Starting to prep car for strutt removal. I am assuming I have to remove the plastic covers in the rear trunk compartment. I know this is a very stupid questiion but is there an easy way to remove this stuff without breaking it all up. I just starting putzing with it and it seems like a puzzle, however I did it right before bed so was not really in to it. Any tips would be appriciated!!!
Rear Strutt removal!!!
- Thread starter boyirish6
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
First step is get the floor part around the spare out. Use a pick to pull the button clips up so they can be removed. Fold rear seat down for access to buttons on fronts of side panels. Pull up as was stated on the top panels where the seat belt goes thru and flip them forward down the seatbelt out of the way. You will now have access to all the button clips for the side panels. Once you carfully remove all of them then remove the panels. Watch the driver's side one because you have to unplug the cargo light. Now you will have to remove the seatbelt tower guide thing from the tops of the struts to have access to the strut mounting nuts. Those will free the strut from the body. Do all the stuff below first like removing the endlink, brake line clip from strut body and unbolt brake caliper and put it aside out of way but not dangling by line and then unbolt bottom of strut from spindle/hub. Strut should then be just hanging by the top nuts. Undo those and remove strut. Install is just reverse process.
