Lowering rear of boxster

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by DWBOX2000

Hold the fort, how does one remove springs while still in car for back. If possible I would live to know.

Thanks guys for all the useful
Thread stuff. Very good stuff. I will read it all again in the am. 1:42 am here and a car alarm went off.

I don't think that you will be able to remove the springs, you will need to remove the strut in one piece and dissasemble it out of the car...

Don't worry as this is still plenty of fun...

One suggetion is to be extra careful when you remove the ball joint from the wheel hub, because you don't want to tear the rubber that keeps the grease on the ball joing, otherwise you will have to buy a new lower control arm and these are not cheap...

BTW, how many miles on your car? Because these control arms are wear items...

Good luck!

PS: After reading Steve comments, his suggestion of removing the bolt from the base instead of the ball joint is a much safer approach so you don't risk damaging the rubber boot

[DWBOX2000]

First, thanks for all the replies. I really appreciate it.

Car has 50k on it. Car was aligned when IMS was done about 500 miles eariler. No mention of problems with rear suspension though pointed out other issues and fixed. Car has Bilstein HD and I am trying to install H&R lowering springs. I was told by multiple people that no other parts would be needed. Hopefully correct or i would not have taken this on.

So I am bit confused now. Steves suggestion of removing the bolts holding the LCA and toe rod to the chassis makes sense to me. With those disconected, the only thing I believe attaching the wheel carrier to the chassis is the axle. Is that going to be an issue? How about number 8 and 16 on the non LCA side. Where do they attach and do I need to remove at number 8 or can I just remove number 10 and slide 8 off of the LCA. I feel like I am helping my son with math.

Now from Gilles it seems I need to remove the whole strut.

Gilles, are you saying I can do what Steve suggests and then remove the strut from the carrier or something else? I think Steve was suggesting I might be able to remove spring with strut attached. Gilles I think is saying no. Fauxdiablo suggested an easier way but waiting for response from him. Maybe he has done it.

I am add the point now where I can either continue to follow my instructions or try the above method. Hopefully my original plan is not needed.