I occupied half of my day at my regular workshop. The matrix and elantra need an oil change. Brought my own oil and oil filters but my elantra needs further attention.
I have discovered the rear rubber mounting for the eibach spring fitted about 6 months ago begin to show serious sign of fatigue. See below photos..it does looks scary. One would wonder..what if the spring jump out from the mounting!!!!
After dismantling..this is how it looks....long cracks in the spring groove.
My mechanic manage to source for a replacement..instead of using a single rubber mounting..it is now comes in 2 pcs. Meaning both lower and upper spring will have a rubber mounting. The idea is to increase the height to prevent the tyre from touching any parts of the inner fender when the car is fully loaded or when going thru speed bumps.
New lower section spring rubber mounting as compare with the original lower mounting.
Finally fitted...it looks good!
Then follow by checking the left side spring mounting discover the same senario, crack on the rubber spring groove. I had them replace as well.
Finally the left side suspension spring sits firmly.
And since I've fitted the elantra with an 18inch tyre, once a while the tyre would touch the bumber screw whenever going over speed bump or slopes on the highway at fully loaded condition. It took me a while to discover which area is affected. Until I saw the bumper screw which strike my mind!...why in the first place they fixed a screw in such position that will cause bigger tyre to strike.
Removed the screw and replace with another new screw, placing it further back and cut-off the tip of the old bracket.
Test run by driving over the the speed hums with 2 adults. The outcome is excellent , the tyre is not touching any part of the bumper.
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