Decided to tackle my coilover install on my 2008 IS-F. Got the driver side front done, no issues.
Went to the passenger front, for the life of me can't get the LCA to drop low enough to remove the shock.
Disconnected the upper ball joint, even removed the caliper and rotor. Tried to remove the sway bar link,
seems like it's stuck. Any ideas? Thanks for your time.

 

The whole front up in the air or just that corner you're working on? If you don't have the sway bar link disconnected, and the opposite corner is on the ground, you'll be fighting that side you're working on. If you can't get the sway bar link disconnected, lift the whole front of the car so that both sides are at full droop.

 

Have fun when you get to the rears - They had to air chisel out the bolt on my car with 70k on it because I live in the rust belt....be ready for that.

 

You need to loosen the pivot bolts on the LCA. You have to do that anyway to set the bushings in a neutral position at normal ride height, so just loosen them up and the LCA will drop down like nothing.

I'm actually doing this job on the GS F today. It's all the same tasks, just slightly different execution.

 

Thanks to everyone who replied. I had the front end jacked up but like a bonehead
had installed and tightened everything on the driver side first.
Of course you can imagine that sway bar made things difficult.
I loosened everything up and was able to complete the pass side.
The rears went a little bit easier but still some pain in the *** moments.
Thank you again to everyone.