock suspension for $80 and put it on last night.... no noise now and rides great!!! I'm just checkin out my options now for the suspension set up.  springs, struts ya know all that good stuff.

[ansonowicz]

yup, the famous clunkin noise... I got a 05sti stock suspension for $80 and put it on last night.... no noise now and rides great!!! I'm just checkin out my options now for the suspension set up.  springs, struts ya know all that good stuff.

Coilovers?  Oh you know, maybe from a wagon?  Tein Flex.  Less power in it's future will mean I don't have to keep all the power to the ground anymore.

[Luxirie]

It wont fit my car

[hytek714]

yup, the famous clunkin noise... I got a 05sti stock suspension for $80 and put it on last night.... no noise now and rides great!!! I'm just checkin out my options now for the suspension set up.  springs, struts ya know all that good stuff.

what did you replace....was it the top hats?

[Luxirie]

I swapped out everything.... I have't checked my stock ones yet, but I will when I get home. I'm just so happy to finally get rid of that fuckin knocking noise!!

[hytek714]

what did you swap out tho... i need to take care of my, shit is pissing me off

[hoppergrande]

His teins should fit your car, the only year that was different was 04 I think

[ansonowicz]

It wont fit my car

Interesting.  Oh shit, i didn't read you had an 05.  All the bits I had were 04 sti.  Sorry  

[Luxirie]

everything, tophats, springs... etc.
U could take a look at mine if you want, I dont know what to look for to see if the ones I took out are blown ya know.

[ansonowicz]

Is this something you'd entertain irie?  We can lift the cars up quickly and quickly test it out    I have a feeling you're right.  And don't pull out the "girls are always right" card 

[Luxirie]

hahaha, I have the blown suspension in my trunk, u fellas could take a look at it
I wont pull that card... dont worry

[StuSSYsporT]

^if u wanna get some springs... Swift springs are pretty good.  I have tanabe gf210 and they are fine.  the GF refers to "grip force" which is supposed to improve handling rather than just a drop.  As for the drop, they dropped my car about 1.5" in the front and 1" in the back after settling.

BUT!.... i dont want my springs anymore..... want coils.  I thought about upgrading my struts but swapping springs & struts sucks. haha

[hoppergrande]

damn your springs wont fit my car will they

[StuSSYsporT]

^they should fit... i just looked up the specs on Tanabe... and besides stating for wrx vs Sti, the specs are the same.  UNLESS... the different comes from the size of the spring (by that I mean how they actually fit into the struts).

Actually... just looked again, they are the same part #, so Yes, they would fit.

[hoppergrande]

shweet, you going to sell them?

[ansonowicz]

BUT!.... i dont want my springs anymore..... want coils. 

**cough cough**

[StuSSYsporT]

shweet, you going to sell them?

if i had coils

**cough cough**

^u selling some? 

[ansonowicz]

^u selling some? 

I'm considering downgrading the wagon some after track day.  So leave it open unless you're on a timeline.  They're newly rebuilt Tein Flex's with an extra set of springs that are short enough to clear 285s.  The spring rate on those are a bit stiffer and provides little rebound on daily driving.

[hytek714]

how much you asking for the teins?

[ansonowicz]

how much you asking for the teins?

Not sure yet. still figuring things out.  I would say no more than 800 inside F4

[Luxirie]

^they should fit... i just looked up the specs on Tanabe... and besides stating for wrx vs Sti, the specs are the same.  UNLESS... the different comes from the size of the spring (by that I mean how they actually fit into the struts).

Actually... just looked again, they are the same part #, so Yes, they would fit.

dibs 

[hoppergrande]

Hey I asked first!!! Lol but seriously...