has anyone tried or installed their lowering springs by themselves?
if so, how hard wud it be and what other little things are involved to complete
the job?

any feedback wud be appreciated..........tks!!

 

I did mine by my lonesome...not too bad took about 4 hrs. Rears are easy..need to tear the back carpeting covering the fuel tank so you can access the top shock mounts. The fronts are harder..you need to take the wheel well lining off because the there is a really long ~10" bolt ( on the upper control arm) you need to remove in order to get the shock out. On the drivers side i needed to remove the windshield fluid resevoir behing the wheel well to get the same bolt out also. I didn't remove the calipers or anything else like that..just hung them with some wire to the top of the shock tower. Also get a good spring compressor. If you are installing lowering springs (more than 1" lowering) and shocks then DONT cut the bumpstops. I did and was bottoming out crazy style.

 

JCM3;

Did you have to remove control arms?

 

the long bolt he is speaking of is for the control arm. you have to remove the control arm to fit the strut in. I agree back easy front easy but time consuming about 4-5 hours by yourself

 

damn, sounds like a lot of work.......i might just consider paying someone to do the job.
i dont even have the right tools........like the spring compressor.


tks for the info!

 

not to be an *** but i dont see why you would NOT cut the bump stop. if he was bottoming out his car when he cut the bumpstops then he would be hitting it more if he left them full sized. full sized would allow less shock travel because of the bump stops being in the way. just take your time and seperate out where all the different bolts and nuts go and you will be fine.

 

Sorry...the struts would have too much travel and on big bumps i would always hit my top fender well. This also occurred on my supra TT w/ over 1.5" drop. After many conversations with fellow supra owners and shops they all told me they do not cut the bumpstops. So i remove all the front suspension again and reinstall new oem bumpstops and i never had the problem again even with a full load on a big bump.

 

i didnt use a spring compressor...
just lined up and pressed the upper mount on with one hand and screwed on the nut with the other. but then...i do have pretty large triceps...
its not hard at all though. It took me about 3 hours.

 

the guys that did my springs, just lined it just like Rscott except one held it down and the other guy screwed it on ( 2man job) took them about 2 hours for the whole shock and spring setup. they were quick and only $25 a wheel, when other were charging 100-125 per wheel.

 

would new cambers and alignment needed for lowering my SC3 2" with eibach pro kit springs???

 

youll need an alignment for sure.
camber kit is optional. After i dropped mine i was at -2 all the way around. I think ill live with the uneven tire wear. Just make sure your toe and caster are within spec. Uneven wear depends more on the toe than camber.

 

it is possible to change the springs myself?

 

possible? YES, of course!

 

I teared my boot on the control arm when I tried to separate it from the "knuckle" (the 10" long thing that holds the rotors). Is the boot a replaceable part?

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=128801

 

Cadd,
I read your post up on the GS forums, and as everyone is saying I really don't think that the boot is a repaceable part, you might need to get a new arm for that one unfortunately (happened on my Soarer too, but the rear... cost me about AUD$480 fitted).

For the fronts though all you need is a mallet/hammer (whatever you like to whack it with), take the pin out of the lower control arm and loosen that bolt (that you took the pin out of), then to free the lower control arm just start whacking it with the hammer (don't forget a block of woo too so the arm doesn't get damaged). Well that's what I did with mine when I installed my Tokico shock/Espelir spring set up and I haven't had a problem since.


Jose