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Originally Posted by jhandy
What I am saying is this:
remove the wheel; compress the spring as much as possiable; then remove the three top bolts; drop the suspension as far as possiable; then remove the large center nut; then remove the compressed spring and put the new compressed spring on.
Will this work?
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no. not nearly enough room to get the spring on / off without getting the strut out from under the fender. the easiest thing to do if you have a portable spring compressor is to:
1) remove the diagonal from the lower control arm
2) remove the lower control arm at the subframe
3) remove the tie rod from the steering knuckle
4) remove the three nuts at the strut tower
this will allow the entire steering knuckle and strut to be lowered as a single unit. you may have to remove the brake caliper depending on whether you have long aftermarket lines or not.
as for the rears? do the same thing, adding to this removal of the 32mm axle nut / pounding the axle out of the hub. keep in mind that when you remove the rear lower control arms from the rear subframe, you WILL screw up your alignment; this is UNAVOIDABLE no matter what anyone tells you. get an alignment afterward.