Installing Xmas Goodies

[Messiah]

Mrs decided to show me just why she's perfect and showered me with a few car parts for xmas to help me get my car back on the road (finding an exhaust wrapped up under the tree was kinda entertaining).

Now my local mechanic is away for a few more weeks and i'm kinda impatient so i thought i might have a crack at a few things myself.

I have the following sitting waiting to be installed

braded brake lines

braded clutch line

kyb shocks with tein springs

hks silent hi-power exhaust

slightly improved but otherwise stock replacement clutch.

Now i understand the clutch is not a trivial task, but how hard is it to install the rest?

installing the lines should be straight forward, but i imagine i'd also need to make sure i properly bleed them etc etc (havent done that myself yet) and not sure what gotchas i'll run into with a clutch line.

Also as far as an exhaust goes, should it just be a case of grab some rubber mounts and away we go?

the mechanic is literally 500-1000 meters from where i live... if i get the old one off and cant hang the new on will driving sans cat back be a problem??

shocks etc, i have no idea about needed torque settings, do i need to go get myself a torque wrench and look up settings or just throw em on and tighten it up?

now before you slag me down, i have no problems figuring out how to pull things off or how to put them back on again, but my main concern is doing it right and not cocking something up in an expensive or dangerous way.

Any feed back is welcome. also anyone in/near the shire who likes front yard mechanical work is welcome to come earn themselves a case or two if they feel like it.

[mad082]

if the springs are already on the shocks then they are a piece of piss to do. rears are a little bit of a pain, but the fronts are super easy. take maybe half an hour to 45 mins to do.

exhaust is also relatively easy (difficulty level depends on whether it is a cat back system or a turbo back system). if it's a cat back system then it's a piece of piss. you should be able to use all the existing mounts. turbo back is a bit more fiddly but is still relatively easy. just try and put as much of it together before attaching it to the car. if you can jack the car up a decent way (blocks under the jack if need be) then you should be able to get it in in 1 piece.

the clutch can be done at home, however it is a real pain in the arse to do (i had the clutch for pivot bolt break when the car was in the garage once so i dropped the box out myself. not the easiest thing to do).

brake lines aren't that hard to do. bleeding is relatively simple. if you aren't in a rush then you can gravity bleed them. just make sure you have at least 2 bottle of brake fluid. i used this method on my old commodore when flushing out the old fluid. easy to do with 1 person.