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total package · 05-13-2016, 07:35 PM

Am I the only one that still has their front spring spacers in?? Just under 1500 miles and I discovered they had not been removed!! How do you remove these??? I feel like a frigging idiot!!!

phillyflyer · 05-13-2016, 07:57 PM

Your dealer is a dope!

It is part of their delivery/inspection process; you would not have know unless you knew to look for it...

total package · 05-13-2016, 08:07 PM

Not happy......

total package · 05-13-2016, 08:31 PM

Could anything be damaged? Did driving it like this effect chamber, alignment, tire wear etc?? I assume all of these things need to be looked at?? Thanks for any insight.

KaBoom1701 · 05-13-2016, 08:32 PM

If you just drove it around town, which I assume you did to break it in first before going to a track or driving it hard, you should be fine. Just jack up the front end and remove the spacers.

total package · 05-13-2016, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KaBoom1701

If you just drove it around town, which I assume you did to break it in first before going to a track or driving it hard, you should be fine. Just jack up the front end and remove the spacers.

Yes, I did take it easy. Are any special tools required or do they just slide out once tension is removed? Thanks for your help.

4 FN 27 · 05-13-2016, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by total package

Yes, I did take it easy. Are any special tools required or do they just slide out once tension is removed? Thanks for your help.

I took mine out by hand. Just twisted then right out. Give a try. Might be a little easier with it up on a jack.

Zslash28 · 05-13-2016, 10:34 PM

Jack the car up and they will come right out.

exboss · 05-14-2016, 06:55 AM

does anyone have a picture of them being in place? I have no idea if mine are in place. I took it to the track once already and everything felt pretty good.

nvydvr · 05-14-2016, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by exboss

does anyone have a picture of them being in place? I have no idea if mine are in place. I took it to the track once already and everything felt pretty good.

They're yellow, if you look into the front well you'll see if they're there. But, when the dealer removed them they should have put them in the trunk or given them to you so you could put them in if you ever transport your car.

Zslash28 · 05-14-2016, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by exboss

does anyone have a picture of them being in place? I have no idea if mine are in place. I took it to the track once already and everything felt pretty good.

From Google. They are bright yellow. Very hard to miss, that is unless you are they guy doing the PDI.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=2014...KHCzLKXpCYM%3A
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And here is what they look like removed.
https://www.google.com/search?q=2014...eAGgSQkDpZM%3A

Zslash28 · 05-14-2016, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by nvydvr

They're yellow, if you look into the front well you'll see if they're there. But, when the dealer removed them they should have put them in the trunk or given them to you so you could put them in if you ever transport your car.

Precisely. Though, they fit better in the jockey box, which if I recall is where the PDI says to put them.

Crash76 · 05-14-2016, 07:12 AM

Had to buy them from a dealer so I could load onto the trailer

Once you jack up the corner they slide right out

total package · 05-14-2016, 07:52 AM

I got them out. Come out very easily once car is jacked up. Thanks gang for the advice.

05-13-2016, 07:35 PM	#1
total package Drives: 2014 GMC All Terrain, 2015 Z/28 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Wautoma Wi Posts: 52	Spring Spacers Am I the only one that still has their front spring spacers in?? Just under 1500 miles and I discovered they had not been removed!! How do you remove these??? I feel like a frigging idiot!!!

05-13-2016, 07:57 PM	#2
phillyflyer Drives: 2015 Z28 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 72	Your dealer is a dope! It is part of their delivery/inspection process; you would not have know unless you knew to look for it... __________________ Go For Wand - RIP October 27, 1990

05-13-2016, 08:32 PM	#5
KaBoom1701 KaBoom1701 Drives: 13' ZL1 Red M6 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: I.E. SoCal (Yucaipa) Posts: 8,631	If you just drove it around town, which I assume you did to break it in first before going to a track or driving it hard, you should be fine. Just jack up the front end and remove the spacers. __________________ Mods: Roto-Fab Intake, WW Res. kit & Big Gulp Air Scoop, Elite Catch Can, ATI Super Damper & 18% OD Pulley, LF Idler pulley bracket, Metco CC breather, ID850 Injectors, Stainless Power Headers w/ ceramic coating, TR71X Spark Plugs, JMS Fuel Pump Booster, Bo White TB, Tuned by Ted @ Jannetty Racing, Ron Davis HX, D3 Reservoir, Pfadt 1" Springs, Moreno Camber Plates, ZL1 Addons Splitter guard washers, Tow Hook kit & rock guards, Hurst Shifter Billet Plus 6 Speed Short Shifter, ZL1 DRL lighting harness, ZL1 Recaro Seats.

05-13-2016, 10:34 PM	#8
Zslash28 Jumanji Drives: '14 Z/28 - AGM - No A/C Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,693	Jack the car up and they will come right out. __________________ Keeper of the 5th Gen Z/28 Registry. Registry Facebook. Follow: @5th_gen_z28_registry I track wrecked Z/28s Total lost -41

05-13-2016, 08:07 PM	#3
total package Drives: 2014 GMC All Terrain, 2015 Z/28 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Wautoma Wi Posts: 52	Not happy......

05-13-2016, 08:31 PM	#4
total package Drives: 2014 GMC All Terrain, 2015 Z/28 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Wautoma Wi Posts: 52	Could anything be damaged? Did driving it like this effect chamber, alignment, tire wear etc?? I assume all of these things need to be looked at?? Thanks for any insight.

05-14-2016, 06:55 AM	#9
exboss Drives: 2015 Z/28 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: connecticut Posts: 33 View My Garage	does anyone have a picture of them being in place? I have no idea if mine are in place. I took it to the track once already and everything felt pretty good.

05-14-2016, 07:12 AM	#13
Crash76 Team 913 Drives: '14 ZL1, '15 Jeep GC, ‘22 Ram 2500 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: USA, Central CA Posts: 1,119	Had to buy them from a dealer so I could load onto the trailer Once you jack up the corner they slide right out

05-14-2016, 07:52 AM	#14
total package Drives: 2014 GMC All Terrain, 2015 Z/28 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Wautoma Wi Posts: 52	I got them out. Come out very easily once car is jacked up. Thanks gang for the advice.