racinghart

hi guys, my name is aaron, ive met some of you guys again and some of you for the first time, at supercarsunday meet this past weekend.

i picked up the springs from italiandud (thanks again bro) and now i need your guy's help to install them... will pay and lend a helping hand! if anyone is interested. let me know

ill get from pepboys whatever tools we need but if you can provide all those too that would be awesome (i called places and they are asking for much more money than even the springs costed me haha)

location: 310/562/714 southern cali areas

iialcii

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would glad to help but im in NOrCAl sorry. check the dyi its actually really easy, cant ask one of your buddies? tools needed are mainly spring compressors, tourqe wrench, socket sets and two pairs of hands and a afternoon. I did the install about a month back with a buddy. of of course jack stands/car jack. trunk/fender lining is a PIA but not hard

combfilter

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you might want to ping caymandive with a PM. he did his own.

ReLexin

its only 300 to get them put in.... just pay and get it done rite..

racinghart

only 300? damn you guys are ballers hahah

italiandud

hey man,

As i told you before at the car meet, im checking with my friend about installation with his guy and at an actually place. Ill let you know in the next day or two... Also check out the super car sunday thread and let me know if you can go?

-Nick-

racinghart

word.

we will def be out for supercarsunday again but not sure when hehe... ya hit me up im getting a lil impatient bro haha you know the feeling when you get something new for your car its like NOW NOW NOW hahah aight... see you soon bro

fwynn

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i did the spring installation with my bro...
saved myself a LOT of money..
although it was for the sc400 >.>
but then again its a SPRING installation.. its basically the same.. take out the shock.. and replace the spring..


its time consuming.. yes.. but not hard.. make sure u have two people..
1) safer
2).. easier

yea

300 bucks can buy u...
something else ;]

SoCalSC4

If you're not mechanically inclined and don't have a decent assortment
of tools, I would not recommend attempting this as a do it yourself project.

You'll need (at a bare minuimum):
-spring compressor
-breaker bar, 1/2" drive
-sockets, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 17mm, 19mm
-penetrating oil
-an impact gun is helpful for breaking the top nut loose on the strut caps
-at least one floor jack and a pair of jack stands

-be sure to make a note of the orientation of the strut upper caps when
you disassemble them- makes reinstallation a bit easier (I use yellow grease pen)
-also note the routing of brake lines
-be careful of ABS sensor lines

-plan to spend at least a half a day doing this; I've done many, many cars
but being careful and detail-oriented it still takes me 3-4 hours to do a spring
swap (from tools-out to shop cleaned and tools put away and wheels back on)

Or, pay someone to do it...

Also, I'd recommend having the suspension realigned afterwards.

4ntvings

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i'm too old to do this stuff anymore...........................



took it to Son at Dynamic-great guy, great deal.

fwynn

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yea an allignment is a MUST..
i have mad camber on mine still :[ even though it DOES look nice ;]
hehe but my tires are paying the price :\

t0e

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racinghart

okay guys... my coworker has a mechanic friend who works at an actual shop during the week but yesterday he was avaialble at home and did my install for really cheap... cheapest hookup i could find.

it wasnt easy from what i saw... definetely 3 to 4 hour install with powertools. he was very professional except for the AFS light now flashes... he said he could reset it for me but i told him ill have to get back to him cause it was getting late.

pm me if you need his info and would like him to help you out with stuff.