you're throwing $200 away then. just go to auto zone and barrow one of their spring compressors.
1) remove struts from car
2) put spring compressor on spring to keep spring de-energized.
3) remove nut that keeps top of strut and bearing plate assembled.
4) remove spring from strut and undo spring compressor
5) compress lowering spring and place on strut
6) attach bearing plate to top of strut with spring compressed on strut
7) remove spring compressor from spring
8) reinstall strut
9) send me $100
that's basically how it's done.. with the finer details removed lol
it's ALOT easier than you think.. its a nice little project to take on if you have a few spare hours of time and nothing else to do.
What does the typical install take, for just lowering springs (car only has 40k-ish miles on it) for time? Ive had my whole rear end out on my old camaro and helped a buddy with his spring install on his jeep so I know how to use spring compressor and all that, havent had my GA suspension apart yet though. What time should I expect?
since you have experience.. your probly lookin at 1 - 3 hours depending on if everything goes as planned and how fast you work..it took me a good 4 - 5 hours because I didnt know what the hell I was doing at first
If you haven't gotten an alignment yet go find a place and get it done,
It took me three weeks to get the money and to find a shop that would even touch the car, and after those 3 weeks My brand new tires were worn down to the wear bars, so I now need new tires again next spring
joel actually has a how-to posted up on here but i cant seem to find it, i used his how to like 2 years ago when i replaced the struts before the air ride came along
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