# ATT: ALL watch out for Z\_roots!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/att-all-watch-out-for-z-roots/119289>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [October 19, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/att-all-watch-out-for-z-roots/119289 "2008-10-19T13:52:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Z\_Roots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7feea3/32.png) [@Z\_Roots](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z_Roots)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/att-all-watch-out-for-z-roots/119289/45 "2008-10-27T13:29:18Z")

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> [@OCTOBER SNOW STORM OF 06 ALL SNOW RELATED POSTS GO HERE and ONLY here](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/october-snow-storm-of-06-all-snow-related-posts-go-here-and-only-here/18828/310):
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> Hey Z\_roots your not really reading or understanding what people are trying to tell you here.
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> 1. You were informed the top mounts needed to be replaced  
> I’d like to inform you that even with shock/spring being assembled in their current condition they can be disassembled easily and the top mount replaced with the ones you currently have on your car.
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> Yes your mechanic is telling you they are unfit in its current state which he is right, however you were informed that the top mounts needed “replacing”… Simple solution = replace them and they will become “fit”.
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> Your logic is flawed, its like buying aftermarket wheels with bald tires knowing the tires needed to be replaced because you want the rims that have no problem. You know the tires need replacing but when you goto the wheel shop they refuse to mount your unsafe/unfit wheels (due to the bald tires) and you blaming the seller of the wheels afterwards.
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> Do you see what the problem is now? I really hope so

I understand what people are trying to say here - and believe me I told my mechanic exactly what has been said here from square one - i.e. replace the upper mounts with the ones already on my car. What I am trying to enunciate is that I was advised very strongly that these struts are far too used (which is exactly what I told JDM-KID at our meeting - moreover if you saw them, or anyone for that matter, you probably wouldn’t buy them, he pushed them on me, my mistake for buying them) and should not be installed on any car (he said he wouldn’t put them on his car - and I trust his word). With all that being said I relayed that information to JDM-KID well over a month ago - to which he ignored. Yesterday I offered him to return my money for the struts, to which he declined. But since there are so many strong views against this issue, he can keep my money and have his well used struts along with the springs. In my personal experience, struts are parts that don’t last forever, and I can’t afford to buy expensive ones. I really can’t be more clear here - if the SON240 community still feels indifferent about it, so be it.

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