HOWTO: Coilover install with PICs
Jonny
Lexus Champion
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Michigan
man i just finished my suspension..
lets see when i started.. 8pm-8am in the morning.. yup busted an all nighter. mainly because the tut has some missing tricks that would really help. but yea finally finished 8 in the morning slepted for 2 hours n then got ready for the bbq meet n then got lost.
lets see when i started.. 8pm-8am in the morning.. yup busted an all nighter. mainly because the tut has some missing tricks that would really help. but yea finally finished 8 in the morning slepted for 2 hours n then got ready for the bbq meet n then got lost.
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Brett Foote
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Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Sydney, Australia
I just tried this and we got stuck on the fronts. Is the absolute only way to get the fronts out to remove the lower A arm?
I had a look at http://garage.projectraine.com/conte...ng/spring.html
and they take off the bracket surrounding the bottom of the strut. http://garage.projectraine.com/conte...g/spring11.gif
How easy is it to remove that bracket, I seem to recall the strut being in the way.
I had a look at http://garage.projectraine.com/conte...ng/spring.html
and they take off the bracket surrounding the bottom of the strut. http://garage.projectraine.com/conte...g/spring11.gif
How easy is it to remove that bracket, I seem to recall the strut being in the way.
take ur time.... the hammer is ur best friend so yea..
try getting a pic of where your at.. it took me n my bro awhile to do this so yea.
also when ur getting the shocks out it helps to have someone stand on the wheel stud or rotor to make the control arm move down.
try getting a pic of where your at.. it took me n my bro awhile to do this so yea.
also when ur getting the shocks out it helps to have someone stand on the wheel stud or rotor to make the control arm move down.
well hmm
after u removed this
BOTH sides are jacked up (the whole front)
one person should step on the rotor and also pull up the fender (putting more weight on the rotor so the LCA can be pushed down even more) if that doesnt work.. then STAND ON THE rotor.. just watch out for the dust cover...
then the other person should beable to pull out the shocks EASILY... no hammer is really needed.. but IF u really need to use a hammer.. i guess u can use it :\
the main thing is BOTH sides need to be jacked up (the whole front)..
thats our method atleast :\
after u removed this
BOTH sides are jacked up (the whole front)
one person should step on the rotor and also pull up the fender (putting more weight on the rotor so the LCA can be pushed down even more) if that doesnt work.. then STAND ON THE rotor.. just watch out for the dust cover...
then the other person should beable to pull out the shocks EASILY... no hammer is really needed.. but IF u really need to use a hammer.. i guess u can use it :\
the main thing is BOTH sides need to be jacked up (the whole front)..
thats our method atleast :\
to get the fronts off you take the big bolts that holds the UCA in place. you swing it out of the way and its game time. then you take a big pry bar and pull down on the LCA. it took me 4 hours to take apart two cars and swap suspensions on the two. so take apart two cars and reassemble two cars. the back is even easier. i think that took me about 1 hours total. all done with hand tools. no air.