Fitting Springs

Rears are piss easy, fronts are a nightmare.

 

Depends how you wanna do them, I think most remove the front subframe to get the lower arms off and the hub low enough to withdraw the strut from the arch.

I myself, being abit of a cowboy, just took an air grinder to the original springs and cut them in half allowing me to compress the strut enough to remove without having to strip the hub assembly. The new springs are then low enough to 'just' squeeze the strut back in fully built up. Jobs a gooden

I take no responsibility in anyone following my bodge and injuring themself or losing an eye

 

Just have a bash mate. I'm not a mechanic and managed it in the day. Fronts are time consuming but do'able. Just take your time and don't pull the drive shaft out and leak gear box oil all over the nice block paving like me!

 

When I did mine I put spring clamps on the front just to get the struts out. I pulled the driveshaft out by accident aswel, but luckily it wasn't nice paving it spilled on

 

Has anyone had a quote for fitting?

 

It's easier to take the strut and hub out completely! Loosen tops mounts, anti rotation link, track rod and wishbone and pull it all out. Oh and the drive shaft retaining nut as well!

 

You manage to angle the strut out without removing the hub?

 

So what's disconnected hub wise just the bolt keeping the strut in and the droplink?

 

How far is the hub travelling down, obviously not enough to angle the strut in?

 

Haha I was like that after I did one side, wondered to myself would I notice it only on one side that much haha

 

Does anyone want to change mine ? :-)

 

I bet a garage would charge a few 100?

 

All you need is a small set of spring compressors, compress the spring slightly and the strut comes out no problem. As for the strut bolt, good squirt of WD and work it, it will come out. My work charges 2 hours labour for this job.

 

Thats exactly how I did mine and was a piece of cake, im no mechanic but know my way around a tool box, after some research I gave it a bash, successfully lol

 

I wouldnt want to have done it on a jack like I proper pulled on at it haha.

 

I've beeen quoted £200 to get mine fitted! Apparently its a 4.5 hour job by the book

 

I thought it would have been something like that! Scandalis

 

That's robbery! How can it possibly take 2 hour's to do one strut.

 

Yeah I was a bit shocked at the price, cost more to fit than buy

 

Looks stunning in that picture mate

 

Once springs are fitted , do you then need a full steering geometry check?

 

It's best to. Some just get a tracking check, but I find hunter wheel alignment works better.