strut install
strut install i just got my sportlines and the front came on new struts....my question is how difficult are these to install? waht other tools will i need? the guy at the local shop here said it'd take him 6 hours, is that true, or what is the avg. time in swapping these?
thanks in advance
thanks in advance
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BTW> our cars have 4 shocks...no struts.
all you need is a spring compressor to compress the spring and then take the nut loose from the top. once you do that, the spring can be slowly uncompressed and then you just gotta do that step backwards with the new spring. It took me about 4 hours only because it was on a 94 formula that had everything rusted together and had to cut thru the shock to get it apart bc the nut was seized to the threads.
all you need is a spring compressor to compress the spring and then take the nut loose from the top. once you do that, the spring can be slowly uncompressed and then you just gotta do that step backwards with the new spring. It took me about 4 hours only because it was on a 94 formula that had everything rusted together and had to cut thru the shock to get it apart bc the nut was seized to the threads.
