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      05-01-2013, 07:02 AM   #26
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I just changed springs on my car (Eibach ProKit), a few things that I noticed:

Access to the rear strut mounting bolts is really easy through the speaker holes in the rear shelf. Just pop out the speaker covers and unbolt the speakers and the strut bolts are readily accessible.

Using a small telescopic jack instead of a prybar to press the suspension down eased up the strut removal process immensely (after the struts have been unbolted).

I did this both front and rear. In the front I was able to "jack down" the suspension so that the lower strut cleared the lower A-arm and the strut came out real easy.

Same in the rear, which also meant that I did not have to unbolt any other parts than the strut itself.

I actually found the rears to be the easiest and least labour intensive part of the job.

Really easy job apart from the spring compressor tool that I used which was an endless wrench turning excercise...

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