tokico or better?

[mike6466]

well first of all id like to share this with you.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...6/towtruck.jpg

this is my car being to towed away. a wire in the electrical as a short in it that is making the cars fuel to be cut off. it all started when i was driving to work saturday and i made a left turn uphill. i then started to fill my car sputter like it was runing out of gas but i had a half a tank. i pressed the gas a little harder to get up the hill while it was sputtering and the top of the hill it shuts my engine off (not the eletrical stuff) and i coasted to a stop that was safe for me to pull over. i then tried to turn it over again but there was nothing. not a click not a crank nothing. i popped the hood and started to try and find the problem. i checked the starter and the alternator first. if it was the starter i can see it not letting me start it again but why did it sputter while driving and then killed the engine. if it was the alternator why did my eltrical stuff still work? i checked everything. couldnt figure it out soi called my tow truck. hey tried to look at the problem and had the same look on his face after i tried to figure it out also. i got it towed to the shop. they said it would be a while. 2 hours went buy for the test to see what was wrong. they found that the starter fuse was blown. they changed the fuse and charged me 100$. i talked them down to 50$ thank god. i washed her and then drove home. as i was pulling into the drive way it died again and did the same thing and wouldnt start. so i called the shop and they said to replece the fuse and go to a specailist on electrical. well i was fed up with this so i tried to fix it myself. i didnt have any luck. i had to got to pick apart tomorrow for my manual swap and i didnt want to miss that. so i borrowed my dadds truck and got my parts at pick apart luckely(tell you some other time) and got home. i went to try and fix it again. now for somereason it was woking fine. no stalls or anything. wierd uh? well i pulled over to checke it again and i found a wire that was plugged into my foglights and it was shorted out. i then tested to see f that was the problem. i didnt have the answer. and now its working like it should. i drove it all over tonight. i just donet understand. any clues or answers would be great? thanks .

[mike6466]

my other question was i have tokico struts and they are great. but i wish to get something more performance stiffer struts. are there any stiffer ones that are not over 1000$?

[v-cam]

1: Use the return (enter) key when typing long posts.
2: If it works, dont fix it.
3: Coil-overs if you want something stiffer. Otherwise, there may be cheaper/stiffer struts but they will be rubbish for under 1g.

my 2c.

[ONE_to_HATE]

dudehookusallupandbreakitdownintoparagraphsdamn.

2nd: look for TRD stuff for the gen4. (bilsteins + Eibach)

[xet]

i believe you can get some coilovers for under 1k

[PhatRoyale]

I'd recommend some Koni Yellows.... those are quite stiffer than Tokicos

[mike6466]

alright sorry for the long paragraph. where can you get the bilstein struts or the koni?

[v-cam]

^ebay.

or your local suspension dude should be able to hook you up. Bilstiens will hurt your hip pocket though....

why not try a RSB first? Stiffer struts are great, but they kill any comfort you may have.

[mike6466]

i have front and rear whitline swaybars and tokico struts. also i have a strut tower bar. its stiff but comfort nots a problem.

[ONE_to_HATE]

just buy coilovers.. someone's about to get rid ov their K-sport c/o- so i'd watch out for that one.