Installing Coilovers Into R32 Gts-t Coupe.

[cake69]

hi all,

i currently have a r32 gts-t coupe

i have recently bought tein type HR coilovers

i want to install them myself caz i want to learn how to do it and im broke

we started doing the front one, completely no idea what to do

*the tools i only have is a basic set of sockets, a small spanner lol*

me and a mate have jacked up the car, taken off the wheel,

removed the strut at the top and the bolts and we get to the bottom,

theres a big nut apparently we need to take off but its bolted on retardedly hard

we soaked it with WD40 but still couldnt budge it, here is what it looks like.

what tools do i need? and these are the right points?

also is the rear any more difficult to do??

thx

[hash87]

Yes those are the right points...

You'll most probably need a breaker bar to get the bottom nut off as its sposed to be tight. make sure you don't round the nut tho

Once you get the nuts off the hard part is getting the strut off the bottom stud. Some leverage will need to be done.

Rear isn't any harder, just need to make sure you have jacked it high enough to get the strut out.

Edited August 19, 2009 by hash87

[cake69]

haha ok cheers mate

yeh we were tryin to get the bottom nut off with a small 150mm spanner LOL

[2LV8ETR]

Get a socket or a ring spanner onto her and put some brute behind it.

They are a bit testy but you'll get there.

[nisskid]

leverage.

[30detkiwi]

leverage.

hay fela....start with putting the 2 nuts back on the top of strut finger tite.

you'll need a 19mm socket or spanner, don't no if you have herd of a thing called ring locking??????

its when you put the ring of 1 spanner on the bolt, with another spanner using the ring lock it into the open end of the spanner on the nut.

thus making more leverage.

Also try doing the nut up tighter then undo it.

once nut is off,use a long bar(screwdriver) to lever bottom of strut off.

then once off,put 1 hand under guard to hold strut,and the other to undo the nuts on top(finger tite).

boom its out.

when putting the new stutes in, you will need the lower arms to come up to the new hight.

undo the caster arm AKA(radios rode) nut and lower arm nut.this will allow them to swivel up and down.

if you dont the ruber insid them will terr faster.

goood luck

[nisskid]

or if uve got a socket set with a socket wrench, chuck a pole over the end of the handle and give it some leverage that way.

[blind_elk]

when putting the new stutes in, you will need the lower arms to come up to the new hight.

undo the caster arm AKA(radios rode) nut and lower arm nut.this will allow them to swivel up and down.

if you dont the ruber insid them will terr faster.

goood luck

You don't need to disconnect anything else (caster rods). You might need to lift the lower control arm a bit, but you can do that with a crowbar or similar, or a jack.

Just do the job with BOTH front wheels off the ground, and it will be a whole lot easier to put it back together.