coilover install
10-29-2003, 01:05 PM
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Re:coilover install
just look in a regular car manual on how to remove your springs, you have to take the fork off of the the control arm, and basically unbolt your shocks from the top. installation will be the opposite, but you don't have to compress the coilovers to put them back on, oh yeah, you have to compress your stock springs, have fun 
10-29-2003, 01:48 PM
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Re:coilover install
^^^ get it done right?? i don't think you can do it wrong, either you get them on or you don't, but yes, you will need an alignment for sure, and a camber kit if you lower it too much, if you don't do all of this, your car will ride like ***. oh yeah, plan on buying some good shocks before long too, your stockies won't last long at all 
lowering your car can get quite expensive if you want it done righ and not to ride like total ***! i've got skunk 2 coilover (i'd rather have springs), kyb agx adjustables all the way around, and skunk 2 adjustable "a" arm, and i'm pretty satisfied with the ride 
but if you just get the coilovers and throw em on there, you'll be buying tires at least every 3 mos. and you won't like the way it rides
lowering your car can get quite expensive if you want it done righ and not to ride like total ***! i've got skunk 2 coilover (i'd rather have springs), kyb agx adjustables all the way around, and skunk 2 adjustable "a" arm, and i'm pretty satisfied with the ride but if you just get the coilovers and throw em on there, you'll be buying tires at least every 3 mos. and you won't like the way it rides
10-29-2003, 01:53 PM
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Re:coilover install
look here for a manual and go from there. It is easy but like they said, you need to compress the spring or it will cut you up bad when it is released. Any or most autoparts store can rent you a set if you need one. An most likely you will need to align the car after, and that's not even taking into consideration camber issues. To fix it you will need a camber kit, ot expect to get new tires every few months. I know because I did the same thing.
10-29-2003, 02:16 PM
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Re:coilover install
Originally Posted by nonvtec
My friend has had his car slammed 3 inches on stock shocks and no camber kit. The ride is decent and it still looks hot after 6 months. His tires are worn. but theyll do.
. in a stock slammed ride, you feel like you gonna bounce off the road, although this may feel "cool" at first, when you see a car with good suspension just sticking to the road and barely budging, you realize how gay the "bounce" is, just my .02
10-29-2003, 08:57 PM
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Re:coilover install
Springs Install
Tools needed:
•1 floor jack
•2 jack stands
•1 Ratchet or Air tools if you have them
•Various Sockets
•Grease
•Zip Ties
•Hard Rubber or composite mallet
•2 X 4 (or other small block of wood)
Front:
1.Remove the wheel.
2.Spray some lubricant on the tie rod end bolt and loosen it. (Don't take it off.)
3.Loosen the nut until it's flush with the bolt. Place the piece of wood under it and use the mallet to force the bolt up.
4.Remove the bolts that hold the brake line to the wheel assembly.
5.Remove the nuts from the top of the strut assembly in the engine bay.
6.Remove the bolt that holds the wheel assembly to the strut.
7.Carefully remove the stock spring and shock.
8.Carefully remove the stock spring and shock.
9.Use spring compressors to compress the springs while you disasemble them.
10.Here's the picture of the assembly apart with the new spring waiting to go in.
11.Remove the bumpstops and cut them in half.
12.Be sure to pack the spring perches heavy with grease or you will hear creaking and the spring moving around.
13.Reassemble the assembly.
14.Re-install in the front
1.Rear:
2.Remove the wheel
3.Remove the bolt from the bottom of the spring/strut assembly
4.Remove the nuts from the top of the strut assembly inside of the hatch.
5.Remove the stock assembly
6.Using the spring compressors, take the stock assembly apart.
7.Remove the bump stop and cut it in half.
8.Re-assemble with the new spring and stock strut.
9.Re-install the assembly torqing to the factory specs
for coilovers the only difference is that you need to slide the supplied orings onto the strut, then put the sleeve over them, set the adjuster to where you want it, and follow the directions from there. Any other help needed PM me, but if you can't do it with these instructions i'd get someone else to do it for you. Hell if you live in southern california I'll do it for you for half the price of anyone else.
Tools needed:
•1 floor jack
•2 jack stands
•1 Ratchet or Air tools if you have them
•Various Sockets
•Grease
•Zip Ties
•Hard Rubber or composite mallet
•2 X 4 (or other small block of wood)
Front:
1.Remove the wheel.
2.Spray some lubricant on the tie rod end bolt and loosen it. (Don't take it off.)
3.Loosen the nut until it's flush with the bolt. Place the piece of wood under it and use the mallet to force the bolt up.
4.Remove the bolts that hold the brake line to the wheel assembly.
5.Remove the nuts from the top of the strut assembly in the engine bay.
6.Remove the bolt that holds the wheel assembly to the strut.
7.Carefully remove the stock spring and shock.
8.Carefully remove the stock spring and shock.
9.Use spring compressors to compress the springs while you disasemble them.
10.Here's the picture of the assembly apart with the new spring waiting to go in.
11.Remove the bumpstops and cut them in half.
12.Be sure to pack the spring perches heavy with grease or you will hear creaking and the spring moving around.
13.Reassemble the assembly.
14.Re-install in the front
1.Rear:
2.Remove the wheel
3.Remove the bolt from the bottom of the spring/strut assembly
4.Remove the nuts from the top of the strut assembly inside of the hatch.
5.Remove the stock assembly
6.Using the spring compressors, take the stock assembly apart.
7.Remove the bump stop and cut it in half.
8.Re-assemble with the new spring and stock strut.
9.Re-install the assembly torqing to the factory specs
for coilovers the only difference is that you need to slide the supplied orings onto the strut, then put the sleeve over them, set the adjuster to where you want it, and follow the directions from there. Any other help needed PM me, but if you can't do it with these instructions i'd get someone else to do it for you. Hell if you live in southern california I'll do it for you for half the price of anyone else.
