Replacing The Rear Springs

[mjadeb1984]

Hi all,

was looking at installing some new king springs myself and was wondering if replacing the rears was as simple as jackin the car up, removin the wheel, compressing the spring and then swaping it over?

also does the bump stops have to be modified?

Cheers]

Michael

[South]

It is as easy as you described it, it gets even easier when you have lowered springs in there, SSL's literally fall out when you jack up the car!

Chop the bumpstop if it ends up touching, just take the first section off.

[_Spin_]

My stock rears were slightly stubborn. However I found by trimming about 2 inches of the thread of my compressors I could have the socket heads at the bottom and after that it was a portion of urine.

As stated above, SSL`s just fall out

[mjadeb1984]

cool thanks for the replies, can anyone help me with a thread on the fronts, I know ive seen one somewhere I just cant seem to find it at the mo.

[_Spin_]

Its pretty striaght forward. You`ll sweat buckets on a hot day.

Couple clues: Number one, undo the sway bar end links and twirl swing the bar back out of the way. The control arm won`t travel far enough to let the strut and coil come out no matter how much you swear at it if this isn`t done..

Second clue is after you undo the sway bar end links and jack the car up and remove one or both front wheels, loosen that centre nut that attaches to the strut rod up in the engine bay there. I said LOOSEN don`t remove it all the way. Just get it slack. Major pain in the ring if you don`t get it loose while its there captive.

Third clue have something to sit the caliper on like a 2 gallon bucket upside down when you remove it. I`ve seen guys use a bungie cord also. Either way, don`t let the caliper hang on the brake line.

Be carefull with the wires for the ABS.

Be farkin carefull with spring compressors.

It`s all fun till someone has an eye out, isn`t it?

[PHANTMXR6]

The rears won't need the wheels removed to get them out.

Just remove the lower shock mount bolt and jack the car up until there is enough room to just pull the spring out. You may need to remove the swaybar bolt to get it to drop enough also.

Make sure you use an axle stand before sliding under the car.

And as has been previously mentioned, chop the bumpstop off at the first section before lowering the car back down.