Blown Buddy Club N+ Coilover

[SAlNlDllvllAlNl]

Well, got these installed about a few weeks ago never got a real chance to set the ride height exact or adjust the dampening yet and what do you know...I have a blown rear strut/shock.

Here are the measurements as the car stands now, which the installer did as a quick height adjustment (stock wheels) until we install the new wheels. We were going to fine adjustment after the new wheels got installed.

*All measurements are from middle top fender to ground

Driver front (24")
Passenger front (24.2")

Driver rear (~23.8")
Passenger rear (~23.8") <---Blown

Come to find out there is no "real" application for our CRZ according to Buddy Club and we are using the application for a Honda Fit. The tech also said that the rear spring is too short for our car and the strut is also not the right dimension for our car. Didn't really get into detail about the front since that wasn't the issue. Long story short, I don't know the reason for the blown strut as I didn't hit any crazy bumps/pot holes and as far as I could tell all was in perfect condition when I purchased it. I can't raise the rear any higher than what it is now due to the short ass spring.

Good news is Buddy Club are indeed going to R&D a specific application for our cars and they are going to one-time replace mine free of charge since I did not know it technically isn't for our CRZ.

Bad news is I have to wait 2-3 weeks as they don't have any replacements on-hand. So my question is, will I be okay to ride on this blown coilover for a few weeks? (For some reason it never dawned on me to ask the tech this) Obviously, not doing anything retarded just driving normally. Or will I start to damage other things?

Thanks!

[JCRZ]

Wow that's all fail man. But to answer your question you should be ok for a few weeks.

[northbridge]

That's crappy. They even advertise the current coilovers as bring for the crz. Sorry to hear. As for the blown shock I wouldn't drive around on it. I don't know of anything specific that would go wrong because I don't have experience with blown struts but the car isn't designed to ride on bad suspension bits.

Good luck getting it sorted out.

[code85]

^ nothing will go wrong, just that he'll be bouncing and clunking a lot..

[Tbot]

That and the irregular wear on the tire.

[Scotty001]

Originally Posted by SAlNlDllvllAlNl

Bad news is I have to wait 2-3 weeks as they don't have any replacements on-hand. So my question is, will I be okay to ride on this blown coilover for a few weeks? (For some reason it never dawned on me to ask the tech this) Obviously, not doing anything retarded just driving normally. Or will I start to damage other things? Thanks!

I'm thinking it depends on your daily driving road conditions.. Hard to call .. I would be inclined to take it back to stock pending resolution...

[SAlNlDllvllAlNl]

Thanks guys for the responses! What mind boggles me is that Buddy Club US doesn't have anything on hand to replace it immediately. I mean what do people usually do if their strut/shock blows out? Which probably doesn't happen often but does happen. Does vendors sell individual pieces to coilovers i.e. struts, springs, etc. if things go wrong?

Sorry for all the random questions, I'm just new to the whole coilover world and never experienced this.

[northbridge]

usually the MFG takes care of warranty claims not vendors. Vendors only have full sets.

[Andy@AMR]

Originally Posted by SAlNlDllvllAlNl

Thanks guys for the responses! What mind boggles me is that Buddy Club US doesn't have anything on hand to replace it immediately. I mean what do people usually do if their strut/shock blows out? Which probably doesn't happen often but does happen. Does vendors sell individual pieces to coilovers i.e. struts, springs, etc. if things go wrong?

Sorry for all the random questions, I'm just new to the whole coilover world and never experienced this.

They wait. Most of these JDM companies that come over here and setup are typically U.S.A. guys buying the rights to distribute the product in the U.S.A. But they do not provide support such as rebuilding, or revalving locally. You would think when they call it SO and SO USA they would have everything, but that is not the case at all. That is why you gotta be carefuly when purchasing from these many companies as they do not provide local support, and you will have a lot of downtime. The guys that typically own and run these companies have really have no knowledge on what they are selling which is sad other than what they learn from reading there brochure. They are more of a reseller than anything else. Glad they are going to try to R&D it thought which is what they should have done in the first place LOL. These guys! Good luck!

Curious, how long did you have them before they blew out?? These were brand new and they blew out in just a few weeks?

[SAlNlDllvllAlNl]

Yup, brand new! Had them on for about 3 weeks and notice a weird noise on random dips/bumps so I got under their and took a look and oil was all over the shock.