Thread: lowering

what does it take to install lowering springs?
shop or self?

you can do it yourself but be careful those things can be deadly if you aren't. i advise you have someone that has done it before and knows what they are doing help you out.

its not bad if you wrap everything in a blanket before you take the top nut off. everything doesnt fly all over the place then. point it towards a wall too.

drop springs are usually a little shorter than the stock ones, so you can assemble them by hand most times.

I did mine myself. It was pretty easy, shop wanted $200, i told them hell no. Instead I bought a cheap spring compressor from autozone and did it in about an hour's time for all 4, I then returned the tool to autozone because im cheap. Re-assembly is tricky, those springs are meant to sit a certain way, the two rear ones gave me a hard time because, they kept wanting to sit cock-eyed.

did you guys disassemble with hand tools or impact gun? i remember my friends top nuts wouldnt come off with out air tools...

Hand tools work fine. Just compress the spring first. Get new top mounts, upper insulators, and seats.

I was thinking of installing shocks on my car, and i'm too poor to have a shop do it. so how much total would everything be for all four, lowering or non-lowering? I think one of my passenger side struts are sqeeking, anoying as hell!

Originally Posted by Bio248

its not bad if you wrap everything in a blanket before you take the top nut off. everything doesnt fly all over the place then. point it towards a wall too.

I do it that way every time, I call it "The Burrito"