What to do

[Mike_S]

Silly question i think.

My 172 is resting on apex lowering springs at present and one of the rear dampers is now screwed, its recommended that you change both rears at the same time, (is this true?), so including labour the bill is hitting nearly £300.00

Is it worth spending the extra and moving to a set of fk highsports?

 

[biojo]

do the work yer self back dampers are easy , nut at top and one at bottom , you dont need to take the wheels off either.


using a inpact gun thing will make it easier , should but under a hrs labour id say

ask fred he`d prolly have em done in 20 mins

ask john2modified for latest price on fks , i got em n there good again to change fronts 2 bolts n the top nut .

 

[Paul C]

how much are the shocks?? because it really is not hard to change them! i wouldnt want a garage to charge me any more than £40 to change them.

 

[Mike_S]

gonna do the coilovers i think, has to be done

 

[biojo]

mike where u based if u can get to birmingham see fred , cheap and he knows what he`s doing

 

[Shaun16v]

I'd say get the coilovers Mike, then I can buy your Apex springs of ya! If you want a hand fitting them one day i'll pop over and help you.

On the dampers though, it really is a pretty straight forward job to change the rears, and a garage would get both sides done in an hour quite easily I would've thought, so if you do decide to just get new dampers check around for a price on the labour first

 

[Mike_S]

Shaun, you can buy the springs off me, and if you want you can come and help fit the coilovers, nevs gonna give me a hand 2.

 

[Ads_172]

I think you've already made your mind up!

Fit them and slam it... :evil:

 

[Fred@BTM]

you need any fitting, you know who to call

you don't NEED to replace both rear shocks, and its 10min labour to change them, NOT 1hr