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Help me install rear struts this weekend
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:39 pm
by ultim8m
hey guys i need help with my rear struts. i need people to help me install them, but i also have a sloped driveway so if anyone is willing to lend me driveway space

for a couple of hours it would be great.
I'm buying a carton of bundy and i dont drink so whoever helps.....

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:41 pm
by D3V1L
i hope your replacing them with outbakc struts so its 1 less thing u have to change later...
dave
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:42 pm
by Alex
bring them to matts on friday night....rear struts take about half an hour...

(i spose theyre similar to my gen3)
alex
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:47 pm
by ultim8m
replacing them with fwd liberty wagon struts from brendans wagon (thanks heaps btw brendan) no worries i'll bring them on friday pretty sure its not too hard gotta pull out the back seat and **** i got friday off so i'll do as much as i can before i come
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:48 pm
by D3V1L
its very very easy.,,,,come friday night to matts and we smash it all out
2wd struts is what i had and they worked
dave
edit: but u need the awd springs and strut tops on them otherwise they sag lower then the awd ones
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:50 pm
by ultim8m
can we change springs and strut tops at matts after we pull them out of mine?
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:56 pm
by D3V1L
yes..all very veyr easy
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:58 pm
by ultim8m
coolies thats the plan then, youi guys bring the knowledge i'll bring the bundy

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:59 pm
by Matatak
errr u wanna do that too lol
need spring compressors if matt has some and a rattle gun is much mroe helpful than winding em down by hand
and u basically only wanna change the sruts voer then
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:13 pm
by D3V1L
i have compressor, i have spring compressors..just needa rattle gun
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:14 pm
by Matatak
well i got a rattle gun then whos got the airline
and hope ur compressor is good enough and the airline is around 10mm
any lower and there practiacally useless
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:19 pm
by Subafury
sounds like a plan. i have spring compressors, a flat enough driveway and a liking for bundy

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:19 pm
by ultim8m
hehe awesome u guys have everything

i'll bring sockets and breaker bar and ****
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:20 pm
by 90brumby
ive got an idea if ya wanna do it
ive got 2wd struts with the awd springs on it atm u wanna swap mine for the ones ur gettin off brendon
tristan
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:20 pm
by D3V1L
****d if i know..ill go buy a few connections.....i got airline...
gonna buy an airtool kit tomorrow anyway
dave
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:21 pm
by D3V1L
dw tristan...takes 5 minutes...hes got all the crap already there

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:21 pm
by Matatak
lol i beat u all still
but neway ill be there on friday
Kyle want me to swing by ur house first and give y a hand gettin as much as u can done before matts then ill ehad down with ya
i finish work at 4 and u live close
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:23 pm
by 90brumby
D3V1L wrote:dw tristan...takes 5 minutes...hes got all the crap already there

dam im sotra after the 2wd springs
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:24 pm
by Matatak
cant u use the ones outta mine when i give em to ya
or use the ones outta ur bros sumthin liek that
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:24 pm
by Subafury
u either do it at one place or the other. shouldnt take more than an hour and half max.