I am planning to install my S-techs and was wondering if anyone knows what the install time is. I have heard the there are shops that do them in about an hour. Is there anything I need to know about the install. I have searched for a DIY but had no luck. If anyone has a link to a DIY that would be great. Thanks

Dan





www.AggressiveOverlays.com

 

i would say 2 hrs tops.

 

Ok so I have a shop to do this in but I can get a spring compressor rented from Auto Zone right?

Dan

 

or you can buy a pair from harbor freight ($15)...either way they are really cheap. The front may take an hour and 30 min. for the rear. I took a little longer on mine because I installed control arms (front & rear) same time as springs.

 

bout an hour 20 if you have good air tools

 

Auto Zone only requires $50 deposit and you get it back when you return it. Thanks guys.

 

I have got plenty of air tools so I am all set there.

 

http://g-owners.com/article_read.asp?id=25

The struts only go in one way. I learned that the hard way. YOu think that all sides are equal, but it's off by 1mm or so and enough to cause hours of frustration if you don't know. To prevent that from happening, the outer-most strut bolt is supposed to be "marked" somehow. My mark had worn out. So be sure to put a drop of touch-up paint or nail polish on it before you start.

 

Thanks for the link to the DIY ^. I printed that so I can use it as a reference.

 

i did 2 coupes and 1 sedan in 1 hour, 40 minutes with no air tools. i just popped 1 ephedrine pill, and ratcheted away like a fiend on the spring compressors. the stock suspension bolts were kinda frozen too, so i had to penetrate them with bolt loose. if i didn't have that problem, i'd have been done is about 1 hour 10 - 1 hour 15 minutes.

 

^^You're kidding right? If not, you're a beast!

 

have fun doing your alignment

 

i'm about to install mine too. please let us know how everything went. reading the DIY scared me when it said "BE CAREFUL. This is where the spring can shoot out!"

 

A little sarcastic there........Its obvious that you need to take your car in for an allignment.

 

Thats why you have the spring compressors to save your ***.