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Adam-D
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   9th Nov 03 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any advice?
tips etc
what spanner size's
special tools
apart from spring compressors

ta
ps im changing shocks and springs
jr
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9th Nov 03 at 18:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
off set spaners, 19mm or 20mm, apart from that and compressers every thing is stright forward
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 18:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
off set spannar's wtf are they?
serious! what are they
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 18:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im handy diy'er just havent done suspension before
jr
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9th Nov 03 at 19:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
difficult to explain, impossible to do it without out one though

sits on the lower nut while u put a socket on the top one to hold the shaft still
Neshol
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[Edited on 09-11-2003 by Neshol]
jr
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9th Nov 03 at 19:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.centralonlinesales.com/show_Product.asp?ID=159
MattyB
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9th Nov 03 at 19:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Rear springs take 15 mins max.

Rear shocks, bout 15 mins a side.

Fronts take a little while, just be careful if ur using spring compressors........i've heard of some very nasty accidents.

I'd set aside half a day to do the whole lot, in case u find seized bolts etc

Matt
Neshol
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9th Nov 03 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You'll need a trolley jack and axle stands of course. It's useful to have 2 trolley jacks for doing the rear, coz you have to lower a beam to get the springs out, and its easy if you have a trolley jack on each end. Im sure someone will explain properly wot i'm on about.
jr
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9th Nov 03 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
also need a adjustable spanner for the rears, as mattyb said, rears are easy peasy
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 19:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jr
http://www.centralonlinesales.com/show_Product.asp?ID=159


if i bought them are the right sizes in there
im tired and being dumb i know


matty im setting 2 days aside
and ive heard bout them storys
i just gotta be carefull and do 1 turn a side then under load half turn a side
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 19:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive got trolley jack 4 axel stands
and couple of bottle jacks
MattyB
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9th Nov 03 at 19:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah - 2 days will be decent. u can double check everything then. u sound like u know bout the old compressor idea, so u shud b ok.

if in doubt, stop, and undo both compressors slowly, with the top cap facing away from u into summat soft like mud etc.

Matt
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 19:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i was gonna put the shock body in a vice
that way it it spangs theres gonna be a busted widow
MattyB
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lol fair douz
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 20:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is there any tool company's thall sell them spannars
halford are shit dont sell em
machine mart dont work
any other uk ones?
corb
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9th Nov 03 at 20:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
think you'll find Halfords arent actually shit, but can realistically only stock so much. They could not possibly keep everything available on the market in stock, imagine the size the store would need to be Actually, they should be able to order your required tools in specially.
Neshol
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9th Nov 03 at 21:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I got mine from Machine Mart, Clarke ones I think.
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 21:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
site down
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 21:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ooo back up would these be ok??

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040212890&r=2075&g=111
Big Col
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9th Nov 03 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the nut on the top of the front strut - crack this loose before you jack the car up. It easier to loosen with the weight of the car compressing the spring and holding everything in place.
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 21:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks m8
J da Silva
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9th Nov 03 at 21:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
better in the long run to get performance schocks aswell, if your lowering it then it wont be long before your standard ones leak to fook
Geeza10328
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9th Nov 03 at 22:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just thought u'd like to know I just fitted sum front shocks and springs today and my original suspension had an 18mm top nut, then the new shocks had a 19mm??? strange but true. Believe me 18mm offset spanners are harder to find. And halfords don't sell em at least the one near me don't.

If u come across seized bolts I found they can be a proper bitch to undo, however spray sum wd40 on em leave for a lil while then stick and spanner on them and wack em wiv a metal mallet, give a bit of shock treatment to loosen them up. With any metal bolts as soon as they move the tinyest amount ur ok. its just gettin them to move at all which can be a pain. Be very careful not to burr over the edges of the bolts cos u'll find it near impossible to get the nut off.

Ermm wot else can I say, I haven't attempted the rears yet but my fronts took me about 3-4 hours not too bad for the first time, and no knocks or bangs and everything looks low.

oh and make sure the new springs are sat correctly in the shocks otherwise god knows what cud happen??? there are little grooves in the shocks. Btw I fitted normal shocks not coilovers.

Even tho I've just done the front and still on crappy standard rims the handlin has already improved massively!!! Can't wait to lower the rear and get wider wheels.
Adam-D
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9th Nov 03 at 22:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im getting 60mm full kit shocks n springs
soaking them in wd40 past week or so
just spraing it on every so often so its soaked in for when i put the spannars to it

thanks fo advice
just gotta get them spannars now

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