Rub marks on shocks?

[tighty]

Hey,

Here are some pics of my passenger side shock. Setup is Tokico Illumina 5-Way + Tein S-Tech Springs on a 2g. Looks like the spring has been rubbing on the shock... Is this normal? I noticied it lately because that side has been sqeaking like a batch. It would sqeak like this before I installed the shocks but hasn't been a problem up until now. The shocks have been in for about 6 months. I checked all the bolts and everything is tightened to specs. I noticed the sqeaking goes away if I set the shocks to like 4, but this is pretty rough for the streets. It is still there on 4, just doesn't sqeak as much. The only thing I can think of is maybe alignment, because after I lowered the car (Tein S-tech = 1.25 - 1.5") I didn't get it done because the tires were getting there and I'm getting new rims and tires next month for Christmas so I put it off until then. Or maybe its a bushing? Its really annoying, and really loud. Any ideas on what this could be are greatly appriciated as I'm stumped!

Pics: (400k jpg files)
http://home.comcast.net/~chaos_phoenix/Spring_Rub_001.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~chaos_phoenix/Spring_Rub_002.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~chaos_phoenix/Spring_Rub_003.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~chaos_phoenix/Spring_Rub_004.jpg

 

[skoolz4loserz69]

alright thanx man. i got an alignment done today; however the guy said that he couldn't get it to be perfect since i've bought a camber kit for my last suspension, which was WAY lower, and that this camber kit was "too" much of an adjustment for the new drop. that sux

 

[tighty]

Sell it and buy the one you need =).

 

[skoolz4loserz69]

dude i'm really liking this new setup. it feels MUCH better than the other one since i bottomed out on virtually everything. the springs have finally settled a little too and it looks much better. did u get rid of ur problem yet?