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Originally posted by Dan_Corsa
take it your changing the springs and shocks or just springs??????

jack the front of the car up secure it on axle stands
(i find the best way is to put the axle stands on the chassis leg box sections under the car floor,u'll see what i mean)
then remove both front wheels
stright in front of you u'll notice your shock and spring to remove the shock u'll have to undo the 2 nuts from strut top located under the bonnet and undo the 2 big bolts and nuts which fasten the shocker to the knucle joint now the shocker is free
(no need for spring compressors until both shocks and springs are removed from the car,now if your just changing springs,compress the spring with spring compressors until the spring has lost its tension,now at the top of the shock there'll be a 13mm(i think) retaining nut,which holds the top cap on the shock(which locates in the strut top)once that is removed place the new springs in and put it all back together as u took it apart,its the same with new shocks except your just transfering every thing from one shock to anouther
quite a easy job once you've done it once

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Originally posted by Sethion33
the retaining nut will have a locking nut on it. on mine the plate which stops the spring from coming off had a dip in the middle where the locking nut met up against. i couldnt get a spanner in there to hold it while i undone the other nut, not sure if its just on my car as a bodge or other people have faced it

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Originally posted by TOMAS
Use a wizzy air gun people, the torque does the nut up without having to worry about everything spinning... easy as pie.

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