pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

Hey guys I am having trouble putting the front struts on. We got the new springs on and all that. I cant get the bottom bar to twist where it mounts on the lower a arm. I have tried a vise to break it loose but no luck. What do I do now?

therealcreeper

iTrader: (37)

do you have spring compressors or did you have a shop swap them? I had to make strauss redo mine like 3 times before they finally got them right

pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

We have a compressor we need the flat peice on the bottom to turn. Everything else lines up.

pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

we got them hooked up after forcing them. Now what is a good setting for street and strip on them? 1-8 are the adjustments.

Camaro Junky

No go on the brute force. You don't force those tabs down to meet the angle of the lower control arm! If you forced them that means you have them on wrong and probably with the adjustment tabs facing out.

On the box one is marked P and the other G.

Adjustment Tabs should face towards the engine and the lower tabs should not be moved at all.

mediocrels1

i run mine at 7 all the time

pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

Dang they are on backwards then. Will it hurt any thing the way there are now?

n2ocamaro

I run them on 2. Started with 1 but it was unloading about 20 ft. out and blowing the tires off. You will have play around with them and see what works best for for you combo.

pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

I am getting a alinment tomorrow. So do i need to turn the struts around were the ***** r facin the motor? I hope i did mess ne thing up driving around town?

Camaro Junky

I don't know, I think it happens a lot. I would guess it might make some noise. But I am not sure.

n2ocamaro

The ***** should face the wheels.

Camaro Junky

That is incorrect. If you have to brute force the tabs, you are not doing it right. Each shock has a part number, P and G on the box.

pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

well i can just switch sides with them and they will be correct

Camaro Junky

If n2ocamaro has driving around like that just leave it dude.

n2ocamaro

I had a shop install mine because I did not want to mess with springs (scary stuff). They put them in with the adjustment ***** facing the tires. They have been like this for several years. So this is not correct?

pewterfbody

iTrader: (5)

So i can leave it? The only thing i dont want ti do is rip the **** off somehow.

Camaro Junky

n2ocamaro I just put mine on 2 weeks ago. I was gonna put the tabs facing out, but the lower perch or tab that sits in the lower A arm did not match the angle of the lower A arm. So I popped open the other box and sure enough the angle was matched with the adjustment tab facing inward.

I could not believe it when I discovered that the tabs would face inward, but it was the only way it would work without having to get a vice and move it. I do not remember what part number P or G belong to each side but the front struts had different part numbers from KYB. One KYB box said P the other G.

If you have been driving like this since the install and have had no problems, I would not worry about it guys. I would think it be a waste of time to do the work again.

No Juice

iTrader: (11)

The adjustment ***** on mine face the wheel also.

hsproyaya

iTrader: (4)

in all honestly straight out of the box it makes more sense for the ***** to face the engine the way the bottom bar angle is

westxwitesnake05

iTrader: (17)

That's how I installed mine.. No problems at all. The ***** face the engine. Seemed to me that if they faced the wheel it'd be pretty hard to adjust them unless you took the wheel off, and I'm too lazy to keep taking off my wheel to adjust my shocks