FRE4K Member 65 Member For: 16y 6m 18d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 10/06/09 01:24 AM Share Posted 10/06/09 01:24 AM thanks for taking the time to post this thread. I changed all my springs the other day and this help heaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 10/06/09 02:06 AM Share Posted 10/06/09 02:06 AM (edited) I did the same thing last week.On the passengers side I did what you suggested, removing the top strut bolts, and the one under the ecu is a pain in the ass.So... on the drivers side I took a different approach.My step by step would be:1. with car on the ground - remove radiator overflow bracket bolts and sit on top of turbo shield2. remove air filter housing and pipe to crossover3. unbolt centre bolt that holds the top of the shock on each side (that is why the car needs to be on the ground or it turns)4. loosen wheel nuts5. Jack car up and support6. Remove wheels7. remove bolts holding sway bar to brackets8. Loosen sway bar brackets and swing sway bar out of the way9. remove bolt holding the strut/shock to the bottom arm10. remove bolt holding top arm11. pull down hard on bottom arm (I didnt have a problem with wire or brake hose)12. remove shock and spring (didnt need to take strut top or use compressor in the end)13. remove spring from strut, and put new one on14. put all bits back on, do up bolts15. Put car on ground, do up shock bolts, wheel nutsThe passengers side doing as you suggested took me about 1.5 hours of pissing about, drivers side half an hour all up.PS - my car now has standard shocks, SL King front, SSL king rear, whiteline swaybars front and rear, and I am very happy with the stance and handling. I recently added GT 19s with GoodYear F1s - and the car handles really well for a big car. The car used to break traction in the dry as boost comes on, now it has about the same grip in the wet (almost). Edited 10/06/09 02:11 AM by cobrav8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 17y 8m 9d Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 10/06/09 03:40 AM Author Share Posted 10/06/09 03:40 AM I'm glad that worked ok for you , and probably will in most cases , BUT undoing that center bolt can cause you injury if the spring is still under pressure when you undo the bolts at the bottom of the shock .mine was the same too always takes 3 times longer to do the first side , once you know what ya doing it's all too easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 10/06/09 04:46 AM Share Posted 10/06/09 04:46 AM yeh.. understand what you mean, and they can be under tension- but... if you undo the top bolt and then raise car up - the tension of the car weight drops away with the bottom arm. Unless you have a taller than standard XR spring - I think you will be fine. I was removing an XR6T standard front and putting on the SL King Spring. You can also check by grabbing the spring with the weight off the wheels - you can see that the spring turns back and forward easily - hence no tension.I also would not recommend doing this with the sway bar attached and one wheel on the ground, as the spring pressure from one side will be pushing on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samboc Donating Members 65 Member For: 14y 2m 3d Gender: Male Location: Merimbula Posted 27/01/11 11:42 AM Share Posted 27/01/11 11:42 AM $1055 to my door. Ordered late last friday received here tuesday arvo, not too shabby so close to xmas.. I typed Bilstein AU into google and went from there.Can not wait to fit the fronts..Put Bilsteins on my XC 30 years ago.Cost me $600.You've got a good price considering the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 20/05/11 07:10 AM Share Posted 20/05/11 07:10 AM Anyone know how to change the rear shocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_BA_XR6 Member 271 Member For: 16y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Castle Hill Posted 08/12/11 10:44 AM Share Posted 08/12/11 10:44 AM dont buy standard buy whiteline swaybar links they last through pot holes everything as far as I know unbreakable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Member 92 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Gender: Male Posted 01/01/12 09:26 AM Share Posted 01/01/12 09:26 AM Can I get away without using a spring compressor to replace my lowered springs with a set of standard ones? If I do I will buy tomorrow when supercheap has 20% off. if not I will try without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getuted Member 34 Member For: 15y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 26/01/12 03:56 PM Share Posted 26/01/12 03:56 PM I found getting the bolt under the ecu out a pain in the arse, I tried deep sockets and uni joints but just couldn't get the angle so I used a snap-on easy out to remove the tamper proof bolts holding the ecu in and moved it out the way. It made the whole job a lot easier. I just replaced the tamper proof bolts with standard M6 flange bolts, should be easier next time. I don't know why they bother putting tamper proof bolts there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsammons Member 163 Member For: 18y 10m Gender: Male Posted 08/12/12 11:21 AM Share Posted 08/12/12 11:21 AM Got a full set of pedders sports Ryder installed yesterday. , what an insane difference, all bushes replaced with super pro gear, rear diff centre and sides done as wellHandles like a Subaru now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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