How To: Lowering Spring Install!
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Yeah I dont know, I really like black rims that I've seen on the P5. Not sure what color for the calipers with black rims?jeg0024 said:Go silver on the calipers, I like mine
I am looking at your site right now, dude your car has come along way! Looks so much better now than it did from the factory. Good job.
hotrippr said:
Thanks bro! Yeah it sucks that the sedan had to come with such a bad front bumper
I see other sedans out on the road and can hardly believe myself that its the same car lol. My rims are part black and they look fine with the silver, I think the blue will stand out too much. Some people are looking to stand out, im just looking to look good but "OMG did u see that car?!" kinda thing lol. The silver just looks like really clean and well kept calipers, ive had people tell me they didnt even notice that they were painted. Its all what you want tho man.Hey man, I have a couple questions here that you probably answered a million times before. Hehe.
1. So you did this with NO air tools?
2. Could you please emphasize once again the best way to take the top nut off the strut assembly, and how to avoid the spinning shaft? Thanks a lot.(thumb)
1. So you did this with NO air tools?
2. Could you please emphasize once again the best way to take the top nut off the strut assembly, and how to avoid the spinning shaft? Thanks a lot.(thumb)
The first time I removed the end link nuts I did use air tools, but I just did a sway bar install and used some PB blaster and they came right off. When your taking it apart the shaft wont spin because of the compression of the spring but when putting it back on you may need to hold onto it untill it gets the springs compressed a little bit. But remeber to break that bolt loose while the strut is still in the car because if you wait untill you have it removed it will be next to impossible to break it loose. If you need anything else just ask
The first time I removed the end link nuts I did use air tools, but I just did a sway bar install and used some PB blaster and they came right off. When your taking it apart the shaft wont spin because of the compression of the spring but when putting it back on you may need to hold onto it untill it gets the springs compressed a little bit. But remeber to break that bolt loose while the strut is still in the car because if you wait untill you have it removed it will be next to impossible to break it loose. If you need anything else just ask
Cool. Thank you for the response.
I want to test waters tomorrow. I want to jack up the car and see just how bad my bolts are and if I'm able to get any of them loose. I have PB blaster ready
This thread was good encouragement for me to get this job started
Another question, how tight did you torque the bolts? Did you torque to a specific poundage or just until they were "tight enough"?
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haha@poundage
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me? i compressed the spring and had air tool.
Didnt someone say something about jacking the wheel up with a floor jack, and then break it aloose so that way u wont have to compress it?
Didnt someone say something about jacking the wheel up with a floor jack, and then break it aloose so that way u wont have to compress it?
I meant Jeg, sorry. He had a rounded nut on the endlink.
Well you can remove either nut on the endlink as long as you arent replacing the struts, if you are replacing the struts and you round off the one nut you have to remove you can try an allen wrench in the threads and a vice grip or something on the nut, if that doesn't work most people just cut off the endlink threads and just replace the endlinks. Just give it a good overnight soaking of the Pb blaster and you shouldn't have to worry about anything, and a 6 point deep socket would help out in preventing rounding out the nut. Only thing is you may break loose the nut and the threads at the same time, this is ok but then you are going to have to move on to the allen wrench and hand wrench to get it off. Just make sure you do the endlink nuts before you do any other nuts in the wheel well part of the project and it will be so much easier. Let me know how everything looks and how things go, im glad I could help out
Well you can remove either nut on the endlink as long as you arent replacing the struts, if you are replacing the struts and you round off the one nut you have to remove you can try an allen wrench in the threads and a vice grip or something on the nut, if that doesn't work most people just cut off the endlink threads and just replace the endlinks. Just give it a good overnight soaking of the Pb blaster and you shouldn't have to worry about anything, and a 6 point deep socket would help out in preventing rounding out the nut. Only thing is you may break loose the nut and the threads at the same time, this is ok but then you are going to have to move on to the allen wrench and hand wrench to get it off. Just make sure you do the endlink nuts before you do any other nuts in the wheel well part of the project and it will be so much easier. Let me know how everything looks and how things go, im glad I could help out
Hey man. Thanks for the response. I went ahead and swapped the springs without disconnecting the endlinks--that's a skill hehe.
I think I'll get the endlinks removed "professionally," because I'm so sick of dealing with it. I've worked for 2 days straight. (yupnope) All to find out that my struts are blown, so the drop looks like ass anyways. But mostly it's okay.
Oh well, paying to play FTW!(encourage
I think im in need of new struts too
Do it
. I got the HP's, and at first the were a bit stiff for my springs, but they wore in and feel pretty good. To think, 2 months ago about this time was the time of agony for me (suspension-wise).
Yeah, im thinking about getting some springs with a 1.3 inch drop instead of these with the 1.5 inch and also getting some HP's. But thats going to be a while because im broke And im probably moving to Colorado without my car for 6 months as well this winter.
And im probably moving to Colorado without my car for 6 months as well this winter.Great How To, guys. And all the extra comments really helped too.
But just to be sure (I've got my Tein springs coming in on monday), I'm NOT removing my factory struts, so the dreaded endlink blots shouldn't need to be removed right?
But just to be sure (I've got my Tein springs coming in on monday), I'm NOT removing my factory struts, so the dreaded endlink blots shouldn't need to be removed right?
Correct, you don't have to remove endlinks to just swap springs out. There is a way! You just have to get creative, and it's a bit of a pain too, but can be done.
This is correct also
It's much easier if you can get the struts off the car completely to switch to new springs.I think you have to compress the spring/strut to be able to fit it out and facing you in the wheel well to be able to remove the strut. Do it how you may, but I just think its easier to fully remove the strut. Endlinks will be SOOO much easier the next time around when it comes time to do a sway bar upgrade like I did, took 5 mins endlinks included
