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I know it would vary between a novice and a mechanic, but how long would it take to fit some Eibachs? An hour for a garage? 3 hours me following a guide on here having never done it before?
I havnt read the guide, but its really easy and you dont need many tools really. Just be carefull compresing and removing the front springs, if they go they really go!
I used compressors yes, dunno if you need to tho. You could always undo the 17mm nut on the strut top till its almost off, if the spring moves around on the seat then you wont need compressors.
Hi, sorry to hijack the thread, I'm fitting new springs on my 172 tomorrow, just a bit unsure about not needing spring compressors!can anyone confirm this, otherwise i wont be able to sleep easy...
don't think you need compressors to remove the strut from the car but you might find them useful to get the struts back together after you've taken them apart (the damper rod will slowly drop as soon as it's released and it's v fiddly trying to get them back together; might be a bit easier with shorter springs though)
Its true, fitted the sportlines today and didn't need any spring compressors, took me and my mate about an hour and a bit, was susprised ho easy it was tbh, backs were done in 20mins, front are a bit trickier though, I'll try and get a couple of pictures up tomorrow.
Your first time don't leave any other cars behind it in your drive. I did and I dropped a drive shaft out oil everywhere couldn't get the shocker bolts to line up with the hub 11pm at night work in the morning car blocking parents cars from getting out of the drive and they needed to get to work.
Bad times
Only way I could get the shocker on was to have the brake line wrapped around it >_< So I did it fit the wheel wheeled it onto the road then got RAC to put it on the back of a truck to my garage so I could use proper tools !
This isn't on a 1*2 it's a 1.4 16v
Same concept though
haha, gutted for you, I did struggle getting the shock to line up when I was putting it back together, turns out that my mate was quite good at it though, I let him do the other side too:rasp: